NCAA Tournament Officially Cancelled

[tzznandrew]

No. What about the players who worked so hard to compete for a national championship.... Especially the Seniors? Will the NCAA give them another year of eligibility? The numbers are far short of thise of annual flu cases, the tourney always occurs during flu season and it is never canceled.....

Because the tests are easily accessible and so our numbers are fully accurate?

people here are myopic and dumb.

Yes, I feel bad for the seniors, but suggesting this is equivalent to the flu--especially with what's going on in Italy--shows you are incredibly ignorant and should probably sit this out.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

No. What about the players who worked so hard to compete for a national championship.... Especially the Seniors? Will the NCAA give them another year of eligibility? The numbers are far short of thise of annual flu cases, the tourney always occurs during flu season and it is never canceled.....

So putting their lives and other lives at risk makes more sense?

 

[tzznandrew]

So putting their lives and other lives at risk makes more sense?

Not just their lives, the lives of everyone they come in contact with. You mean to tell me none of these kids have family members on chemo? Come on.

 

[Devland]

No. What about the players who worked so hard to compete for a national championship.... Especially the Seniors? Will the NCAA give them another year of eligibility? The numbers are far short of thise of annual flu cases, the tourney always occurs during flu season and it is never canceled.....

It's called life lessons. Not everything in life goes as we wish.

 

[huskysupporter]

No. What about the players who worked so hard to compete for a national championship.... Especially the Seniors? Will the NCAA give them another year of eligibility? The numbers are far short of thise of annual flu cases, the tourney always occurs during flu season and it is never canceled.....

He is doubling down folks, he is doubling down.

 

[superjohn]

Cancel culture is out of control imo

You clearly don't even know what cancel culture means. It's sad you got a bunch of likes for this comment.

 

[superjohn]

I have not heard any expert express the belief that there is even a chance that this is resolved in a month.

The country already should've shut down for like two weeks. Two weeks of terrible pain is worth it to prevent a year of pain.

 

[tzznandrew]

You clearly don't even know what cancel culture means. It's sad you got a bunch of likes for this comment.

I'm sure it's because it was a joke and actually kind of funny.

 

[superjohn]

I'm sure it's because it was a joke and actually kind of funny.

My bad. I didn't pay attention to who posted it. It's hard to tell around here with all the chuds showing up out of the woodwork.

 

[tzznandrew]

The country already should've shut down for like two weeks. Two weeks of terrible pain is worth it to prevent a year of pain.

Yup. Look at the difference between South Korea and Italy and that should tell you which we should have been following. One has a mortality rate around 0.85% (still almost 9x as deadly as the flu) and the other somewhere around, what, 6%?

 

[tzznandrew]

My bad. I didn't pay attention to who posted it. It's hard to tell around here with all the chuds showing up out of the woodwork.

No doubt. I really wish the ban hammer would come out more regularly at moments like this.

 

[navery12]

No doubt. I really wish the ban hammer would come out more regularly at moments like this.

It's incredibly hard. I've way too invested in this so I've seen all the idiots come out but there's so many

 

[Phorcys]

I just realized…

This means every college basketball program’s streak of making the NCAA tournament ended in 2020. All teams begin next fall looking for their first “consecutive” season. Finally, true parity in college basketball.

 

[Slasher]

I just realized…

This means every college basketball program’s streak of making the NCAA tournament ended in 2020. All teams begin next fall looking for their first “consecutive” season. Finally, true parity in college basketball.

Except some teams did make it by winning autobids.

 

[UCTitleTown]

This is no joke. 50-70% of people may get infected. My kid goes to school in NYC and is home on break and has been in bed with body aches and weakness. We're calling her doctor to bring her in tomorrow. They don't want people just dropping in without mask etc to avoid infecting people there. Hopefully, a test is available. Take it seriously people.

 

[CTMike]

The NCAA gets 75% of their operating revenue from March Madness....what do they do now?

Implode, I hope.

 

[billybud]

Except some teams did make it by winning autobids.

Oh hell yeah....FSU was declared the ACC AQ Champ...rated #4 in AP and Coaches...soooo

Hang a Final Four banner !

 

[August_West]

Thought I had timed that paternity leave perfectly. Womp womp.

Congrats brother

 

[Edward Sargent]

So did they fly to Dallas and are they home yet?

 

[FatHank]

Now is the time for UCF to claim a natty and have a parade to compliment thier football natty.

 

[Phorcys]

Congrats brother

Wait, if this thread has turned into a baby shower, serious congratulations @tcf15.

I took his post to mean he had planned on taking annual paternity leave during March Madness—as I assume he does every year. (How else can you the explain the exceptional quality of UConn Husky Games or his posts here, especially during the crunch-time of MM?)

 

[Phorcys]

Except some teams did make it by winning autobids.

As best as I can tell, the following teams made the 2019/2020 NCAA Division One Men’s Basketball tournament prior to its cancellation:

• Liberty – Atlantic Sun
• Hofstra –Colonial
• Northern Kentucky – Horizon
• Yale – Ivy League
• Bradley – Missouri Valley
• Utah State – Mountain West
• Robert Morris – Northeast
• Belmont – Ohio Valley
• Boston University – Patriot League
• East Tennessee State – Southern
• North Dakota State – Summit League
• Gonzaga – West Coast

These schools seem to be the only automatic qualifiers prior to the NCAA cancelling the tournament, and, hence, the only teams that actually “made” the tournament before it no longer existed.

In other words, the above list of 12 schools will begin next fall with more consecutive seasons of having made the NCAA tournament than Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse…

 

[UCTitleTown]

The NCAA charges every student athlete who wants to play in college $75 each to register with the clearinghouse to grant eligibility to play in college and does nothing for this money. That's 10s of millions of dollars each year. They should use some of this to cover the scholarships of any players who want to come back for a 5th year.

 

[phillionaire]

You clearly don't even know what cancel culture means. It's sad you got a bunch of likes for this comment.

I should have made it more obvious it was a joke, but I didn’t realize so many people actually think that this is “just the flu”. I feel bad that our public education system has failed them so badly.

 

[tzznandrew]

I should have made it more obvious it was a joke, but I didn’t realize so many people actually think that this is “just the flu”. I feel bad that our public education system has failed them so badly.

They're frankly just following what our president said for months. There are other problems there, but, in their defense, it shouldn't be unreasonable to listen to POTUS.