Should NCAA cancel

[WestsideWaltz]

Pac just pulled the plug

 

[JordyG]

The Big East just cancelled the rest of their tourney, literally at the halftime.

 

[eebmg]

but the HS state (MN at least) tournaments are going forward it seems. At this stage, I am surprised. Maybe they think the crowds are not large enough but what about when Paige plays?

I don't know what to think about this.

 

[WestsideWaltz]

California cancelled all High school tournaments.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

once a critical mass was obtained, everyone else had no choice.

no one is going to be isolated case in this thing.

 

[triaddukefan]

Duke just shut down all athletic programs.... so even if there is a tournament...... Duke men and women won't participate.

 

[WestCoast]

Duke just shut down all athletic programs.... so even if there is a tournament...... Duke men and women won't participate.

All other leaders of colleges will be making that same call soon, or that decision will be made for them. I don't see this trend ending anytime soon.

The Mountain West Confernence has suspended all spring sports as well.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Oh, there's always a way....

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After hearing about what they did at Louisville with the hookers and "dancers", I had always thought that should be our uniform if we had played them.

 

[KY Card Fan]

So a few folks are still voting "No" to the poll question? Why? I'd really like to understand.

 

[UcMiami]

Interesting ... when this poll was posted at 3PM and then I voted at 4:30PM I was the first Yes vote out of 10 cast so the % was at 89% No and 11% Yes. the rate late last night had risen to about 20% No, and now is 40%.

My question is, am I a virus?! My contagion seems to be doubling every 12 hours or so.

 

[WestCoast]

I doubt that sports events will stop. I don't think major League baseball will cancel any of thier games.

You may want to rethink that post...

 

[Floridaduck]

Waiting for the shoe to drop...

and bang the shoe hits the floor

 

[Gamecockfan77]

I don't guess everyone will just agree that South Carolina is the champion?

oh well. I was looking forward to this tournament.

 

[hjoerring]

One of the posts cited the NCAA's statement saying that it has medical specialists monitoring and-- evaluating the situation. From an epidemiological perspective the argument against spectators/crowds is a no brainer, today. So, we are left with the second part of the question-- should the games be played. The answer, playing the game, albeit, without spectators, would reduce the number of possible (and potentially) exposed people-- confining the risk to the athletes, coaches and other significant others (including hotels and workers, etc).

Of course, we could put all 64-teams and their entourages in isolation for 2+-weeks, confined them to their hotel floor before and after games and bussing them back home after a loss. So, the medico-epidemiol. reasons/concerns are simple, even trivial. It is all the others concerns we are wavering about.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Just my view, but I think the risk was minimal once you took the crowds out of it.

but no way to swim upstream against the other cancellations.

can't have the bad PR.

 

[MSUFan2003]

This is depressing. I feel really badly for the seniors. Also, there is no softball or baseball. Man, I just feel so bad for the players.

 

[TheFarmFan]

This is depressing. I feel really badly for the seniors. Also, there is no softball or baseball. Man, I just feel so bad for the players.

I mean, I feel bad for seniors in general - my senior year spring was one of the best 10 weeks of my life. Online remote learning is not the same

Then again, I feel bad for working age stiffs like you and me, managing financial stress, work stress, and worrying about both older and younger generations of family for what is likely to be a prolonged period of New Normal.

And worst of all, I feel bad for our seniors. The numbers game says a large share won't make it to the end of this year. And that means the students grandparents and our parents. So really, this just freaking sucks all around.

Keep us updated from the front lines when you can, MSU!

 

[domerduck]

Very sad for all.

 

[SECbbfan24]

This is depressing. I feel really badly for the seniors. Also, there is no softball or baseball. Man, I just feel so bad for the players.

You feel awful for seniors across the board in all sports. Its an awful way for them to finish their NCAA career and for most, they don't have the option to go pro. This is their final year competing the sport they grew up playing.

Gymnastics especially, that is a 4 year stretch to enjoy before retiring. I saw many of our current gymnasts thanking our fans early, and its awful to see them close that chapter in their life with no true closure. Especially not having senior night, which was tomorrow night.

 

[UcMiami]

At least all the WCBB players got their senior nights and most got their conference tournament games.

I think for a lot of seniors both athletes and not the end of their senior year is going to be a downer with them not staying on campus and hanging out with friends. It is usually a pretty special spring, this year not so much.

 

[militarydog]

I had initially voted no on the poll. However I have been dealing with this fairly extensively the last couple of days. Right now cancelling is really the only decision that could be made. The best analogy I found regarding how fast this can spread is the following: if you have an Olympic size swimming pool and place one marble in the bottom and then double the amount every day how full of marbles is the pool the day before it is full. The answer of course is half the pool. In other words what looked like it was growing slowly will then explode at the end. Right now we’re still in the early stages but if you think about it a few weeks ago we didn’t even know this existed (the first case in retrospect was in December 2019) and we’re now at the point of shutting down basically all large gatherings.

 

[SECbbfan24]

The summer olympics is next unfortunately.

 

[NWHoopFan2]

I don't guess everyone will just agree that South Carolina is the champion?

oh well. I was looking forward to this tournament.

I say let Massey’s matchup predictor decide it.

 

[Plebe]

The summer olympics is next unfortunately.

Either canceled or postponed a year or two. Postponement would be a huge mess, though.

 

[militarydog]

I say let Massey’s matchup predictor decide it.

If there is a bright side it is that we can now argue this in perpetuity.