OFFICIAL CORONAVIRUS HOOPS MELTDOWN THREAD

[CrimsonNBlue]

Selection show still might be a go.

[Deleted User 303]

Selection show still might be a go.

Yeah, Goodman was advocating that. It just seems....sad....to seed the tournament for no reason.

[NewtonHawk11]

Selection show still might be a go.

Oooooo. I'd find that fascinating. Do the Selection Show. And just have a caveat that says this is where teams will play when we decided to play again.

[Judy_Jayhawk]

Just found this on KU Sports:

University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long said in a statement Thursday that all athletic-related travel is canceled indefinitely, and home and away athletic events have been suspended in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

The statement came shortly after all NCAA conference basketball tournaments were canceled and the fate of the NCAA Tournament was in the balance. It's unclear how the decision could be impacted should the NCAA tournament ultimately end up being played. As of now, KU Athletics spokesman Dan Beckler said KU's decision does not mean that the university has withdrawn from the NCAA tournament.

[zsn]

Time to start the "Official Off-season" thread?

[Deleted User 89]

May is better than nothin.
NCAA should just say it's suspended and then figure it out as things happen from there.

Cute you think that this will all be cleared up by May.

^^^^^^^^^^^

unless something changes, drastically, we'll just be getting over the hump in may

[Soklous]

Time to start the "Official Off-season" thread?

Some took issue with earlier this week.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3013

[jfish26]

Selection show still might be a go.

Oooooo. I'd find that fascinating. Do the Selection Show. And just have a caveat that says this is where teams will play when we decided to play again.

My guess is that it will not have specific sites (perhaps other than the Regionals and Final Four).

[pdub]

They'll just seed the regions.
Or even more vague - seed the teams ranked 1 - 68.

[Deleted User 141]

10000 simulations on NCAA 2K20. Never mind

[Deleted User 303]

Last tournament canceled. All other post season tournaments have been cancelled, sans NCAA and NIT.

[jfish26]

Last tournament canceled. All other post season tournaments have been cancelled, sans NCAA and NIT.

But hey, Kansas high school tournament is still on.

?????

[jhawks99]

ESPN claims that KU and Duke will not participate in tourney even if it occurs. Suspended does not equal permanent, does it? Forseeable future means until things changes, right?

UNC also stated they won't participate.

In the NIT?

[Deleted User 303]

ESPN claims that KU and Duke will not participate in tourney even if it occurs. Suspended does not equal permanent, does it? Forseeable future means until things changes, right?

UNC also stated they won't participate.

In the NIT?

They didn't qualify for the NIT.

[NewtonHawk11]

Selection show still might be a go.

Oooooo. I'd find that fascinating. Do the Selection Show. And just have a caveat that says this is where teams will play when we decided to play again.

My guess is that it will not have specific sites (perhaps other than the Regionals and Final Four).

Good point. I would imagine that they try to play entire regionals (Like MW 1-16 seeds) all in one site.

All Midwest games played in Indy.
All South games in Houston.
All East games in NYC.
All West games in LA.

Don't know logistics, but that will help keep things to a specific area for each region. Takes travel costs/time on planes/buses out of the typical tournament.

[jhawks99]

UNC also stated they won't participate.

In the NIT?

They didn't qualify for the NIT.

So what won't they participate in? Participation trophy award ceremony?

[NewtonHawk11]

Man 99. That joke went straight over your head from the inception.

[pdub]

UNC wouldn't have qualified for the CBI even.
No team under .500 has been invited to the CBI since it's beginning.

[jhawks99]

Man 99. That joke went straight over your head from the inception.

Oh. I guess it did.

Carry on.

[Soklous]