OFFICIAL CORONAVIRUS HOOPS MELTDOWN THREAD

[MICHHAWK]

I think they should release a bracket on Sunday. I think ESPN should then have the experts break it all down like they always do. From the first 4 all the way to the N.C.

It’s not like they have anything else to do.

[TDub]

NCAA tried to salvage tournament

Do it dammit!

[MICHHAWK]

They didn’t try.

If they wanted to have a tournament they would have postponed instead of cancel,

[MICHHAWK]

Postponing rather than canceling would have also given the folks some hope in a time when we could use some.

[jfish26]

I would guess, but others here might know better, that insurance might cover a cancellation but not a postponement. And, suggestion that playing it later is viable might jeopardize the coverage.

[Deleted User 89]

why?

so dumb

[MICHHAWK]

I would welcome the distraction. So yes, bracket please.

[pdub]

They didn’t try.

If they wanted to have a tournament they would have postponed instead of cancel,

I agree with MICH on this.

[pdub]

NCAA tried to salvage tournament

Do it dammit!

Some people in the comments are casual Carl's thinking that higher seeds shouldn't be selected in the top 16 in that scenario or that it'd leave out the mid majors.

[Deleted User 141]

https://youreadygrandma.com/2020/03/11/ ... -stadiums/

[NDballer13]

Any other states canceled HS sports yet? We just got everything canceled this afternoon. Basketball semis were tonight and all spring sports suspended.

We have 1 confirmed case in the state.

[Deleted User 289]

They didn’t try.

If they wanted to have a tournament they would have postponed instead of cancel,

I agree with MICH on this.

You really think the NCAA didn't want to have the tournament?

[Deleted User 289]

I would welcome the distraction. So yes, bracket please.

I know it's not the same but why not go ahead and make your own?

[Deleted User 289]

why?

so dumb

I don't have a good answer to your question and I completely agree that it's a "so dumb" idea.
ZERO point to do it other than for a bunch of blowhards to debate something that won't exist.
Might as well spend your time discussing the tooth fairy.
But...... I'm just one frustrated schmuck with an opinion. Let them do whatever the fuck they want.

[Soklous]

Are they still allowed to practice....in case things improve?

Official statement. Lucky for our guys, they have a practice gym in their apartment.

[TDub]

NCAA tried to salvage tournament

Do it dammit!

Some people in the comments are casual Carl's thinking that higher seeds shouldn't be selected in the top 16 in that scenario or that it'd leave out the mid majors.

Leave out the mid majors??? 4 of the top 10 teams are mid majors

[Deleted User 289]

Supposedly there are between 325 and 350 million people living in the USA.
Supposedly there are between 9 million and 45 million people who get the flu in the United States every year.
Supposedly there are between 450,000 and 500,000 NCAA Student Athletes.
I'm not going to do the math but I figure there is a decent chance at least 5000 NCAA Athletes had the flu at some point this school year and participated in events with other athletes and/or students.
Im not trying to minimize COVID-19 but stupid me is having a difficult time understanding why all of a sudden the NCAA is feeling a need to give a damn about student athletes well being to the extreme that they are.

[Soklous]

Not too many of those are California dreaming. The homeless situation is gonna be fun.

[Deleted User 62]

I can say this, it is armageddon out there.

Wife and I met at the store to get groceries....shelves are at best half full.

Lines were 25 deep.

And, the final sign that this is the end.......no ramen noodles.

See you all on the other side.....

[Deleted User 89]

Supposedly there are between 325 and 350 million people living in the USA.
Supposedly there are between 9 million and 45 million people who get the flu in the United States every year.
Supposedly there are between 450,000 and 500,000 NCAA Student Athletes.
I'm not going to do the math but I figure there is a decent chance at least 5000 NCAA Athletes had the flu at some point this school year and participated in events with other athletes and/or students.
Im not trying to minimize COVID-19 but stupid me is having a difficult time understanding why all of a sudden the NCAA is feeling a need to give a damn about student athletes well being to the extreme that they are.

i’m sure available treatment is at least part of the reason

there is no treatment for Covid-19, just treatment of the symptoms