As the fallout from the spreading coronavirus and positive test for NBA star Rudy Gobert is continuing to unfold, the NCAA announced on Thursday afternoon that they were canceling both the Men’s and Women’s basketball tournaments. Conference tournaments across the country were canceled on Thursday morning and after individual teams such as Duke and Kansas decided not to play, the NCAA finally decided it was time not to play around with their initial plan to play with no fans.
However, it’s not just basketball that is being affected. The NCAA also decided to cancel all spring and winter sports that are still going on. So, sports, like much of the world, are on hold as people in the United States are trying to be vigilant not to spread the virus among more people.
As for the NBA, the season is currently “suspended” and several reports have suggested that the league is prepared to have a month’s long absence. But given the rapidly changing situation, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see them postpone the season for more than a month.
On March 11, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic.
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