'It would be very, very difficult to cancel a championship and have it at any other time.'
The NCAA has evaluated a “worst-case scenario” for the upcoming men’s and women’s basketball tournaments that bars spectators from games and pre-screens athletes for illnesses, the NCAA's chief medical officerThe official, Brian Hainline, called the option"very unlikely" and"not a rational strategy" as multiple states have declared emergencies over the uptick in confirmed cases of the coronavirus, COVID-19, including several states set to play host to March Madness games...
In a statement issued on Friday, the advisory panel did not recommend the cancellation or public spacing of athletic and related events. Division III men's basketball tournament games held on the campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have been played without fans in attendance, a decision made by the university based on guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding large public events.
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