The SEC, Big 12 and more announce tournament cancellations
Following the spread of the coronavirus, almost every college basketball conference has canceled play
The spread of COVID-19 has led many NCAA college basketball conferences to cancel the remainder of the tournament games. Here’s the list of canceled conference tournaments:
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- Western Athletic Conference
- Big 12
- Northeast Conference
- SEC
- Sun Belt
- America East
- CAA
- Big Sky
- Big South
- Big West
- Conference USA
- Ivy League
- Mid-American Conference
- Southland
- SWAC
- Patriot League
- Missouri Valley Conference
- Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
“After consultation with our Board of Directors it was decided that cancelling these championships was in the best interest of the health and safety of our student-athletes,” said Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, in an echo of conferences across the country.
We will continue to update this list as more information is released.
The NCAA announced on Tuesday that the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will happen without fans in attendance. It remains to be seen if that will change following the cancellations of conference tournaments.
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