Old Titan Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Conferences across the land cancelling their postseason tournaments right and left as of 11:00am Thursday morning: Big 10, Big XII, A-10, WAC, MAC, C-USA, etc. No word yet from SEC, ACC. Big East and AAC, but they are expected to do the same by end of the day. If the NCAA does not follow suit with cancelling their championship tournament and the NIT, it will only prove they are "just about the money" as Jay Bilas and other detractors so often say. Incredibly fluid situation; no telling where it may end for professional, college and secondary school athletics in the coming weeks and months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Highly doubt there's going to be any CollegeInsider Tournament to play in, anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 AAC and ACC the latest casualties - and it's only 11:30 am. Why is the Big East still playing (tipped off at 10:00am central time)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORU82 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Absolutely crazy. The MAC Quarterfinals were scheduled to kick off at Noon (Eastern Time) today in Cleveland with #8 Ohio taking on #1 Akron. At about 11:30 this morning (Eastern Time) an announcement was made that the start of the game was being moved to 1:00 pm (Eastern Time). Shortly after this and as Ohio's Radio Network/Broadcast Team had started their hour+ long pregame show, the MAC announces that a Press Conference would be held at Noon in Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse where the Tourney was to be played. Both Ohio's and Akron's teams were already on the floor going through their respective pregame warmups. At Noon the MAC officially announces they are pulling the plug on the Tourney as people are lined up to get into the Fieldhouse to watch the game. Even ESPN had announced that the broadcast of the game had been moved from the Noon to the 1:00 pm slot. In listening to the Ohio broadcast, Ohio's HC Jeff Boals who was being interview made the comment that both the Ohio and Akron players had combined for an informal "pickup game" and that he and Akron HC John Groce were going to let the players stay and play the "pickup game" as long as they wanted to. That is just insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 That is totally nuts.....SMH..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Yeah saw it coming last night when they suspened the NBA season. Kinda thought the NCAA would do the same thing. Who wants to play in a 15,000 seat area with no fans, cheerleaders, band, etc. Might as well just have a scrimmage at the local YMCA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 • No March Madness • No NIT • No College Baseball World Series or Regionals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 • No baseball at JL Johnson Stadium through at least March 30th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsSmith Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleManiac Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 This is insane. Why cancel baseball already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUalum Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 It's silly season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cornelius Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 How soon before OSU hangs a championship banner for this season in Gallagher-Iba? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUalum Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Heard on the radio a discussion about the coaching carousel. They were joking about how many jobs may have been saved with no conf tournaments or missing the big dance. They were specifically talking about Shaka Smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 You would have to follow college football to find this funny... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 Is it conceivable that Dre, E-man, etc. could get one more year of eligibility if they wanted it? How about Tyson Ward and Vinnie Shahid at NDSU? Is ORU (and all other schools) willing to give these seniors one more year of scholarship aid? How will the Summit League handle eligibility if some member schools bring their seniors back for another year, but others can't/don't? Is there a chance EVERYONE who plays a "Winter/Spring" sport at the NCAA level will get an additional year of eligibility for the "Lost Season of 2020"? The Law of Unintended Consequences rears its bizarre head once again: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 How do you define “lost season”? Does that only apply for those players that were still playing? (Those conferences that were finished would only have players on the championship teams.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, ORUTerry said: How do you define “lost season”? Does that only apply for those players that were still playing? (Those conferences that were finished would only have players on the championship teams.) That's why I bring up the NDSU players: they did not get to compete in the NCAA tournament. Nor did SDSU, USD or ORU in the NIT, CIT or CBI. If you allow those Bison, Jackrabbit, etc. seniors back into the fold for 2020-21, affecting the balance of conference power, don't you have to afford ALL seniors from each league school the opportunity to get back into the mix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 You would think so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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