The First Domino Has Fallen

[crixus]

CBI tournament cut to only 8 teams due to Covid-19. But I'm glad they're playing, any sign of back to normal life is good by me. CIT isn't holding their tourney.

[SW_Mustang]

Not COVID related, but College of the Ozarks decides to cut ties with the NAIA - will become an NCCAA school exclusively:

College of the Ozarks cuts ties with the NAIA (ky3.com)

[SW_Mustang]

Geno Auriemma tests positive for COVID 19:

UConn Huskies' Geno Auriemma tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of NCAA women's basketball tournament (espn.com)

Looks like UCONN will be able to continue into the second round without him.

[Wildcat Khan]

Now Kansas is out of the Big 12 tournament. They already were missing 2 players due to Covid. Virginia is exhausting all possibilities to still compete in the Big Dance.

[Wildcat Khan]

I saw that when I woke up this morning and was surprised. I have to wonder about the ACC tournament now along with NC A&T as this is happening in North Carolina, but not in Vegas with 5 tournaments there this week. Is there some protocol in North Carolina that may be part of this?

Also I hope Virginia can still make the tournament with 5+ players out of virus protocol and 7 days of negative tests. They deserve a chance to defend their tournament championship.

[Uwfalum98]

[Wildcat Khan]

Duke out of the ACC tournament and sees their at large hopes blink out. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ovid-test-team . I hope this isn't like Portland the last week of the WCC season with a false positive as Duke needs the ACC tournament to make the NCAA tournament and to lose that opportunity for a false positive would be terrible. Portland got to play in the WCC tournament, but lost in the first round.

[SW_Mustang]

Good article - 365 days of uncertainty, change and hope in the NBA and America. It's now been a full year since the first NBA player tested positive for Covid-19.

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/sto...pe-nba-america

It's crazy how fast the last year passed.

The NBA wasn't the first to take shutdown measures against COVID in the US - but they certainly were the biggest at the time. IMO, this for me was COVID's true "arrival" in the US.

[crixus]

Good article - 365 days of uncertainty, change and hope in the NBA and America. It's now been a full year since the first NBA player tested positive for Covid-19.

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/sto...pe-nba-america

[crixus]

MLB teams that will allow fans on opening day and how many.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ds-opening-day

[ctrabs74]

Texas Rangers will allow 100% capacity for the final two spring training games and the opening day game at Globe Life Field. I personally think it's too soon to allow 100%. Time will tell.

https://sports.yahoo.com/rangers-wil...192526983.html

I think 100 percent is overkill, especially since 25-30 percent has been the going rate for most venues in Texas. I get that Globe Life Field is new (having officially opened last season sans fans), but I would think that 30-50 percent would have been a far more reasonable capacity rate for the first month or two, then gradually increase it to 100 percent (though, as bad as the Rangers are expected to be this season, they might not reach 50 percent capacity organically, let alone with full capacity on offer).

[crixus]

Texas Rangers will allow 100% capacity for the final two spring training games and the opening day game at Globe Life Field. I personally think it's too soon to allow 100%. Time will tell.

https://sports.yahoo.com/rangers-wil...192526983.html

[crixus]

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto tests positive for Covid-19 and placed on the Injured Reserve list.

https://sports.yahoo.com/joey-votto-...214531568.html

[SW_Mustang]

UC-Davis offering students a $75 payment to not travel for Spring Break. Interesting strategy... I'd say

UC Davis offers students money to not travel during spring break - ABC News (go.com)

Utica College (DIII) forced to suspend hockey season... before the start of the third period.

Utica College men's hockey halts activities following positive COVID-19 test (uticaod.com)

Michigan suspends 375 student ID cards for violating COVID protocols.

University of Michigan Deactivates 375 Student ID Cards for Failing to Comply With COVID Policy (newsweek.com)

This feed is a really good resource for COVID news in colleges, they do cover sports topics as well.

Live Updates: Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher Education (insidehighered.com)

[Tech Boys]

Last year was a heartbreaker for all the players to see their season ended the way it was. But this year when teams have had their season abruptly ended while other teams are still playing is downright gut-wrenching. Last week #2E seed Henderson State Women's Basketball ended their season before playing a game in the GAC Tournament, today Arkansas Tech Golden Suns Basketball ended its season after being selected as the #4 seed in the South Central Regional. ATU was 14-2 and ranked all season.

What exactly is contact tracing?

ATU: Golden Suns season ends due to COVID-19 protocols

HSU: Women's Basketball Season Ends Due to COVID-19 Protocols