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posted 01-21-2021 05:45 PM
A lot of conversations have happened over the idea of conference tournaments happening in 2021 due to the risks with COVID-19.
However, there is another issue on the horizon that is more pressing than the concerns being expressed over the conference tournaments.
Matt Norlander of CBS Sports reported on Thursday that the possibility of the college basketball season being shut down, at least briefly, is growing.
“Multiple conference commissioners and athletic directors told CBS Sports in the past week-plus that there is a growing sense of nervousness over the stability of the college basketball season — and all winter collegiate sports — for the next few weeks.”
Norlander noted that a big reason for this nervousness is around Joe Biden now being in office. With the new President, NCAA officials are waiting to see and bracing for the possibility of federal shutdowns that could impact numerous schools and causing a midseason pause.
The other big concern that could have a major impact on college basketball moving forward in 2021 is students retuning to college campuses for the Spring semester.
“There has been concern, there is concern and will be concern going forward,” Big Sky commissioner Tom Wistrcill said. “The virus has been really unpredictable. It’s been hard for us to manage as a country, it’s hard for our level, both from getting students back to classes and getting into school, and for basketball teams to travel around and get games in. Everything I’ve tried to guess and plan out about the virus hasn’t worked. It’s really hard to sit here today on the 19th of January and say, ‘I’ve got a really good feeling about this, this and this going forward.”
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