Coronavirus Pandemic Impacts

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Jon Rothstein
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Sources: The MAC is considering going to a 22-game league schedule during the 20-21 season. Conference is currently set for 20.





Jon Rothstein
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This tournament will be an incredible kickoff event to the 20-21 season. Remember: Saint Louis and Boise State should be two of the best non-power conference teams in college basketball.
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Jon Rothstein
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Sources: The current target date for the Orlando Invitational is November 25-27. Field currently includes Gonzaga, Michigan State, Auburn, Xavier, Saint Louis, Belmont, Boise State, and an eighth team that is TBD. Matchups are TBD.

 

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Jeff Goodman
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One of the biggest complaints I’ve heard talking to schedulers in college hoops: “MTE’s (multi-team events) are screwing up everything. The NCAA should have just made it 27 games. Period. Would have made it so much easier.”

 

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https://goexplorers.com/news/2020/9...a-salle-and-explorer-athletics-community.aspx:

"We are writing to share difficult news: Today, the University's Board of Trustees approved a recommendation to reduce the number of La Salle's intercollegiate athletics teams from 25 to 18 at the conclusion of this academic year.

This action affects the following programs: baseball; men's swimming and diving; men's tennis; men's water polo; softball; volleyball; and women's tennis. These programs will compete during this academic year, assuming conditions permit and if it is deemed safe to do so. This action will provide a better overall experience for La Salle's remaining student-athletes and create a more sustainable environment for the University's athletics department. This measure better aligns us with members of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which—on average—sponsor 19 intercollegiate athletics teams. The NCAA average is 18 teams.

Simply put, La Salle Athletics cannot continue to sponsor 25 varsity sports at a competitive level. Sustaining an athletics department that offers more Atlantic 10-sponsored teams than any other in the conference at a university positioned in the conference's bottom-quartile in enrollment is not feasible. The rising costs associated with providing a high-quality Division I student-athlete experience and the financial challenges incurred by the department contributed to this decision. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the need for this change."


https://www.inquirer.com/college-sp...e-cuts-sports-baseball-softball-20200929.html:

"In survival mode as an institution, La Salle had tried adding sports to bring in more students. Water polo, for instance, was part of that effort. Women’s water polo will continue, along with women’s swimming and diving."

 

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Jeff Goodman
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Big West commissioner Dan Butterly told
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that the league is at 20 league games and starting Dec. 29 right now. Will meet with the AD’s today and then have a Board of Directors meeting on Oct. 7 to confirm or adjust.





Jeff Goodman
@GoodmanHoops
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Big Ten coaches as a group favor a 20-game league schedule, per source. There was a little momentum for a 22-league slate, but told its likely going to be 20.

 

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Jeff Goodman
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All teams from Paradise Jam event have withdrawn, but Basketball Travelers’ Nels Hawkinson told me he will try and put together an event with a new field of up to 8 teams in the DC area.

Initial field: Little Rock, St. Bonny, Bradley, Long Beach, FIU, Weber, Buffalo, Clev St

 

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Jeff Goodman
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All teams from Paradise Jam event have withdrawn, but Basketball Travelers’ Nels Hawkinson told me he will try and put together an event with a new field of up to 8 teams in the DC area.

Initial field: Little Rock, St. Bonny, Bradley, Long Beach, FIU, Weber, Buffalo, Clev St

So it wouldn't make sense for us to go to a bubble with another A10 team, right? Or does it not really matter?

 

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Jeff Goodman
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MEAC proposal, per source: 16 game schedule splitting it into north/south. Only playing division games, which would mean teams play other teams in their division four times.

 

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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...ns-game-played-week-4-two-more-positive-tests:

"The Pittsburgh Steelers-Tennessee Titans game will not be played during Week 4 following two additional positive coronavirus tests among the Titans, the NFL announced Thursday.

According to a statement from the NFL, one additional Titans players and one personnel member tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. That comes after four players (starting nose tackle DaQuan Jones, linebacker Kamalei Correa, long-snapper Beau Brinkley and practice squad tight end Tommy Hudson) and five team personnel members tested positive earlier this week."

 

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Jon Rothstein
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Sources: Patriot League expected to cancel games until 2021.


Sources: Patriot League expected to cancel games until 2021 - College Hoops Today
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https://watchstadium.com/whats-the-...ge-basketballs-32-d-1-conferences-10-01-2020/:

"Some conferences have already announced their scheduling plans for college basketball this upcoming season, while others have made decisions but have yet to make it official. Then there’s the leagues that still haven’t decided what they are doing.

Here’s what we have compiled through reaching out to Division I commissioners, league personnel, athletic directors and coaches. And, of course, in the current climate, everything is tentative and subject to change.

ACC | 20 games (2-3 games in December) – per source

BIG EAST | 20 games (4-5 games in December) – per source

BIG TEN | Likely 20 games – per source

BIG 12 | 18 games (2 games in December) – per source

PAC-12 | 20 games (2 games in December) – per league

SEC | 18 games (starts Dec. 29-30) – per league

AAC | 20 games (2 additional play dates added in December) – per source

AMERICA EAST | 18 games (starts Jan. 2, but December could be in play) – per senior associate commissioner Matt Bourque

ASUN | 16 games, double round-robin schedule (starts Jan. 2), final approval pending testing protocol – per commissioner Ted Gumbart

A-10 | 18 games (starts Dec. 30) – per source

BIG SKY | None yet

BIG SOUTH | 20 games with 2 likely before Christmas – per commissioner Kyle Kallander

BIG WEST | 20 games (starts Dec. 29), final decision Oct. 7 – per commissioner Dan Butterly

CAA | 18 games (starts after Christmas) – per associate commissioner for men’s basketball Shawn Murphy

C-USA | 18 games (TBD on format) – per source

HORIZON LEAGUE | None yet

IVY LEAGUE | No games until at least Jan. 1 – per league

MAAC | 20 games (starts Dec. 8) – per commissioner Rich Ensor

MAC | 20 games (no changes to previous schedule) – per commissioner Jon Steinbrecher

MEAC | Proposal is for two divisions, play each team in division 4 times – per source

MISSOURI VALLEY | 18 games (starts Dec. 30) – per league

MOUNTAIN WEST | 18 games (starts last week of December) – per commissioner Craig Thompson

NEC | None yet (could be 18 or 20 games) – per source

OVC | None yet (could be 18 or 22 games) – per source

PATRIOT LEAGUE | None yet

SOCON | None yet

SOUTHLAND | 16 games (starts Jan. 2) – per commissioner Tom Burnett

SUN BELT | 18 games (starts Dec. 31) – per source

SWAC | 18 games – per senior associate commissioner Jason Cable

THE SUMMIT | 16 games (start date TBD) – per commissioner Tom Douple

WAC | 16 games (starts Dec. 31) – final decision Oct. 15 per deputy commissioner Ron Loghry

WCC | 16 games (starts Dec. 31) – per source"

 

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Jon Rothstein
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13 of Maryland's coaches and Athletic Director Damon Evans have volunteered to take additional 10 percent pay cuts, per release.

 

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https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...voidance-of-contact-tracing-quarantine-rules/:

"In just over three weeks' time, college football has helplessly watched as 22 of its 94 games were postponed or canceled due to COVID-19. That's an eye-catching 23.4% of its schedule. Remember, four of the 10 FBS leagues (Big Ten, Pac-12, Mountain West, MAC) haven't played a game. The SEC just started this past weekend.

College basketball's schedule, 57 days out from the planned Nov. 25 start, could be at even greater risk. If the sport were to have a cancellation/postponement rate that matched college football's first month, hoops would easily see more than 100 games impacted with a high percentage of them being cancellations as there isn't one game per week per team and there won't be makeup dates in the nonconference portion of the schedule.

College football has some built-in advantages to stave off coronavirus-related schedule suspensions. Mainly, teams are so large that they can practice in groups to maintain roster stability (reducing contact-tracing requirements). Another benefit: College football teams can practice outside where the coronavirus is believed to be much less likely to spread than in a contained environment. College basketball, on the other hand, practices indoors with small, hyper-interactive rosters.

'Absolutely one of the biggest challenges we have in front of us: to figure out how to have a competitive season in any sport without major, major stoppages,' Oregon State director for sports medicine Doug Aukerman said Friday in an NCAA video.

Aukerman was speaking hours after the NCAA released its "Core Principles of Resocialization of Collegiate Basketball". That landed with a gloomy thud Friday afternoon. The NCAA's COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group reminded everyone what should happen if even one player tests positive during the season. The protocols therein are being viewed across college basketball as existential threat to the integrity of the upcoming season. If you missed it -- and many did -- you can find this passage buried in the document:

'A typical basketball team has 15 players, all of whom typically train on a single basketball court at the same time in an enclosed space. Generally speaking, it is expected that the total number of Tier 1 individuals within a team would approximate 25-30. If any Tier 1 individual becomes infected, schools should consider quarantining the entire team, including coaching staff and other essential personnel who are part of Tier 1, for 14 days, provided determinations around who must be quarantined are ultimately the jurisdiction of applicable public health officials. At present, there is not a recommendation for consideration of testing out of quarantine.'

'Tier 1' applies to anyone in suspected or proven close contact. Anyone sharing a gym, around basketball practice day after day, is Tier 1.


'It's really the most important issue, especially in a sport like basketball,' chief NCAA medical officer Brian Hainline said in the aforementioned video.

That final sentence is key, too. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not currently endorse the idea that someone put into quarantine due to contact tracing should be cleared to interact with the public before 14 days, even if negative COVID-19 tests are provided by that person day after day after day."

 

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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...nts-enhanced-protocols-teams-exposed-covid-19:

"The NFL implemented a series of enhanced protocols Thursday for teams to follow after exposure to the COVID-19 virus, as it navigates an outbreak among the Tennessee Titans and potential transmission to the Minnesota Vikings.

The Vikings, who have not yet returned a positive test result after playing the Titans last Sunday, used the protocols after reopening their facility and practicing Thursday.

The enhanced protocols include two daily tests; one is the traditional PCR (nasal swab) test and the other is a POC (point of care) test that returns faster results. All Tier 1 and Tier 2 employees must test negative on the POC test before entering the facility.

PPE and face masks must also be worn by all players and coaches on the practice field and gloves must be worn by everyone except quarterbacks on their throwing hand. All meetings must be virtual and there will also be daily deep cleanings of the facility. The protocols also include a prohibition on team or player gatherings away from the facility.

NFL chief medical officer Allen Sills will determine whether and for how long the post-exposure protocols must be followed. Whether they are exposed or not, all NFL employees were urged by the memo to 'act as if every person you come into contact with has a COVID infection and take appropriate precautions.'"

 

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Brett McMurphy
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USF’s athletic departments is eliminating 30 positions & will have salary reductions or furloughs for all salaried athletic department staff members, including 15% pay cuts for AD Michael Kelly, football coach Jeff Scott & hoops coach Brian Gregory

 

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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...ns-game-played-week-4-two-more-positive-tests:

"The Pittsburgh Steelers-Tennessee Titans game will not be played during Week 4 following two additional positive coronavirus tests among the Titans, the NFL announced Thursday.

According to a statement from the NFL, one additional Titans players and one personnel member tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. That comes after four players (starting nose tackle DaQuan Jones, linebacker Kamalei Correa, long-snapper Beau Brinkley and practice squad tight end Tommy Hudson) and five team personnel members tested positive earlier this week."

Who cares?

 

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Who cares?

Every fantasy football manager who has any player on either of those teams.

 

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Jon Rothstein
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Sources: As mid-majors attempt to fill their respective non-conference schedules in college basketball, many are now dealing with guarantee game offers which are down 60-80% due to COVID. Many programs will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars.





Jon Rothstein
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Many teams are opting to simply play 25 games with no MTE rather than 27 with an MTE. Expect this trend to continue as we inch closer to college basketball's "Golden Window".
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Jon Rothstein
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Sources: Notre Dame will not participate in the 2020 Legends Classic at Mohegan Sun. Rest of field currently includes UConn, USC, and Vanderbilt.

 

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Jon Rothstein
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Source: Like Miami, both Florida State and Notre Dame will play 25 regular season games in 20-21 with no MTE.
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Jon Rothstein
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Miami will play 25 regular season games in 20-21 with no MTE, per Jim Larranaga.

 

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Jon Rothstein
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Miami will play 25 regular season games in 20-21 with no MTE, per Jim Larranaga.

When will Rothstein learn to spell Coach L's name correctly-

Jim Larrañaga

 

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Jerry Carino

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Regarding Rutgers' withdrawal from the Jimmy V Classic vs. Baylor, the way it got put to me, it was at least a 5-day commitment to play one game per testing protocol. Plus a possible post-trip quarantine. With scheduling hard enough as it is, "the logistics are too difficult."




Jon Rothstein
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Sources: St. John's early season MTE at Carnesecca Arena is expected to feature La Salle, Manhattan, and Bryant. Will be a three-game, round-robin format.

 

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Jeff Goodman
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It’s down the road, but one interesting dilemma for college basketball coaches: Do they allow their players go home for Christmas break?