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KatDad · 03-11-2020, 01:44 PM

Looks like they're going to play the NCAA Basketball Tournament with empty stands.

Rob G · 03-11-2020, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by KatDad

Looks like they're going to play the NCAA Basketball Tournament with empty stands.

This is crazy. The games will be soooooo boring. Maybe they'll use a cheer track in the same way that sitcoms use a laugh track.

BigO · 03-11-2020, 04:33 PM

And even so, the authorities won't close the schools here.

Shadow · 03-11-2020, 05:41 PM

Our local university is looking to close if WV starts to see patients in the state. So far none have been identified.

TommyBB · 03-11-2020, 05:57 PM

NBA just pupended the season.

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vernonator · 03-12-2020, 05:23 AM

The 3 Iowa state schools (and several private - Drake and Grinnell the most notable) are all going 100% virtual for two weeks following sprin break which is next week. No Face-to-Face classes, and need to apply to keep your access to the dorms/buildings/dining halls. They will "re-asess" the week of 3/30 to see fit they extend that policy.

Meanwhile our boys state basketball tourney is still going on here in Des Moines with 60k spectators and players attending over the next 3 days....go figure.

Its all (IMHO) a bit overboard - Iowa has NO community spread cases being tracked, the 12 we do have 11 are all from one group of people that took a cruise to Egypt. Its all panic driven decisions - the worst kind you can make.

I am going to Phoenix next week and have tickets to four Cubs Spring Training games, if they cancel those I am going to be PISSED!!!!!

KatDad · 03-12-2020, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by vernonator

Its all (IMHO) a bit overboard - Iowa has NO community spread cases being tracked, the 12 we do have 11 are all from one group of people that took a cruise to Egypt. Its all panic driven decisions - the worst kind you can make.

I could not agree more.

There are a grand total of 2 cases in Kansas and Missouri combined.

jgbutler · 03-12-2020, 09:19 AM

The Jazz were in town last night to play the Thunder but after Rudy Gobert ( who had already tested positive and was not on the roster to play) and Donavon Mitchell both tested positive the game was called just prior to tip-off. To make matters worse Mitchell had done warmups and a shoot around at Del City High School yesterday afternoon.

Also an OKC hotel that had a guest who tested positive shut it down and are in the process of trying to disinfect the entire building.

It just goes to show how easily this thing can possibly be spread when people are walking around infected with absolutely no signs or symptoms.

KatDad · 03-12-2020, 10:47 AM

The Big 12, Big 10, and SEC have cancelled their basketball tournaments.

BigO · 03-12-2020, 10:59 AM

What are we going to do with ourselves? No sports, no music...what are we going to do with all this free time?

03-11-2020, 01:44 PM	#1
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,276	Empty Stands! Looks like they're going to play the NCAA Basketball Tournament with empty stands. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave

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03-12-2020, 05:23 AM	#6
vernonator Herf Meister Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Is this Heaven? No it's Iowa Posts: 5,291	The 3 Iowa state schools (and several private - Drake and Grinnell the most notable) are all going 100% virtual for two weeks following sprin break which is next week. No Face-to-Face classes, and need to apply to keep your access to the dorms/buildings/dining halls. They will "re-asess" the week of 3/30 to see fit they extend that policy. Meanwhile our boys state basketball tourney is still going on here in Des Moines with 60k spectators and players attending over the next 3 days....go figure. Its all (IMHO) a bit overboard - Iowa has NO community spread cases being tracked, the 12 we do have 11 are all from one group of people that took a cruise to Egypt. Its all panic driven decisions - the worst kind you can make. I am going to Phoenix next week and have tickets to four Cubs Spring Training games, if they cancel those I am going to be PISSED!!!!! __________________ We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile Last edited by vernonator; 03-12-2020 at 05:26 AM.

03-12-2020, 09:19 AM	#8
jgbutler Herf Meister Join Date: May 2004 Location: Weatherford, OK Posts: 6,102	The Jazz were in town last night to play the Thunder but after Rudy Gobert ( who had already tested positive and was not on the roster to play) and Donavon Mitchell both tested positive the game was called just prior to tip-off. To make matters worse Mitchell had done warmups and a shoot around at Del City High School yesterday afternoon. Also an OKC hotel that had a guest who tested positive shut it down and are in the process of trying to disinfect the entire building. It just goes to show how easily this thing can possibly be spread when people are walking around infected with absolutely no signs or symptoms. __________________ "The most futile and disastrous day seems well spent when it is reviewed through the blue, fragrant smoke of a Havana cigar." - Evelyn Waugh

03-12-2020, 10:47 AM	#9
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,276	The Big 12, Big 10, and SEC have cancelled their basketball tournaments. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave

03-12-2020, 10:59 AM	#10
BigO Publisher/Owner El Chefé BBQ Guru Herf God Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Atlanta. Posts: 55,779	What are we going to do with ourselves? No sports, no music...what are we going to do with all this free time? __________________ Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier. If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention. Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity. Unborn lives matter too.

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