March Sadness: NCAA men’s, women’s basketball tournaments canceled

The Dayton men’s team won the regular-season title with a historic season, finishing 29-2 and 18-0 in the conference and winning its last 20 games. It did not get to play a postseason game as the A-10 tournament was also cancelled Thursday.

“Today, NCAA President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors canceled the Division I men’s and women’s 2020 basketball tournaments, as well as all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships,” the NCAA announced.  This decision is based on the evolving COVID-19 public health threat, our ability to ensure the events do not contribute to spread of the pandemic, and the impracticality of hosting such events at any time during this academic year given ongoing decisions by other entities.”