Two days after the WHO declared the coronavirus a global pandemic, and as community spreading has begun throughout the country, not only is “real life” being increasingly cancelled, but so too are its distractions and hobbies. Workers and schools are shuttering, “social distancing” and self-quarantine are the new national buzzwords, and good luck finding some hand sanitizer or toilet paper.
Two days after Rudy Gobert tested the Fates, he contracted the virus (as has Donovan Mitchell), and the NBA is now suspending its season. The Big Ten is playing its tournament in empty arenas.
And now, for better or worse, after cancelling all spring sporting events, the SEC has decided to just pull the plug on the SEC men’s basketball tournament altogether.