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NCAA Tournament to be played without fans due to coronavirus

If you were hoping to travel with the Arizona Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament, start making other plans.

In lieu of the coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA announced Wednesday that only “essential personnel and limited family attendance” will be able to attend the action.

This also means fans will not be able to be in attendance when the women’s team hosts the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament in McKale Center next week, a bummer for the upstart program.

Here is the full statement from the NCAA COVID-19 Advisory Panel:

The NCAA COVID-19 Advisory Panel recognizes the fluidity of COVID-19 and its impact on hosting events in a public space.