In a world gone mad, we find ourselves at the crossroads of a surging pandemic and the start of the college basketball season.
Opening games across the country will tip off on Wednesday. Except, that is, for all the opening games — so many, it’s startling — that have been canceled or postponed due to active COVID-19 cases.
The most exciting thing about, say, Illinois at the moment isn’t its fancy No. 8 ranking or guard Ayo Dosunmu’s preseason All-American recognition. It’s simply that the Illini are going to be on the court — fingers crossed — Wednesday against North Carolina AT&T.