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'Devastating' day for Bradley basketball teams

Mar 12, 2020 at 7:10 PM

PEORIA — The World Health Organization’s Covid-19 online global map designates affected areas by orange circles that look like small basketballs. Great symbolism accompanies the orange sphere located in the United States.

From the cancellations of the NCAA tournament and the conference tournaments to the suspension of the NBA season, Thursday will go down as the day the air was let out of basketballs everywhere in our country.

For some, like the seniors on the Bradley men’s and women’s teams, it was the denial of one last opportunity for glory.