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Charles Barkley, Jay Bilas Call for NCAA to Suspend March Madness

The college basketball world is still reacting to Wednesday’s coronavirus developments that resulted in the suspension of the 2020 NBA season.

This morning the two most prominent voices in basketball weighed in on the matter. In a telephone conversation on ESPN’s Get Up, Charles Barkley said his employers at CBS and Turner Sports need to take action.

“I give Adam Silver a lot of credit, man. Let’s shut this thing down and try to figure it out,” Barkley said. “I’m gonna say this and I’m probably going to get in trouble because I work for Turner, March Madness and CBS.