On Wednesday night, St. John’s and DePaul won their games in the first round of the 2020 Big East men’s basketball tournament. While that was going on, the conference announced that Thursday’s quarterfinal games would take place without fans allowed to attend due to concerns over COVID-19 aka the coronavirus.
On Thursday morning, leagues across the country left, right, and center began cancelling their conference tournaments. Part of this has to do with the shutdown of the NBA thanks to the Utah Jazz turning into a petri dish, and part of this has to do with common sense in regards to preventing transmission of the virus.