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'It's heartbreaking': Coronavirus puts sudden, unprecedented end to college basketball season in the Ozarks

Missouri State Athletics Director Kyle Moats talks to the media after the NCAA canceled the NCAA men's and women's tournaments. Springfield News-Leader

It wasn't five minutes before the media was set to meet with Missouri State Athletics Director when the sports bombshell of the year dropped.

No more NCAA Tournament.

The Lady Bears' season was over.

The Drury Lady Panthers' season was over.

College basketball in the Ozarks was over.

The heartbreak and the pain had yet to set in as Moats made his way to a media huddle on Friday afternoon at Hammons Student Center.