On Tuesday morning, the Missouri Men’s Basketball team addressed the media before heading to Omaha to play the Oregon Ducks.
Originally, the Tigers were supposed to play Oregon at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut in a early-season tournament dubbed Bubbleville. However, both teams dropped out of the competition, and now they will meet on neutral court in Omaha, Nebraska.
This rapid scheduling, unscheduling, and rescheduling of games is something that has just become a part of the sports world in this COVID times, and Mizzou is getting a taste of it early in their season. When asked how the team’s preparation in a situation like this changes, Javon Pickett said, “We just go about everything kinda the same… making sure we are being safe.