There could easily be a cloud of gloom and misery hanging over the city of Stillwater right now.
On what should have been Day One of Oklahoma State University hosting the NCAA Tennis Championships, the Greenwood tennis center sits quietly in the midst of a mostly vacant campus, due to the coronavirus prompting the NCAA to cancel all spring sports championships.
There are no crowds, tents or festivities in the city, but what Stillwater does have is optimism.
Optimism was the overarching theme in every conversation conducted to answer the first question in many OSU fans and Stillwater residents’ minds once the 2020 tennis championships were canceled:
When will OSU be able to host again?