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Minium: ODU Basketball Players are Making Huge Sacrifices in Their Social Lives to Play This Season

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By Harry Minium

All eyes were on Malik Curry. The decision, in essence, was his.

He was in a meeting Old Dominion University basketball coach Jeff Jones called in December with upper classmen to decide what the Monarchs would do over the Christmas break.

The men's team has weathered the pandemic better than many. They created a "bubble," in which they have limited their contact with the outside world. So far, no players and coaches have tested positive since they reported to campus in July.

Question was, would the ODU men go home over Christmas or maintain that bubble by remaining in Norfolk?