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‘Are we going to get it today?’: Inside SMU Basketball’s Shutdown, and Its Ensuing Grueling Month of February

Tim Jankovich wakes up every morning with a single question rattling at the forefront of his mind.

To him, it is a query that will eventually be answered in the affirmative. It is just a matter of time, not a question of “if.”

“Is today the day I get (COVID)? Personally, we are all thinking ‘Are we going to get it today?” Jankovich said, reflecting on this daily rumination that has become all too familiar among college coaches.

And, last Tuesday, Jankovich finally got his answer. It wasn’t that he had tested positive. But, as he looked at the daily coronavirus testing results he glances at habitually now, someone in his program did.