There’s a reason so many college basketball coaches questioned whether playing in conference tournaments was worth the risk this March.
They feared the exact nightmare scenario Virginia and Kansas are now going through.
On Friday morning, Virginia withdrew from the ACC tournament after an unidentified person in the program tested positive for COVID-19. By Friday afternoon, Kansas also had removed itself from the Big 12 tournament because of a positive test.
The test results forced the cancellation of both teams' conference tournament semifinal games and could jeopardize their hopes of playing in the NCAA tournament next week.