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John Calipari Supports Playing NCAA Tournament in a "Bubble"

Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports

The NBA, WNBA and NHL have found success playing in a bubble format amid the coronavirus pandemic, and Kentucky coach John Calipari thinks college basketball should consider the same idea for the postseason.

"We can play the NCAA tournament in a bubble," Calipari said on ESPN Radio’s The Intersection Thursday night. "Instead of it being weeks on weeks long, maybe it's short. You lose, you're out of the bubble. You go home."

NCAA president Mark Emmert first mentioned the idea of college sports being played in a bubble or "semi-bubble" when he announced Thursday that there will be no fall championships in 2020 for all NCAA Division I sports.