With a 25-4 overall record and 16-2 league mark, Troy had an automatic bid into the semifinals set for March 14 at Smoothie King Center. A retreat to the beach earlier in the week had the team in a good frame of mind going into the conference tournament.
“She wanted us to get a list together before we left of who those six would be. I got busy doing those types of things while my assistants finished practice. That’s the first we knew we would be affected by the virus. I was explaining they needed to put six family members on the list.