UPDATE THREE: All Power Five conferences have canceled.
Breaking: The following conferences have canceled their men’s basketball tournaments because of the coronavirus.
SEC
ACC
Big Ten
Big 12
Pac-12 pic.twitter.com/NlMOV4Iej7— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 12, 2020
UPDATE TWO: Big 12 tournament has been canceled.
Big 12 also canceling its tourney.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 12, 2020
UPDATE: The PAC-12 has now also canceled.
The Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament has been cancelled, multiple sources tell @247Sports.
— Evan Daniels (@EvanDaniels) March 12, 2020
The Big Ten, AAC and SEC have all canceled their conference basketball tournaments because of coronavirus. According to Jeff Goodman, the three conferences canceled Thursday. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
Presidents voted unanimously to cancel the Big Ten tournament, source told @Stadium. https://t.co/tOJD1JrOq8
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 12, 2020
AAC tourney has been canceled, source told @Stadium.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 12, 2020
SEC tourney has been canceled, source told @Stadium.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 12, 2020
Well, there it is, folks. Three of the biggest conferences in America just canceled their conference tournaments.
It’s all over. Any hope we had about games going through Sunday is officially done.
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I’m simply at a loss for words. I’m crushed, I’m heartbroken, I’m disappointed and I want to give coronavirus a massive middle finger.
Any hope we have of March Madness going forward and happening has probably been officially extinguished.
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Keep checking back for more details on this developing March Madness situation.