March madness cancelled

[EnviroSciGuy]

Yet another proof that G-d hates Rutgers

Imagine if some program hires away Pike. They lost their only chance in 30 years to make the tournament and might be headed back downwards.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

I'm guessing the coronavirus experts have told the NCAA that they expect this pandemic will take months not weeks to get in control or the decision to cancel winter & spring sports wouldn't be made this quickly.

I wonder if all high school sports will be cancelled for the rest of this school year too.

No one knows how long this will last & the uncertainty is what forced this decision. As long as that uncertainty exists decisions will be made that err on the side of caution I imagine.

 

[Toga]

 

[Billyo30]

Oh Lord it's the Rapture

No, the sign of the rapture would have been Rutgers MAKING the tournament...

 

[SWC75]

I've got that, too. A good dose of Jim McKay would go good now. We're all feeling a bit like Vinko Bogotaj.

VINKO BOGATAJ AGONY OF DEFEAT WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS

INTERVIEW WITH VINKO BOGATAJ BY JIM MCKAY.

www.youtube.com

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I grew up on that stuff. Was it saturday afternoons at 3:30-5. Let's not forget arm wrestling from Petaluna, California and Evel Knievel from Las Vegas.

 

[Toga]

I grew up on that stuff. Was it saturday afternoons at 3:30-5. Let's not forget arm wrestling from Petaluna, California and Evel Knievel from Las Vegas.

Log Rolling!
Firemen competition!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[SWC75]

Log Rolling!
Firemen competition!

In Cicero, NY, no less.

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

 

[SWC75]

Three words that get used interchangeably but do not mean the same thing are 'suspended', 'postponed' and 'cancelled'. Suspended means you are going to stop what you are doing for now. Postponed means you are going to do it later. Cancelled means you aren't going to do it at all. The first two words are compatible: you are stopping what you are doing and hope to do it later, perhaps at a specified time. Cancelled is not compatible with the other two.

I fail to see why a final decision on the NCAAT had to be made now. This pandemic might be over in 2-3 weeks. We don't know. they could have set it up for May and if it's still a bad idea then, then you cancel it. I see no reason why that could not have been done, unless venues would not have been available or the networks didn't want to televise it because they had other programming, which I seriously doubt.

ESPN has the explanation in this article. It's the second question.

What we know and don't know after NCAA tournament cancellations

After Thursday's historic decision to cancel NCAA championships, here are the next steps and what we still need to learn.

www.espn.com

 

[Todoubled23]

Happy Friday the 13th!

 

[Alsacs]

No joke i have ordered an NES classic, SNES clasic, and a PS4 this afternoon.

I haven’t played video games in 5 years.

Who is playing Super Mario RPG for the first in a decade?
This guy.

 

[rrlbees]

 

[cliftonparksufan]

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Last night I watched the Yankees game from 1979 where Bobby Murcer had 5 rbi's the night of Thurman Munson's funeral. See what classics are on tonight.

 

[SWC75]

Last night I watched the Yankees game from 1979 where Bobby Murcer had 5 rbi's the night of Thurman Munson's funeral. See what classics are on tonight.

Classic Baseball on the Radio

www.youtube.com

 

[rrlbees]

Florida Senate proclaims Seminoles champions

The Florida Senate passed a resolution proclaiming the No. 4 Seminoles, who went 26-5 and won the first ACC regular-season title in school history, "champions by default."

www.espn.com

 

[orange79]

Florida Senate proclaims Seminoles champions

The Florida Senate passed a resolution proclaiming the No. 4 Seminoles, who went 26-5 and won the first ACC regular-season title in school history, "champions by default."

www.espn.com

What is it with Florida schools and "claiming" national championships?

I'm going with inferiority complex.

Well, that, and stupidity.

 

[SWC75]

What is it with Florida schools and "claiming" national championships?

I'm going with inferiority complex.

Well, that, and stupidity.

Don't gripe- we want to do the same thing in lacrosse!

 

[orange79]

Don't gripe- we want to do the same thing in lacrosse!

Yeah, but we don't have a history.