Two conferences have decided their men's and women's basketball tournaments will be played behind closed doors.
on Tuesday and the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases approached 117,000, here are the latest developments in the sports world:The Yale men's and Princeton women's teams will represent the Ivy League in the upcoming NCAA Tournaments after officialsto"limit large gatherings on campuses in light of the coronavirus situation."
The ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Pac-12 are all moving forward with plans to hold their men's basketball tournaments in Greensboro, Nashville, Kansas City and Las Vegas, respectively, as scheduled.for the men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York.NCAA president Mark Emmert reiterated Tuesday that the men's and women's basketball tournaments will proceed as planned. However, the traditional first games in Dayton, Ohio, could run into a conflict.
The First Four games in Dayton are scheduled to be played next Tuesday. Cleveland is also a first-round host in the men's NCAA Tournament.
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