The Ivy League is the first school basketball convention to cancel its convention tournament in March, paving the way for all other meetings to do the same and ultimately cancel the NCAA Tournament for the first time.
Now, the 2020-21 Ivy League basketball season is in danger because Harvard, and other groups, are not expected to play this season amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Since the cancellation of autumn sports and the fact that winter sports would not begin until at least January 1, the league has not made any officers about the upcoming winter season. NESCAC, which includes the most sensible colleges such as Wesleyan, Williams and Amherst. , as well as Colby – canceled winter sports before this month.
The NCAA Division 1 season will begin on November 25, and many leagues plan a few weeks of off-conference play before the league starts playing in mid-December.
Many Ivy League coaches remain positive about the option of a basketball season, however, several league resources have said Harvard is expected to play this year.
A said if he gambled, he’d bet against Harvard this year. The school has no plans to send students back in the spring, so “there’s no chance” of Harvard playing, he said.
“There’s no Harvard betting this year,” said a source at the moment.
Harvard coach Tommy Amaker did not respond to a request for comment.
Harvard has lately 3 players on the NCAA motion portal: principal Danilo Djuricic, chief escort Reed Farley and main escort Mario Haskett, with resources saying players should move their titles next fall. The Ivy League has a long-standing rule that prevents third place. Game sports cyclists, and last year 12 players moved, nine of whom gained immediate eligibility Several graduates have moved to high-level basketball systems such as Duke, Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama and Seton Hall, where they are eligible without delay this season.
It is known whether other prestigious Ivy League shows, such as Yale and Princeton, will play this season.
On Monday, Paul Atkinson, co-player of the year for the Yale Ivy League, announced that he would graduate in the spring and move out. Atkinson averaged 17. 6 issues and 7. 3 rebounds last season and will be at the top of the moving market.
One source said several members who returned from Yale’s basketball team took off-campus jobs or internships in the first semester, but are “ready to sign up” if the season starts in January.
Meanwhile, Yale’s men’s hockey team has experienced a coronavirus outbreak that has affected 18 players.
“All other members of the men’s ice hockey team in the New Haven area, as well as track and box staff working directly with them, were asked to quarantine and participate in the college program, whether they were known as close contacts of angry team members, said Stephanie Spangler, vice-chancellor of fitness and educational integrity issues , in a letter to the Yale network Thursday night through CNN.
If the league would operate a season with fewer than 8 full groups it remains uncertain, however, several resources have said it could pass with five or six groups.
“It’s a doubt that the league has enough groups,” said a league source. “We’ll have a league look. I hear Harvard’s out. I think if we can get five groups to play, that’s what we’re going to do. “do. “
Another source said: “I have a feeling the whole league wouldn’t play. It would be an exclusive scenario for a team not to play. “
Several league resources awaited an official Ivy League announcement about their plans in November or December.
“No resolution has been taken after the end of the fall quarter,” Ivy League spokeswoman Meghan Moore said in an email Monday. “League presidents and athletic administrators continue to meet to discuss the characteristics of our student’s return to the festival. -athletes in autumn, winter and spring 2021. “
This has been updated.
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