March Madness to be held entirely in one area, likely Indianapolis

[SFspidur]

In recent weeks, the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee has engaged in a thorough contingency planning process to determine the most effective way to conduct a safe and healthy March Madness for all participants for the 2021 championship. Through these discussions, it became apparent to the committee that conducting the championship at 13 preliminary round sites spread throughout the country would be very difficult to execute in the current pandemic environment. The committee has decided the championship should be held in a single geographic area to enhance the safety and well-being of the event.

As a result, NCAA staff are in preliminary talks with the State of Indiana and the city of Indianapolis to potentially host the 68-team tournament around the metropolitan area during the coordinated dates in March and April. Indianapolis was already slated to host the Men’s Final Four from April 3-5, 2021.

NCAA Relocating 2021 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Sites

The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee announced today the relocation of 13 predetermined preliminary round sites for the 2021 Division I Men’s Basketball

www.ncaa.org

 

[CH_Spider]

Whatever it takes to make it happen

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Meanwhile, the CFP committee is going to meet....in person....to rank the top college football teams.

 

[CH_Spider]

Should've put an outdoor court at The Diamond

 

[fatherspider]

I guess we will be dealing with covid for eternity. Wow its 6 months from now and they already make this decision.

 

[97spiderfan]

I guess we will be dealing with covid for eternity. Wow its 6 months from now and they already make this decision.

Yes, literally every public health expert has said this for months now. So, this is a wise decision (one of the few in my mind) by the NCAA. Most timelines for vaccine distribution show that enough Americans won't be vaccinated to create a herd level of immunity until later in 2021. Sucks, I know. We all want this to be over with and their is an end point when things will "largely" go back to normal. March 2021 is not that time though.

 

[plydogg]

I guess we will be dealing with covid for eternity. Wow its 6 months from now and they already make this decision.

Wait until you hear how far in advance people have to plan for things when they get pregnant...