MUNCIE, Ind. — Ball State athletic director Beth Goetz didn’t think before the last couple days the school, its conference and the NCAA as a whole would be in the position it is now.
A day Thursday that started with the Mid-American Conference, among many others, canceling its conference basketball tournaments amid concerns about the coronavirus ended with the NCAA canceling its 2020 Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournaments all together. As well as the remaining winter and spring championships.
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The MAC followed that up by canceling all regular season, championship and non-traditional season competitions for the rest of the 2019-20 academic year.