More than a week later, and you can still hear the ache in Will Bolt's voice.
Nebraska's first-year baseball coach, like everyone else, has had to come to terms with a new reality in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that has spread across the world and continues to grow in the United States.
He's also had to try and figure out how to move his program forward once the sports world starts spinning again.
"The first couple days, everybody was really, honestly, walking around in a bit of a fog. Because it hits you so suddenly," Bolt told the Journal Star on Friday.