Pending a vote by the D-I Council on Sept. 16, the official start of the 2020-21 college basketball season is expected to be pushed back a couple of weeks. Per Matt Norlander of CBS Sports, the oversight committees for men’s and women’s hoops agreed this week to recommend a Nov. 25 start date.
That seems like the best compromise between the various options that officials have been considering. It also sounds like the Pac-12 is going to reverse its decision to prohibit competition in all sports until Jan. 1. They are going to want to be a full participant in basketball season after canceling fall football, and they are the only league to push through a blanket cancellation of all sports until the new year.