We’ll never know how far Ohio State’s basketball teams could have gone in this year’s NCAA Tournaments. We’ll never know whether Ohio State’s superstar wrestlers would have won NCAA titles this year. Many other Ohio State sports teams won’t even have the opportunity to complete their regular seasons.
All of that became a harsh reality on Thursday, when the NCAA announced the cancellation of its championship events and the Big Ten announced the cancellation of all athletic competition through the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Under normal circumstances, Ohio State’s winter sports teams would be gearing up for their biggest competitions of the year while spring sports teams would still have multiple months of competition remaining.