This includes those athletic programs, like outdoor track and field, baseball and softball, that extend beyond the academic year cycle.
The past 24 hours have produced unprecedented stoppages of practically all professional and college sports over growing concerns about the rapid spread of the potentially deadly coronavirus.
The first shoe to drop, insofar as Oklahoma sports activities is concerned, was the decision by the Big 12 on Thursday to cancel the annual conference basketball tournaments for both the men and the women. Both the Sooner men’s team and the women’s squad were in Kansas City and set to play tournament games on Thursday.