UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — Darius McNeil was sitting at home this afternoon, waiting for his second basketball game in nearly two years, when he got the call saying he needed to come back to the arena. He had to be retested for the coronavirus.
The redshirt junior had already been tested earlier in the day when SMU went through its walk through. Protocols forced everyone to go home before the game, another attempt to limit exposure. McNeil had made a makeshift plan to go back to his apartment and prepare for the night alone, something he had never done before.