Look, there are plenty of occasions to go in on USF students for not showing up to sporting events. Tuesday afternoon’s basketball game against Florida College, however, was not one of them, and there are several reasons why:
USF really did not want to resort to playing this game
Nate wrote about the various attempts the athletic department made to fill the scheduling hole that formed when the Charlotte game in December was canceled by a snowstorm. The 49ers couldn’t commit to a makeup date because Conference USA uses flex scheduling at the end of the season.