The Big Ten announced in a statement Wednesday that its men's basketball tournament would continue without fans in attendance, beginning with the second round on Thursday.
The Big 12 followed up with a similar announcement, with commissioner Bob Bowlsby announcing the conference tournament would have limited fan access. Each team will have access to 125 tickets for staff and guests of student-athletes. The policy will take effect beginning with Thursday's games.
"The attempt is to absolutely minimize the number of people that are here," Bowlsby said, "but still find a way to conduct the events and actually get the opportunity to play the games.