The Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC became the latest conferences to cancel their yearly tournament on Thursday due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The MAC and American Athletic Conference were also ready to kick off their respective tournaments on Thursday without fans in the stands. But those plans changed just before noon ET.
"There was no way we could defend playing this," American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco told Yahoo Sports' Pete Thamel. "There was no way we could defend playing this. We wanted to be proactive in protecting our student athletes."
The Big Ten released a statement on canceling their tournament on Thursday afternoon.