When UCF basketball coach Johnny Dawkins was a player at Duke during the mid-1980s, the Blue Devils spent their summers away from campus. Many of the players took summer jobs or returned home to spend time with their families.
The last time Dawkins saw his players was right after the Knights returned home in March following the cancellation of the American Athletic Conference basketball tournament due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Since then, Dawkins and his players have isolated in their homes, relying on conference calls, videoconferences and text messages to communicate.
It’s unclear when UCF players will return to campus for voluntary workouts, but Dawkins expects some answers sooner rather than later.