Conference tournaments canceled. Spring sports suspended indefinitely. No NCAA Tournament.
In an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19, all conference tournaments canceled their events on Thursday, hours after initially announcing a strict attendance procedure moving forward.
The bombshell news came just hours before the Western Kentucky women’s basketball team was set to play Charlotte in the C-USA quarterfinals and the men’s team was scheduled to play UAB at 8:30 p.m.
Western Kentucky University officials gathered to plan immediate travel arrangements for some back to Bowling Green, but the men’s and women’s basketball teams will stay in the area Thursday night and fly out of Dallas Love Field Airport on Friday.