Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Basketball Tournament has made changes to the tournament this summer. Among those changes is trimming down the tournament to 24 teams and having those teams play in only one location.
After reviewing possibilities with medical officials, the TBT said the changes would create the safest scenario for the players and everyone involved.
“If there’s anything this virus has taught us is there’s no way to ensure 100 percent probability of anything,” said Dr. Tara Sell, who works at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, “but after reviewing TBT’s plan and challenging some of their assumptions, I feel confident in the approach they are taking to minimize risk and their commitment to conducting this event responsibly.