When Pitino suggested a while back that the season start a good bit later, I thought that sounded about right. The current state of affairs is crap & getting worse each day.

Now, I would happily embrace a 7-week moratorium followed by a conference-only schedule featuring a series of 4 team MTEs. That could be followed by a 1-week quarantine before the beginning of a 96 team May Madness bubble with no travel between rounds.

ugh.

duq81 wrote:

phil95 wrote:

When Pitino suggested a while back that the season start a good bit later, I thought that sounded about right. The current state of affairs is crap & getting worse each day.

Now, I would happily embrace a 7-week moratorium followed by a conference-only schedule featuring a series of 4 team MTEs. That could be followed by a 1-week quarantine before the beginning of a 96 team May Madness bubble with no travel between rounds.

Bubble won't even be needed by May.

81, I hope you are right, but it could go the other way considering the timeline of vaccine roll-out.  Unfortunately, the season may be over.

This virus is relentless and is always lurking ready around the corner for a few more months.  Pitino was right, the season should have been pushed back and the NCAA should have went with May Madness!!  However we are where we are and my question is are we really observing all the safeguards we can?  I only raise this issue as I believe this is our third hit with the Covid threat since October - even before the season started.  So I think it is fair to ask are we as a staff and roster being disciplined enough in our approach to avoid COVID?  I know it is all a roll of the dice, but 3 separate occasions of Covid raises an eyebrow.  This season looks more and more to be a train wreck and I am definitely becoming entrenched in the Pitino/Phil95 camp.    

Unfortunately, I can't imagine that college athletes are on anyone's priority list for the vaccine. First responders, hospital patients, health care professionals, people over 65, people with illnesses that would certainly kill them if they got Covid-19 (my first cousin had a double-lung transplant. Her doctors told her that if she got the virus she was dead. And they were that blunt). Plus, the govamint only ordered 100 million doses from Pfizer. So Pfizer then started marketing to other countries. And remember 100 million doses means 50 million people get it (two doses per person). U.S. population is estimated to be 331 million. So that's 15% of the population give or take. Infants, anti-vaxers will make more available, so hard to tell the real numbers but it's not encouraging.

Last edited by KenOTR73 (12/12/2020 5:55 pm)

Considering our high expectations, this has all been so disappointing. I'm all for a pause.

indygjm wrote:

BluffHunter wrote:

Guess who is taking our place in Indy playing Loyola? Richmond. That's a kick in the gut. 
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1337851350038810626

I was watching the Richmond / WVU game and I heard the announcer state that Duquesne's game with Richmond was canceled and that is why Richmond moved to play Loyola in Indy???  

 

Today in the PG sports under college BB today paper has Duquesne at Indy. In the weekly local column Duquesne vs. Richmond. Wow the PG sport editor really on top of Duquesne basketball. Zero coverage. Lazy sports coverage. Time to cancel e subscription.
 

Dambrot clearly states in the Trib that he “hopes” to resume workouts Sunday the 20th.  That should leave no doubt that there are no games between now and then.  More schools “pausing” and more games cancelled every day.  How long the NCAA and/or conferences intend to prolong this farce called a basketball season is anyone’s guess.  This nonsense needs curtailed - probably at least until March when conference play only can hopefully take place.

indygjm wrote:

Right now, the Duquesne and Richmond websites show the A10 game is on for the 19th.  But, the Loyola site shows a TBA game time on the 18th with Richmond in Indianapolis.  I doubt the Spiders are going to play the Ramblers on the 18th and then play us the following day.  What is the real state of the schedule?

 

There is no schedule, IMO.   It will be pop-up games unless the NCAA stops this madness now, regroups, comes up with a plan for a season that starts in spring of 2021.

Last edited by townsonkid (12/14/2020 6:39 pm)

Welcome to the 'cancel culture'

Just to be clear, classes ended November 24, the students were sent home for Thanksgiving, then they took their finals remotely. Finals ended last Thursday December 10. Students won't be back on campus until the start of the spring '21 semester on January 21. Most colleges and universities are following a similar schedule because of the pandemic. So the athletes have had the basketball practice facilities to themselves for the last three weeks, or since returning from Louisville. 

The whole thing sucks, seeing those other top A10 teams scores scroll in last night was upsetting, even though one lost to Charlotte.   Hopefully this is as bad as it gets this year and our team can start A10 play soon and not miss another game.