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Just saw on WYFF that the NCAA set November 25 as the start date for basketball. Wonder if the Myrtle Beach tournament will push back a few days in order to play.

ESPN assured the teams in it that they were still planning on broadcasting the event, so I would assume they would adjust accordingly.

NCAA men's and women's college basketball seasons can start Nov. 25
The 2020-21 men's and women's college basketball seasons can start on Nov. 25, the NCAA Division I Council said Wednesday.

The council, following its vote, said no exhibitions or scrimmages can be held before that date, which is the day before Thanksgiving.

Over the past couple of weeks, discussions had centered around waiting until the Nov. 21-25 range to begin the season. NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt said last week on a webinar with athletic directors and other college sports officials that Nov. 25 was under consideration because campuses around the country will be ending their fall semesters.

"By Thanksgiving week, the date of Nov. 25, 76% of all Division I schools will have either finished their fall semester completely or released the general student body for in-person instruction," Gavitt said on the webinar.


With general students home for the entire month of December and the early part of January, it provides at least a six-week window for the college basketball season to get underway.


What Wednesday's NCAA ruling will mean for the 2020-21 college basketball season
The season was originally expected to begin on Nov. 10 with the men's Champions Classic involving Duke, Michigan State, Kansas and Kentucky. It's unclear when or how the early-season events and nonconference games scheduled for the first two weeks of the season will occur. Bubbles and "controlled environments," as Gavitt referred to them last week, are under consideration for a number of nonconference tournaments, sources have told ESPN.

The Nov. 25 date is only a guideline for the start date, as conferences and individual schools will make adjustments to fit inside the framework of the Division I Council's plan for the season.

Gavitt has said the NCAA is still planning for the NCAA tournament to proceed as scheduled with 68 teams and 14 sites in March and April.

So this is only a guideline so if schools want to start earlier, they can? With football playing and other sports playing why is basketball being delayed? Another over the top stupid decision/recommendation from the NCAA.

Roster has been updated:
https://furmanpaladins.com/sports/mens- ... all/roster

Looks like the non-conference schedule is getting blown up. Lots of “bubble” talk. Why? It’s like everyone thinks they have to do something so let’s come up with really stupid ideas.

AP, it's 2020. People are unable to care for themselves. The powers to be must tell us how to live our lives. Surely, you know this by now.

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Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:54 pm

AP, it's 2020. People are unable to care for themselves. The powers to be must tell us how to live our lives. Surely, you know this by now.

This is very true gman. If I hear the words safe and/or safety one more time I’m going to jump off a tall building. In 2020 we have way too many “Daddy’s”.

They could play on the outdoor courts behind the old gym. If they are still there.