MAC Men's and Women's Basketball

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1. Excellent! This is a great decision even without any financial issues caused by the coronavirus shutdown. Conference tournaments are a lame money grab, which cheapen the value of the regular season. The regular season champion should earn the NCAA tournament berth. That is a more realistic evaluation of the strength of a team than a single weekend tournament consisting of only a handful of games.

2. This is hardly a bombshell. It’s not as if they announced that the sport would be dropped (see Cincinnati men’s soccer) or no season would be played next school year. The latter is precisely what the Cal State University system announced was in serious jeopardy yesterday. All of the schools within its system are going to continue with online learning in the Fall semester of the 20-21 school year, meaning that there will not be students on campus at Fresno State, San Jose State, and San Diego State. Thus, the Mountain West Conference has announced that these three member schools might not field teams for Fall or Winter sports (football, soccer, basketball, etc.) during the 20-21 school year. Now that’s a bombshell.