SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) – NCAA President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors canceled the Division I men’s and women’s 2020 basketball tournaments Thursday afternoon in response to the growing concerns with coronavirus.
The NCAA also canceled all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships.
This affects Utah State and BYU men’s basketball teams who were both likely participants in the NCAA tournament.
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