NCAA President Mark Emmert: Rudy Gobert's positive test was 'exclamation point' for NCAA tourney hopes https://t.co/xIetOU3ZDl
— Tisha Thompson (@TishaESPN) March 16, 2020
“When Rudy Gobert was infected on Wednesday night, I think the realization in the basketball community hit home and was very much felt on Thursday morning,” Gavitt said. “The student-athletes, from what we were hearing and sensing, felt very vulnerable. Here was someone they would all like to be one day, playing in the NBA, who got infected and was quarantined with his teammates. His opponents were quarantined.
“That was really, in my opinion, a seminal moment in everybody’s mindset about how impractical and possibly not responsible it would be at that point to go forward with trying to hold these national championships.”
Dan Gavitt, the NCAA’s vice president for men’s basketball, said Gobert’s situation was a wake-up call for some players who were competing in conference tournaments, as well.
Rudy is the new patient zero of hoops.
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