Mar 10, 2020

Ivy League first to cancel hoops tournaments due to virus concerns

Posted Mar 10, 2020 4:00 PM

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (AP) — The Ivy League is canceling its men's and women's basketball tournaments because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus.

The four-team tournaments were scheduled to be played Friday through Sunday at Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge. The Ivy League says it will award its automatic NCAA Tournament bids to regular-season champions Princeton women and Yale men.

The Big 12 men's and women's basketball tournament opens Wednesday in Kansas City.

The Ivy league also announced that it will limit spectators at all other sporting events for the rest of the spring season.