The Power 5 leagues — the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and Pac-12 — all canceled their conference tournaments on Thursday.
Also announcing that their tournaments would not be played were the Big East, American, Atlantic 10, Conference USA, MAC and WAC.
The Big East continued its tournament Thursday, with St. John’s and Creighton playing their quarterfinal matchup but canceled the remainder of the tournament at halftime. St. Johns was leading Creighton 38-35.
On Wednesday, the NCAA announced that the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments would be played without fans in attendance.
The decisions continue ongoing actions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which was labeled a pandemic Wednesday by the World Health Organization.
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