All SEC sports have been canceled through March 30th at all member schools, and spring sports championships are set to be pushed back.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says it wasn’t easy to cancel the SEC Basketball Tournament. He says some of the students playing won’t have another chance to win this trophy.
“I have felt a responsibility to give another team that opportunity but the greater responsibility is the health and information that has come about,” says Sankey.
Automatic full ticket refunds will be made by March 31st for all sports.
Sankey says the decision was made after experts consulted the SEC and told them the risks. He says he heard those consultations just as the NBA had announced it was suspending it’s season.
“To make a recommendation to our presidents and chancellors that we cancel the remainder of our men’s basketball tournament was a moment where I had to stop, catch myself, and recompose myself,” says Sankey.
Soon after all other NCAA conference basketball tournaments were canceled.
When asked if he expects sports to resume after March 30th, Sankey said he just doesn’t know.
“We’ve created an interim period where we will work with our campuses to determine how we return to normal operation. It may not be March 30th, it may be beyond,” says Sankey.
LSU announced it will transition all remaining spring classes online.
