For the first time since 1939, there has not been a winner of the NCAA tournament this year for men. An unprecedented situation which is obviously explained by the pandemic which has hit the planet. Arrested since March, the university basketball league plans to return to the courts on November 25.
Already the NCAA not going strong with the threat of Select Teams in the G League, the cancellation of March Madness 2020 was clearly not good news. Unfortunately, like the EuroLeague or even the Ligue 1 football in France, the leaders had to resign themselves to drawing a line on last season without crowning a champion. The context remains tense but the Association must move forward and is now looking into the coming season. Initially scheduled to begin on November 10 at the Champions Classic between Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State, the 2020-21 campaign should finally begin on November 25 according to the Division I Council relayed by Jeff Borzelo d ‘ESPN. In the offices of the double A, we especially hope to be able to organize a March Madness in the usual conditions with 68 competing teams and matches hosted on 14 different sites between March and April 2021. But before thinking about the potential presence of the fans for this unmissable event for the orange ball fans in the United States, the season still needs to go off without a hitch.
The maximum number of matches per team has been increased from 29 to 25 while the minimum has been reduced to 13 matches with a recommendation to play at least four non-Conference matches to hope to be likely to be called up to play the final tournament next spring. . Players are expected in training from October 14 and will be limited to 30 sessions in the 42 days leading up to the start of the season. No friendly match is allowed for the moment and it will therefore be necessary to wait another two months at best to see college basketball on TV in order to start doing his scouting reports on the next nuggets that we would like to see join his favorite NBA franchise thereafter. For those who have chosen to register for the Draft, however, D-Day is scheduled for November 18. Those who remain on the floor may regret not staying warm for another year, not to mention the opportunity to win this coveted trophy that they did not have in 2020. This is the case with our two Frenchies, Joël Ayayi and Yves Pons, who have chosen to extend their studies respectively on the Gonzaga and Tennessee campuses. They will both have one more year to reach the Draft with more maturity and a perhaps more important role in their team during the year.
It is still unclear about next season in the NCAA but we already have the broad outline of what the Association would like to put in place. To see if the fans, so important in university basketball, will have their place in this program and if the health measures will be sufficient to allow the 2020-21 exercise to go to an end. In any case, we wish them!
Text source: ESPN
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