March Sadness continues for collegiate athletic programs

No amazing finish for Stanford’s men’s golf team, no avenging its only loss of the season for the women’s tennis team, no surprise championship for the men’s gymnastics and no way for lightweight crew to row for another title.

March Sadness continued over the weekend when the spring season was delivered into oblivion due to the coronavirus threat.

The Pac-12 Conference, following a meeting of the Pac-12 CEO Group and Athletic Directors on Saturday, announced that all Pac-12 conference and non-conference sport competitions and Pac-12 championships through the end of the academic year, including spring sports that compete beyond the academic year, are canceled.

This decision follows both the Pac-12’s earlier decision to suspend all sports until further notice, and the decision by the NCAA to cancel the Division I men’s and women’s 2020 NCAA basketball tournaments as well as all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships.

In addition, the Pac-12 Conference has made the decision to prohibit all organized team athletically-related activities until at least March 29, at which time it will revisit this decision.