# How should the NCAA be handling the the basketball tournament and the coronavirus?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 11, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-ncaa-be-handling-the-the-basketball-tournament-and-the-coronavirus/849271 "2020-03-11T15:05:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-ncaa-be-handling-the-the-basketball-tournament-and-the-coronavirus/849271/3 "2020-03-11T15:21:51Z")

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Play the games in empty arenas, or cancel them.

That’s what all spectator sports should be doing right now. The more social distancing we do now, the less of a disaster May and June will be. [Exponential growth is a sonuvabitch.](https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/10/simple-math-alarming-answers-covid-19/)

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