We playin’ college football this fall? What about college hoops? It’s the daily question on our minds at Deceptive Speed and yours as well. Our daily updates will go up every morning, bringing you the latest coronavirus sports news and data.
Monday was a crazy day with every pro sports league getting involved tossin’ around ideas. Tuesday was a little quieter, but here’s what we’re dealing with on a Wednesday:
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Notre Dame athletic director doesn’t want football games in empty stadiums.
Mack Brown doesn’t think football will be back unless students are allowed on campus.
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy wants players back on campus after coaches return May 1.
Oklahoma State University releases a statement on Mike Gundy’s comments.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Villanova coach Jay Wright says college basketball players probably won’t need to make an NBA decision till July or August.
Jay Wright says the draft could potentially be moved to August or September.
NBA
Reporter Adrian Wojnarowski says the NBA would like to have a champion crowned by Labor Day weekend.
MLB
MLB released a statement on possibly isolating everybody in Arizona to start the season.
Coronavirus by Power 5 Conference
We tallied the votes by active cases of coronavirus from each Power 5 conference using the Worldometers coronavirus report. The number in parentheses is the difference from yesterday’s data at the same time.
Numbers are as of April 8 at 7:30 a.m. CST.
ACC
States (9): South Carolina, Kentucky, North Carolina, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia
Syracuse: 122,315 (+8,523)
Boston College: 14,836 (+1,269)
Pittsburgh: 14,619 (+1,747)
Miami/Florida State: 14,351 (+1,076)
Georgia Tech: 8,777 (+1,544)
Virginia/Virginia Tech: 3,268 (+0)
Duke/North Carolina/NC State/Wake Forest: 3,181 (+276)
Clemson: 2,366 (+182)
Louisville: 778 (+135)
Active cases: 184,815 (+17,721)
Big 10
States (11): Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska
Rutgers: 43,092 (+3,097)
Michigan/Michigan State: 18,056 (+1,631)
Penn State: 14,619 (+1,747)
Illinois/Northwestern: 13,119 (+2,187)
Indiana/Purdue: 5,320 (+529)
Ohio State: 4,615 (+307)
Maryland: 3,980 (+210)
Wisconsin: 2,484 (+123)
Iowa: 955 (+102)
Minnesota: 486 (+0)
Nebraska: 468 (+64)
Active Cases: 107,194 (+9,997)
SEC
States (11): Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas
LSU: 15,652 (+1,347)
Florida: 14,351 (+1,076)
Georgia: 8,777 (+1,544)
Texas A&M: 8,014 (+835)
Tennessee/Vanderbilt: 3,600 (+219)
Missouri: 2,898 (+240)
South Carolina: 2,366 (+182)
Auburn/Alabama: 2,113 (+179)
Ole Miss/Mississippi State: 1,856 (+169)
Arkansas: 790 (+18)
Kentucky: 778 (+135)
Active cases: 61,195 (+5,944)
Pac-12
States (6): Oregon, California, Washington, Utah, Arizona, Colorado
UCLA/USC/Cal/Stanford: 16,270 (+1,194)
Washington/Washington State: 7,440 (+276)
Colorado: 5,210 (+228)
Arizona/Arizona State: 2,482 (+111)
Utah: 1,699 (+63)
Oregon/Oregon State: 1,148 (+45)
Active cases: 34,249 (+1,917)
Big 12
States (5): Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, West Virginia
Texas/Baylor/TCU/Texas Tech: 8,014 (+835)
Iowa State: 955 (+102)
Kansas/Kansas State: 881 (+61)
Oklahoma/Oklahoma State: 883 (+129)
West Virginia: 408 (+67)
Active cases: 11,141 (+1,194)
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