When will sports be back? College football? 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, opinions and data.
When will sports be back? Saturday was a slow news day with the only coronavirus update coming from an opinion on the NBA Playoffs, which would’ve started yesterday.
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Coronavirus by Power 5 Conference
We tallied the 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, which we recorded Saturday at 8:00 a.m. CST.
Numbers are as of April 19 at 8:00 a.m. CST.
ACC
States (9): South Carolina, Kentucky, North Carolina, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia
Syracuse: 199,483 (+6,550)
Pittsburgh: 29,979 (+1,665)
Boston College: 26,694 (+1,814)
Miami/Florida State: 24,058 (+717)
Georgia Tech: 17,133 (+400)
Virginia/Virginia Tech: 6,685 (+535)
Duke/North Carolina/NC State/Wake Forest: 5,298 (+322)
Louisville: 2,257 (+178)
Clemson: 1,389 (+157)
Total active cases: 312,976 (+12,338)
Big 10
States (11): Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska
Rutgers: 76,079 (+2,723)
Penn State: 29,979 (+1,665)
Michigan/Michigan State: 25,246 (-2,107)
Illinois/Northwestern: 27,851 (+1,460)
Maryland: 11,074 (+663)
Indiana/Purdue: 10,082 (+461)
Ohio State: 9,651 (+1,082)
Wisconsin: 3,901 (+148)
Iowa: 1,432 (+171)
Nebraska: 1,237 (+145)
Minnesota: 974 (+80)
Total active Cases: 197,506 (+6,491)
SEC
States (11): Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas
Florida: 24,058 (+717)
LSU: 22,263 (+408)
Georgia: 17,133 (+400)
Texas A&M: 13,404 (+273)
Missouri: 5,149 (+232)
Auburn/Alabama: 4,556 (+155)
Ole Miss/Mississippi State: 3,822 (+169)
Tennessee/Vanderbilt: 3,383 (-47)
Kentucky: 2,257 (+178)
South Carolina: 1,389 (+157)
Arkansas: 1,020 (-50)
Total active cases: 98,434 (+2,592)
Pac-12
States (6): Oregon, California, Washington, Utah, Arizona, Colorado
UCLA/USC/Cal/Stanford: 28,313 (+1,295)
Washington/Washington State: 9,463 (+336)
Colorado: 8,524 (+366)
Arizona/Arizona State: 4,472 (+204)
Utah: 2,463 (+124)
Oregon/Oregon State: 1,772 (+57)
Total active cases: 55,007 (+2,382)
Big 12
States (5): Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, West Virginia
Texas/Baylor/TCU/Texas Tech: 13,404 (+273)
Kansas/Kansas State: 1,464 (+83)
Iowa State: 1,432 (+171)
Oklahoma/Oklahoma State: 897 (-277)
West Virginia: 582 (-30)
Total active cases: 17,779 (+220)
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