SALT LAKE CITY — The WAC basketball tournament has been canceled, based on a recommendation from the NCAA’s COVID-19 advisory panel.
Per league policy, the WAC’s regular-season champions — New Mexico State men’s team and the Missouri-Kansas City women — will be awarded the NCAA Tournament automatic bids.
The conference made the announcement Thursday morning, less than 24 hours after three of the four women’s basketball quarterfinal games were played Wednesday to open the tournament.
The Orleans Arena was evacuated Wednesday night and the women’s quarterfinal game between Cal-State Bakersfield and Grand Canyon was initially postponed “due to a medical situation.” The UVU women lost to Seattle 61-48 in the third quarterfinal matchup of the day, prior to the postponement.
The UVU men were scheduled to play in the WAC quarterfinals Thursday night at 9:30 p.m. MST.
The conference took it a step further, announcing later in the morning that all spring competition for the conference will be suspended until further notice.