Conference USA tournament canceled amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Isaiah Ramirez, Reporter • March 12, 2020

The remainder of the C-USA tournament has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Conference USA has officially announced the cancellation of the remainder of the 2020 Air Force Reserve C-USA Basketball Championships effective immediately. The announcement was made via Conference USA’s official twitter page.

The announcement comes after the National Basketball Association suspended the rest of the 2019-2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The UTEP women’s basketball team was slated to take on Old Dominion in the quarterfinals of the tournament at 12:30 p.m. MT.

In the men’s bracket the Miners were defeated in the opening round against Marshall.

“We are disappointed to have our season come to an end, but we support the decision of the conference office to cancel the remainder of the tournament,” UTEP women’s basketball head coach Kevin Baker said via twitter. “There are things that are bigger than basketball, and our number one concern is the health and well being of everyone.”

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Isaiah Ramirez

Isaiah Ramirez is a senior multimedia journalism major at the University of Texas at El Paso. Isaiah has worked for the university’s paper The Prospector since Spring 2018 and has held the position as a sports editor and is currently a reporter at the publication. During the fall semesters he also works as an on-air reporter for Football Friday Nights a weekly radio show showcasing local football games broadcasted by 600 ESPN El Paso. He covers local news as well as local and UTEP sporting events such as football, men’s and women’s basketball, and has covered the annual Hyundai Sun Bowl game and two-time NBA champion Danny Green’s basketball camp here in the Sun City.