More Cancellations, Hoiberg is Healthy, an Unknown Future, and Other Bulls Bullets

Mar 12, 2020

Anyone else still shaken up from last night? Wow.

Welcome to the unknown. We have some snacks on the table, the bathroom’s around the corner, and hand sanitizer can be located every five feet. The past several hours have been rather surreal in the sports world. We’ve truly entered uncharted waters when the NBA decided to suspend its season last night. The league has provided no information on a projected timetable to resume activities, and if you ask me, I don’t expect one any time soon. With that said, the Board of Governors will have a call later this afternoon, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski:

The NBA has pushed back a Board of Governors call today by three hours — now set to start at 3:30 PM ET, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 12, 2020

It’s hard to imagine they’ll reach any concrete conclusions one day after last night’s unprecedented events, but I guess anything is possible.

In other basketball news, practically all college tournaments were canceled earlier this morning. The Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Big 12, PAC-12, MAC, American, Atlantic 10, and several other conferences all took the immediate step to shut down their men’s basketball tournaments.

As for the Big East, the Creighton-St. John’s game went on as planned … which was super weird. But during halftime of that game, the conference finally announced it would cancel the tournament.

The Big East tournament was canceled at halftime. https://t.co/FALepWMywv

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 12, 2020

For updates across the sports world, I recommend keeping up with The Athletic’s running post.

In the Big Ten, there were extreme concerns about the health of former Bulls and current Nebraska Cornhuskers Head Coach Fred Hoiberg. During Nebraska’s Big Ten Tournament game against Indiana, Hoiberg appeared noticeably ill. The head coach eventually left the game early and went to a local hospital. Panic began to set in that college basketball was about to have an eerily similar situation to what the NBA saw last night.

Fortunately, Hoiberg tested negative for COVID-19, and he released the following statement this morning:

pic.twitter.com/3T3VRF3R7S

— Fred Hoiberg (@CoachHoiberg) March 12, 2020

Had there not been a suspension of NBA action, the Chicago Bulls would be preparing to take on the Orlando Magic tonight. Now, they’re on a flight back to Chicago with no clear idea of where their season stands. It’s unclear if the league would try to resume any regular-season games played this season or jump straight to the playoffs (if at all).

Some thoughts from Mike McGraw of the Daily Herald:

I think the #NBA playoffs will happen eventually, but have to wonder if the #Bulls and other non-playoff teams will even play another game after the expected 3-4 week break. They have 17 left on schedule.
— Mike McGraw (@McGrawDHBulls) March 12, 2020

The NBA informed teams that they can practice during this hiatus. I’m sure we’ll get some inkling of what the Bulls plan to do over the next few days, but it’s possible they may have no need to practice.

Is it worth playing the 17 games remaining in this regular season? I know there are some squads in the playoff hunt, but if the NBA resumes at all, starting with the playoffs might be the best option. Hey, at least Coby White got his start, right?

The Utah Jazz announced earlier this morning that All-Star Donovan Mitchell also tested positive for COVID-19.

Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has tested positive for the coronavirus, league sources tell ESPN. Jazz players privately say that Rudy Gobert had been careless in the locker room touching other players and their belongings. Now a Jazz teammate has tested positive.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 12, 2020

As of now though, he seems to be the only other player on the Jazz with the sickness.

Major League Soccer moved forward with a suspension of their own.

Major League Soccer Suspends Season for 30 Days pic.twitter.com/P0HEPmsnkx

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) March 12, 2020

The WNBA isn’t currently in season, but they did release a statement saying they are preparing to take the necessary precautions.

WNBA Statement Regarding COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/Lj5d8TVaqU

— WNBA (@WNBA) March 12, 2020

Just watch this on repeat, folks.

Life is kinda crazy right now, so I think everyone should take a deep breath, sit down, and watch Coby White’s famous “wow bro” reaction again.
pic.twitter.com/YIBfVaNebF
— Elias Schuster (@Schuster_Elias) March 11, 2020

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Elias Schuster is the Lead Chicago Bulls writer at Bleacher Nation. He started with BN full-time in 2019 immediately after graduating from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign with a degree in Journalism (yes, he started with the Jim Boylen Era). Since joining, Elias has been the driving force behind Bulls and NBA content for both the site and social accounts. You can follow him on Twitter/X @Schuster_Elias.

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