{"id":29857,"date":"2020-07-18T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T05:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/seton-halls-kevin-willard-dont-delay-college-hoops-season\/"},"modified":"2020-07-18T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T05:14:00","slug":"seton-halls-kevin-willard-dont-delay-college-hoops-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seton-halls-kevin-willard-dont-delay-college-hoops-season\/","title":{"rendered":"#Seton Hall\u2019s Kevin Willard: Don\u2019t delay college hoops season"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Seton Hall\u2019s Kevin Willard: Don\u2019t delay college hoops season<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 18, 2020 |<\/span> 1:14am <\/p>\n

\n Waiting is not the best policy in this situation, Kevin Willard believes.<\/p>\n

As more and more conferences postpone fall sports, football season hangs in the balance and talk has picked up of possibly delaying the college basketball season until Jan. 1 \u2014 Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino has now twice tweeted that suggestion \u2014 Willard thinks that would be a mistake.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not agree with pushing it back, because I think we\u2019re missing a window,\u201d the Seton Hall coach, who is part of the Big East COVID-19 Task Force, told The Post. \u201cEvery school has said after Thanksgiving there will be no one on campus, so why would we not take advantage of having no one on campus? It\u2019s almost like being in a bubble and being able to have almost no interaction with any of the students. It\u2019s probably the safest time to play. <\/p>\n

\u201cSitting back and waiting for flu season and waiting for kids to come back on campus is idiotic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Willard\u2019s suggestion is playing a conference-only season of 26 or so game<\/a>s in the Big East and starting the season in November. It would take advantage of students being away and also give the league wiggle room if games had to be postponed. The Big East has already moved to playing only conference games in fall sports. The only way Willard would be in favor of non-conference games is if other conferences had similar \u201cstrict\u201d testing, safety and travel<\/a> protocols as the Big East is still in the process of formulating.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to make sure the team I\u2019m playing against is doing the same exact thing I\u2019m doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When asked if he has shared his feelings that Pitino \u2014 who he served as an assistant under at Louisville from 2001-07 \u2014 is wrong, Willard joked: \u201cI would never tell my old boss that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has told Big East higher-ups and other coaches about his ideas, which a source said were not shot down. No decision has to be made yet. There is plenty of time. Willard said the conference has discussed several plans and is being smart by waiting. He just hopes the season doesn\u2019t get postponed until January. Willard doesn\u2019t see a reward for waiting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s a big mistake. Where is the virus going to go? Vacation? Go skiing?\u201d he asked rhetorically. \u201cWhy not take advantage when no one\u2019s on campus. It\u2019s a great opportunity to make sure you can really isolate. As basketball players and teams, we\u2019re used to being on campus by ourselves. We do that for a month on Christmas break. You\u2019re going to send your kids home and then they\u2019re going to be around their families. And then you\u2019re going to have them come back. You\u2019re going to have to isolate them and test them again. \u2026 It makes no sense. They\u2019re here. Put your protocols in, put your testing in and play games.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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