{"id":58505,"date":"2020-03-10T20:37:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T00:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=58505"},"modified":"2020-03-10T20:39:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T00:39:34","slug":"mac-basketball-tournament-to-be-played-without-spectators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_10_2020\/mac-basketball-tournament-to-be-played-without-spectators","title":{"rendered":"MAC Basketball Tournament to be Played Without Spectators"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following consultation with Ohio government and public health officials, and at the recommendation of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, the Mid-American Conference announced March 10 the 2020 Mid-American Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland will be played. However, a restricted attendance policy will be implemented for the tournament.<\/p>\n

Permitted to attend the tournaments will be only credentialed institutional personnel; student-athlete family members; credentialed media, television and radio crews; and official team party members. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>For all others, the tournament games will be closed to the general public.<\/p>\n

This decision was made in consultation and guidance with local government, public health and medical officials to limit large gatherings due to the coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/p>\n

“The safety of all is our greatest concern. Since January, I have stated that any decision would follow the advice of state governmental officials and medical professionals. Following the feedback, we received today [March 10], we have taken this action, which is in alignment with the recommendation of Gov. DeWine,” said Dr. Jon Steinbrecher, Mid-American Conference commissioner.<\/p>\n

Fans will be able to watch the games through live streaming and cable networks. A full listing of games and television outlets is listed below.<\/p>\n

Quarterfinal games for the women’s tournament begin Wednesday, March 11, with Toledo facing Central Michigan at noon (ESPN+). <\/p>\n

The men’s tournament will begin Thursday, March 12, with Toledo battling rival Bowling Green at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN+) <\/p>\n

Semifinal games for both tournaments will be played Friday, March 13, with championship games Saturday, March 14.<\/p>\n

Rocket fans who have already purchased tickets to the tournament will receive a full refund. Fans who have questions may call the Rocket Ticket Office at 419.530.GOLD (4653).<\/p>\n

The UToledo Alumni Office pregame parties scheduled at Harry Buffalo prior to each game also have been canceled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mid-American Conference Women’s and Men’s Basketball Tournaments will take place, but fans will need to catch the action online and television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,56,5,1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58505"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58511,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58505\/revisions\/58511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}