It's day today.

I mean, today we might be playing tomorrow.

We won't be.

It's, uh, you know, the CDC and this one test and you're out.

The team is out.

I don't think it made sense for basketball teams.

I think you have to look at each case individually.

We try to isolate our players so that if one gets positive, the other players have been around that much.

That's hard to do.

But if we don't get some balance in this, you're going Every week there's going to be 10 games changed and then the biggest concern.

Once you quarantine, which happened to us, you didn't practice for 14 days.

Well, any semblance of what you're doing and the players can't work out.

You know they can't come into gym workout, so it's really 14 days off and now you gotta play basketball and, uh, you know, we played a good team.

So Bryant was a very good thing.

We could have lost to them any time, but it just being out of sync completely.

It's hard to play basketball.

And then if you're in the season and you get 14 days sabbatical and for us, we could come back the second day and play it Duke.

I mean, we can't probably be, too if we practice for 14 days, but if you have 14 days off, you're not going.

You probably can't be competitive in that situation.

I noticed the CDC has said something about, well, maybe only a seven day or 10 day quarantine that that would be a little better, but I haven't seen any movement on that.

But this is a very difficult time.

Our players have worked hard.

We've had 700 tests since we got back in school and we've had just two positives.

So really, our players air doing well.

They're taking care of themselves and their staying away from social gatherings.

But still it can happen and two of our coaches, including me, I went out to dinner a couple nights and that's where you know I got.

I mean, all of our are positives has come from outside the program in town or someplace, and it's just, you know, I felt great.

It's just one of those things.

Some people that are healthy just don't have any effect by this.

And the thousands of athletes across the country who have tested positive in in college sports have all come back strong.

All the professional golfers and the professional football players who tested positive have come back strong.

So this obviously is something that really affect older people and people with conditions, and it kind of touches younger people.

But it seems like they're they're able to bounce right back and be good, so but the only solution is a vaccine, because this is such a communicable disease.

Get it anywhere, anytime and spreads like wild flower.

So until we get everybody just treated and get the vaccine and established that, I mean we're looking till next year, all before we can get back to normal.

In the meantime, we're gonna try to play like footballs doing play as many games as we can.

The players want to play, and there don't seem to be any negative results if they are tested positive.

So I think we should try to play and try to get the season in.

But it's gonna be challenging.

Uh, will be very difficult something's may play 20 years.

Some might play 25.

Some may play 15 or 12, and, uh, we just have to get through the double.

A was very good to the players.

They can all come back if they want to and play next year, which I think is good.

There's gonna be some things coming in the future for players in college basketball, the ability to transfer and play right away.

It will be chaotic, but it'll be good for players.

The N I l of the players being able to get endorsement money will be chaotic, but it will be good for players.

So I think a lot of good things they're gonna happen for players moving forward in college basketball.

And I think that Za good thing is there will be some problems.

But you know, we'll have to adjust to it.

Players not happen.

He wants to leave.

He has that ability to go someplace and play right away.

Um and coaches will adjust to it like they've adjusted to everything, but certainly it will cause some chaos.

You know, if you're not playing or playing a little bit, you can play someplace else.

You're gonna, you know, leave.

But I think it will work out.

I think it will be difficult, but I think it will work out.

My main concern is trying to get this team through this year as best as we can and they've been great.

They've worked hard.

They've done everything we've asked and, uh, you know, they're trying to play this season.

Onda, Uh, that's all you can ask of players today.

They their biggest fear is not being able to play.

Yeah, they they want to play.

That's what they want to dio.

And I know there's thoughts out there by everybody.

Well, it's stuff that you shouldn't do this or you should pause.

I don't think there's any solution other than to try to play through this.

Um, schools have been a no unbelievable amount of money testing players.

We test our players three days a week and some more, and I think that we're trying to get people in school.

It was great to see the CD should come out and say Kids are better in school.

And I think that's true at all levels of school right through college.

I know my son is a Cornell.

He had to be home a lot this year.

He's sick about it.

He's a senior, he wants to be in school.

And Cornell is one of the few schools in the outer.

Really, I think it's just, too that he was at school the whole semester.

He was down there on uh, they survived.

But I believe we have to get kids in school at all ages and there's challenges.

But what kids are missing.

I know in the city of Syracuse, 50% of the kids in the city schools don't have computers and WiFi Ah, what's happening to them and in kids their age will aren't dying from this, but I think they're dying by not being able to go to school.

It's been a year, almost a full year now, without being in classes and how long can that last and kids that be suffer irreparable harm.

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