Citing “the COVID-19 public health threat,” the NCAA is canceling March Madness and all other winter and spring men's and women's college basketball tournaments amid a growing coronavirus pandemic.

MARCH MADNESS has been cancelled due to coronavirus pic.twitter.com/rEOyQsynHt

 Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) March 12, 2020

NCAA cancels March Madness men's and women's basketball tournaments due to coronavirus concerns https://t.co/0mOwHSQtBz

 USA TODAY (@USATODAY) March 12, 2020

BREAKING: NCAA cancels March Madness amid coronavirus fearshttps://t.co/pdrbkUa8uD

 VirginianPilotSports (@PilotSportsNow) March 12, 2020

NCAA has just canceled the men's and women's basketball tournaments altogether. Seemed inevitable. Hard to imagine such a tournament without Kansas and Duke. https://t.co/ppKP54pAvL

 JamesVGrimaldi (@JamesVGrimaldi) March 12, 2020

THE 2020 NCAA MEN’S & WOMEN’S TOURNAMENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED pic.twitter.com/SV3vMqCyXE

 kelly cohen (@ByKellyCohen) March 12, 2020

Breaking News: The NCAA has canceled its March Madness tournaments because of the coronavirus. Follow live updates on how the pandemic is affecting the U.S.https://t.co/jmTJTSHFZx

 The New York Times (@nytimes) March 12, 2020

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