With the NCAA choosing Thursday to cancel this year’s NCAA Competition due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and bring March Insanity to an abrupt end prior to it even began, lots of fans were left considering the exact same concern: “Who is this year’s national champion?”
There’s no real precedent for figuring out a national champ in basketball without a competition. The only NCAA sport that has done it is football, which utilized to depend on surveys to identify the very best team every season.
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If the NCAA does call a champ this year, then there’s one clear preferred: Kansas. The Jayhawks completed the season 28 -3 and 17 -1 in conference play on their method to a Big 12 championship They likely would have been the No. 1 total seed had the NCAA Competition not been canceled.
However do not go commemorating your national championship right now, KUfans A lot of other fan bases required to Twitter to stake their claims to the title.
Gonzaga had a much better record (31 -2) and was ranked No. 1 in the NCAA NET rankings. Do the Bulldogs have a much better claim?
And what about Dayton? The Flyers, led by capacity National Gamer of the Year Obi Toppin, went 29 -2 and were a shoe-in for a No. 1 seed.
A minimum of it was throughout a College gameday, that includes emphasize dunks.
Although it didn’t end as we hoped, it was still the most unforgettable and interesting season in a while.
UD National Champions 2020.
— 2020 National Champions Barstool Flyers (@BarstoolFlyers) March 12,2020
Washington State fans argued they must be the champs, thinking about the Cougars won the last game of the college basketball season, beating Colorado 82-68 in the Pac-12 Competition. Winning the last game of the season is the goal for each team, and Washington State is the only team that can state it achieved that.
Cougs won what will likely be the final game played in the NCAA this year.
That makes them the nationalchampions Those are the guidelines.
— ROLO’S HATS STAN ACCOUNT (@CougCenter) March 12,2020
Rapidly seeing that fans were attempting to claim national champions, Iowa center Ryan Kriener ended up being the first gamer to call dibs on the title.
This Mississippi State fan account chose to be sly and state the Bulldogs as national champs both in men’s AND women’s basketball. Great call.
Iowa State may challenge that claim to the women’s title as the Cyclones removed protecting national champ Baylor 57-56 in the last game of the routine season.
Given That the ISU Women’s Basketball team beat protecting National Champions Baylor in their final game, we will state them the NCAA Division 1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
— cyclone.sports (@clones_sports) March 12,2020
If Twitter were to choose the national champ every year, we ‘d all be undeniable winners.
