FILE: Brigham Young Cougars forward Gavin Baxter (25) throws down a dunk during the BYU and Saint Mary’s WCC semifinal game at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on Monday, March 9, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News
CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein reported the West Coast Conference is looking to make a decision in the next 2-3 weeks
BYU is no stranger to playing sporting events in Las Vegas.
Could the novel coronavirus pandemic lead to the Cougars playing their conference basketball games in Vegas, though?
CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein reported Sunday that the West Coast Conference will decide in the next 2-3 weeks if the league, which includes BYU, will play its conference games in a bubble environment in Las Vegas, much like the NBA hosted its bubble at Disney World earlier this year.
Sources: The WCC will decide in the next 2-3 weeks whether or not it will play its conference games in a bubble in Las Vegas during the upcoming season.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 25, 2020
This comes two days after The Oregonian’s John Canzano first reported that the conference was looking into creating a bubble.
The West Coast Conference is actively exploring the creation of a bubble/pod in Las Vegas for the upcoming college basketball season, per source.
— John Canzano (@johncanzanobft) October 23, 2020
The WCC plays its annual conference tournament at the Orleans Arena in Vegas.
“It does seem like everybody is really, really committed to push forward with whatever we can make of this season. That’s a really positive thing. We’re trying to do it as safely as we possibly can,” BYU coach Mark Pope told the Deseret News this past week about playing amid the pandemic.
The Cougars opened practice Oct. 14, and the college basketball season tips off Nov. 25.
The league recently released its men’s and women’s conference basketball schedules. Among the highlights for BYU are games against WCC powerhouse Gonzaga scheduled, right now, for Feb. 6 in Spokane and Feb. 27 in Provo in the regular-season finale.
Also on Sunday, Rothstein reported that a previously announced home-and-home series between BYU and San Diego State is still a go, with the first game set to be played in mid-December at SDSU’s Viejas Arena. The second matchup is scheduled for the 2021-22 season in Provo.
Sources: The start of the home-and-home series between San Diego State and BYU remains on as scheduled. Game is expected to be played in mid-December at Viejas Arena.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 25, 2020
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