We have no idea how many cases are out there because of the extreme shortage of reliable tests available. We're making progress but we got way behind early at the national level when the writing was on the wall. We are fortunate here in California to have a governor who took aggressive, measured action early as did our own UCD alum and San Francisco mayor, London Breed. Their decisive action early on has saved lives in California and slowed the rate of infection dramatically.

The human toll is not just how many cases and deaths there are but also the emotional toll this thing is taking on our health care workers and first responders. They are working grueling hours sometimes without good protective equipment and they are caring for a lot of people who are deathly ill and dying alone because their families can't be with them. My niece is an ER nurse in Colorado and she got infected and has recovered and hopes to be back on the job soon. I have another niece who is an anesthesiologist in Virginia and they had to resort to making some protective equipment from plastic sheeting. The psychological toll on our health care workers and first responders will continue to mount as the pandemic continues. They are our heroes and warriors in every sense of the word.

Absolutely, for now everyone needs to heed the stay at home orders and do everything they can to stay healthy and try to slow the spread of this deadly disease. Covid 19 is no joke...most of the deaths are from the elderly but perfectly healthy younger people are dying too and struggling to breathe is an awful way to die.

Time will tell but I think there's a very good possibility that the fall and winter sports may be in jeopardy as well. I'm sure the university will take any and all precautionary measures as long as there's no vaccine and people are still getting infected.

No way can any large events be scheduled in early summer because they would stand a very good chance of being cancelled again even if the rate of infection curve gets dramatically leveled The number of cases are expected to fall and rise sharply until there is an effective vaccine widely available to the world community. This is going to be a roller-coaster ride in all likelihood for a long while.

Or a beer and a dog...

Good news for NCAA baseball players:

France is closing all restaurants, cafes, cinemas and bars, and the US is considering domestic travel bans to certain of the country which have been hard hit by Covid 19. It's only going to worse before it gets better.

This Covid 19 crisis has turned everything upside down. I'm wondering how this thing is going to affect our current recruiting also: travel restrictions for coaches, potential recruits not being able to make visits, current players in some sports not knowing how the NCAA cancellations are going to affect their remaining eligibility etc.

Yes, Mike, my mistake. They said "suspended indefinitely" not cancelled.

March Madness has been cancelled. UCD has canceled all winter and spring sports. SF is closing all public schools.

Damn...but it has to be done to try and control this thing...I feel sorry for all the athletes and coaches that have worked so hard and, for some athletes, they have already played their last game in an Aggie uniform...heartbreaking news...

Dr Fauci, the Head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Health, testified yesterday that he expects 150 million people or approximately 45% of the population will eventually get Covid 19. That's a staggering number and it could go higher.

All of these measures seem drastic but they are trying desperately to slow the inevitable spread so that our medical facilities and caregivers do not become overwhelmed and then people who need care are not able to get it. Remember that the health care workers are at high risk themselves because of their high levels of exposure. The spread of a disease in a pandemic looks like a bell curve and, once it gets going, it really takes off.

We don't know if the virus is seasonal. It's possible it could go on for long time infecting more and more people. There is no current vaccine like there is for the normal, seasonal flu. We don't know how this virus may adapt and evolve even further with time. There are concerns about how it may spread rampantly among the homeless and people without health care insurance who generally don't get medical attention until they are very sick and have infected many others. The virus also has a high death rate among the elderly (60+) and people with underlying medical conditions.

We're already seeing the disastrous effect on commerce, the stock market, the airlines, the travel industry and, particularly. small businesses and more. The adverse trickle down effect on the local and world economies will likely get worse as more and more people heed the advice to "stay home." More products will become more difficult to obtain as people become more fearful and panic buying spreads and people hoard foods and personal hygiene essentials. Look what has already happened with the M95 masks, hand sanitizer and even toilet paper now.

Hopefully, we'll see things taper off sooner rather than later, but disease experts from around the world are all telling us that these drastic measures to slow the spread of the virus are necessary because there is so much we don't know yet about this virus except that it is spreading very rapidly.

The NBA suspends the season.

Wow...Although we beat them twice this year we barely beat them on the road 42-36 and struggled against them at home 71-58. I would guess that this will be a tough game for the Aggies.

No spectators at March Madness this year. Wow...

Les recruited him but lost out to St Mary's.

Wow...that's going to be really strange. It will be like a pre-season, scheduled scrimmage and I think it will definitely alter the game.

I also wonder if ESPN will continue to air the games as scheduled. I hope they do but it's going to be really weird.

Wow...that's going to be really strange. It will be like a pre-season, scheduled scrimmage and I think it will definitely alter the game.

I also wonder if ESPN will continue to air the games as scheduled. I hope they do but it's going to be really weird.

Outstanding! He reminds of Neufeld but looks to be a bit more mobile. It even looks like he might be a lefty but he shoots well with both hands. He has that short hook shot like Neufeld has too.

That's pretty shabby!