Syracuse basketball won’t play Louisville with ACC Tournament cancelled

The Syracuse basketball season has likely come to an end and they won’t play Louisville with the ACC Tournament canceled. Here are the details.

The lasting memory for the 2019-20 Syracuse basketball season may just be the dominant 81 to 53 win over North Carolina.

The ACC Tournament has been canceled and Florida State will now be crowned the ACC Champions. This means that if the NCAA Tournament is played this year, the Seminoles will represent the conference with the automatic bid.

Here is the full statement from the conference via an official press release:

"“Following additional consultation with the league’s presidents and athletic directors, and in light of the continued conversations surrounding the fluidity of COVID-19, the Atlantic Coast Conference will immediately cancel the remainder of the 2020 ACC Tournament. For NCAA Tournament automatic qualification purposes, Florida State will represent the league as the ACC Champion. We are disappointed for our student-athletes, schools and fans to have to make this decision; however, the overall health and safety of all involved is the priority.”"

Due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, ACC followed the lead of the other major college basketball conferences by outright canceling its conference tournament.

The health and safety of all the student-athletes should be at the forefront of every decision that is made.

With that being said it’s still disappointing for Syracuse hoops fans who were hoping for a magical run in the conference tournament. That was realistically the Orange’s only chance of making the NCAA Tournament and now they’ve likely been eliminated from postseason contention moving forward if any postseason basketball does occur in the coming weeks and months.

But most importantly we’ll keep you posted on all the latest details and updates when they become available.

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