UConn women's program on the shelf for 14 days and can't try to play again until December 14 due to positive Covid test. Both fans and players are going to have to take it one game, one day and one moment at a time this year.

It's just hard to imagine how basketball can happen in this situation. The NBA and WNBA bubbles were effective due to the draconian rules, and baseball did OK in an outdoor sport with not much close contact, but with athletes, coaches and staff members out in the world, playing an indoor, close-contact sport without getting constant cases seems pretty much impossible.

But you never know ...