The team is the first Power Five basketball team to start and stop its season because of the pandemic. The men’s basketball team is expected to continue playing.
The women’s basketball program at Duke University will end its season early, the team announced Friday, because of mounting coronavirus concerns. It’s the first Power Five basketball team to start and stop its season because of the pandemic. “The student-athletes on the Duke women’s basketball team have made the difficult decision to conclude their current season due to safety concerns,” Michael Schoenfeld, the chief communications officer for the school in Durham, N.C., said in the announcement. All other Duke sports were expected to continue as usual, following recommend safety protocols, he added. The women’s team, which had a 3-1 record, had initially suspended operations on Dec.16 after two members of its traveling party tested positive for the virus, requiring contact tracing.
