Selecting teams is an impossible assignment in normal years. How will the committee select and seed the field in a year when some teams have played 28 games and others have yet to play 20?

The plan would have the entire 68-team event played in Indianapolis, which was only scheduled to host the Final Four.

In a three-minute interview with Andy Katz the director of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament, said the NCAA has planned for the season to begin Nov. 10 despite issues created by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

No, University of Louisville Athletic Director Vince Tyra cannot say if the Cardinals’ college football season will start as scheduled in September. Ditto for basketball. Or any sport.

In a generation or two, new fans of the game will look back at this season and wonder what the local programs achieved in context of the national scene.