Mid-major conferences brace for inevitable cuts in sports budgets because of pandemic
West Coast Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez sighed out loud at the first mention of this year's canceled NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Three months ago, three of her WCC teams were in position to reach the tournament, an accomplishment that would have cemented the league's flourishing basketball reputation and, just as crucially, bolstered its athletic departments' bottom lines.
"My password to my computer was '2020 Final Four,' " Nevarez said with a wishful laugh during a recent phone interview. "I was believing."
It was a rare opportunity lost to the coronavirus crisis, a chance for the
