Utah Cancels All Athletic Events In Accordance With Pac-12 Decision

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The University of Utah athletic department announced that they are canceling all athletic events in accordance with the Pac-12’s decision.

The Pac-12 canceled the conference basketball tournament, the gymnastics championships and all spring sporting events due to concern with coronavirus also known as COVID-19.

This includes all scheduled competitions, conference or non-conference, home and away games.

Important news for our fans in accordance with the Pac-12 Conference decision. We’ll have more updates as they become available. https://t.co/vvj6nCJ4iN

— Utah Athletics (@utahathletics) March 12, 2020

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