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COVID-19: College Basketball Conference Suspends Player Handshakes Before, After Playoff Games COVID-19: College Basketball Conference Suspends Player Handshakes Before, After Playoff Games
Covid-19: College Basketball Conference Suspends Player Handshakes Before, After Playoff Games March will be mad for a different reason this year, as one NCAA Division I conference announced that the long time pre- and post-game tradition is being temporarily shelved to help curtail the spread of coronavirus. The Atlantic 10 Conference announced that it won’t permit handshakes between players before or after games in its upcoming postseason conference tournaments. The league is also expected to provide sanitizing gel to teams to use in locker rooms. The University of Dayton Arena will host the women’s basketball tournament this weekend, Friday, March 6 Sunday, through March 8; while…

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Hudson Valley's Obi Toppin Named Atlantic 10 Rookie Of Year Hudson Valley's Obi Toppin Named Atlantic 10 Rookie Of Year
Hudson Valley's Obi Toppin Named Atlantic 10 Rookie Of Year A record-setting basketball standout from Northern Westchester has taken his talents to the University of Dayton and was just named the Atlantic 10 Conference’s Rookie of the Year. Obi Toppin of Ossining wracked up the accolades this week and also became the first freshman first-team all-Atlantic 10 player since Lamar Odom two decades ago. Toppin was also named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team. The 6-foot-9, 220-pound redshirt freshman forward burst onto the scene after playing just one season of varsity high school ball. He led the Flyers in scoring with 14.4 ppg, and ranked fourth nationa…

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