Pandemic leaves opening week of college hoops in disarray

FILE - This March 7, 2020, file photo shows Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma during an NCAA college basketball game in the American Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinals at Mohegan Sun Arena, in Uncasville, Conn. UConn has not had seven first-year players on its roster since back in 1988, the year the Huskies won the first of their 18 Big East titles. No. 3 Connecticut returns this season to the league it helped build with a young, but talented team after playing seven years in the American Athletic Conference without a conference loss.(AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, file photo, Louisville coach Jeff Walz gives instructions during a timeout during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh. Walz's fifth-ranked Cardinals are picked to win the Atlantic Coast Conference race. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)