FILE - In this March 18, 2015, file photo, the NCAA logo is displayed at center court as work continues at The Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, for the NCAA college basketball tournament. The college sports governing body’s Division I Council on Monday approved a blanket waiver for spring-sport athletes to get an extra year of eligibility, a decision that stems from the NCAA canceling March Madness, as well as the remainder of winter championships and all spring championships in the face of COVID-19 pandemic fears escalating. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Josh Newman began covering the University of Utah for The Tribune in 2019. A Long Island, N.Y. native, he covered Rutgers University and Monmouth University for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey for 15 years. Basketball remains his first love, a cold IPA coming in a close second.