The global pandemic that is the coronavirus has forced the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament. It is a devastating blow for the sport, the jewel of the NCAA sporting calendar.

We outline the Aussie men and women who were pushing for a place in the Big Dance in 2020, albeit the event is now cancelled.

Men

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• Hofstra | Colonial Athletic Champions Hal Hughes

• Utah State | Mountain West Champions | Sean Bairstow

• Winthrop | Big South Champions | Tom Pupavac & Kyle Zunic

Projected at-large bids

(as per ESPN Bracketology)

• Akron | Deng Riak

• Arizona | Josh Green

• Duke | Jack White

• Eastern Washington | Mason Peatling, Jack Perry &Tyler Robertson

• Oklahoma | Anyang Garang*

• Saint Mary's | Kyle Bowen, Alex Ducas, Tanner Krebs & Jock Perry

• Stanford | Isaac White

• UC Irvine | Aiden Krause & Isaiah Lee

• West Virginia | Kody Stattmann

On the bubble

• Xavier | Ramon Singh

Still in contention

• California | Pac-12 Tournament | Grant Anticevich & Kuany Kuany

• Creighton | Big East | Jacob Epperson

• Coppin State | MEAC Tournament | Giir Ring

• Hartford | America East Tournament | Hunter Marks

• Hawaii | Mate Colina, Owen Hulland & Junior Madut

• Idaho State | Big Sky Tournament | Chier Maker

• Northern Illinois | MAC Tournament | Gairges Daow

• Quinnipiac | MAAC Tournament | Jacob Rigoni

• Southern Utah | Big Sky Tournament | Jarryd Hoppo

• South Florida | American Tournament | Madut Akec

• Texas-Rio Grande | WAC Tournament | Uche Dibiamaka

• UC Riverside | Big West Tournament | Dragan Elkaz, Oliver Hayes-Brown & Daniel Mading

• Washington State | Pac-12 Tournament | Ryan Rapp

Full list of Division I men for 2019/20

Women

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• Oregon | Pac-12 Champions | Lucy Cochrane, Jaz Shelley & Morgan Yaeger

• Portland | WCC Champions | Haylee Andrews, Alexandra Fowler & Keeley Frawley

Projected at-large bids

(as per ESPN Bracketology)

• Arizona | Tara Manumaleuga

• Duke | Miela Goodchild

• Gonzaga | Eliza Hollingsworth

• Iowa State | Lauren Mills

• LSU | Sharna Ayres*

• Mississippi State | Chloe Bibby

• Northwestern | Jess Sancataldo

• Oregon State | Jasmine Simmons

• TCU | Ella Hellessey & Maddi Puli

• Tennessee | Louise Brown & Jessie Rennie

• Texas | Isabel Palmer

• UCLA | Chantel Horvat

On the bubble

• Boston College | Taylor Ortlepp & Georgia Pineau

Still in contention

• Cal Poly | Big West Tournament | Abbey Ellis

• Hawaii | Big West Tournament | Amy Atwell & Courtney Middap

• Idaho | Big Sky Tournament | Caitlyn Jones

• Mount Saint Mary's | Northeast Tournament | Annaliese Watkinson & Mikayla Watkinson

• Oklahoma | Big 12 Tournament | Chloe Bloom

• Seattle | WAC Tournament | Georgia Kehoe, Courtney Murphy & Maddy Phillips

Full list of Division I women for 2019/20

* Player is sitting out the season due to transfer rules

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