Malik Hall is like most athletes these days.
Back home in Montgomery, Illinois, roughly 45 miles west of Chicago, Hall is doing his best to keep things as normal as possible. He spends the mornings doing school work and then works out either around the house or gets time alone in a local gym. After that, the rest of the day is spent more time than even he is comfortable with playing video games.
"I mean, honestly," Hall said, "I've played a lot of Xbox. Probably more than I should."
He's doing his best to adapt amid the coronavirus pandemic. Like everyone, he's been forced to adjust. Routines have changed. Isolation has become the norm.
It was the day Hall and his Michigan State teammates were supposed to leave for the Big Ten tournament that everything began to change. First, the Spartans were told they weren't heading to Indianapolis after all. The tournament had been canceled.
Roughly two hours later word came down the NCAA Tournament had been called off.
Season over.
"I was pretty bummed out," Hall said. "I'm not gonna lie. We were really starting to catch our stride, and it would have been really fun to play and be a part of that team as we were catching our stride. I understand why everything happened and why it went the way it did, but I mean, it just sucks."
