NCAA tables vote for summer basketball, cites opposition

A proposal to allow college basketball exhibitions in the summer months has been tabled, according to a release by the NCAA’s men’s and women’s basketball oversight committees on Wednesday.

The Basketball Summer Initiative, a movement to create a bigger offseason spotlight for the sport, has gained momentum in recent years, resulting in a discussion about the possibility of limited competition in the summer, including two exhibitions, scrimmages or “tournament-style” matchups for teams that would be open to the public.

But the oversight committees for men’s and women’s basketball said they would continue to “review” the proposal without voting on it for the 2023-24 legislative session. According to the release, 47% of men’s basketball coaches and 59% of women’s basketball coaches who were polled did not support the summer basketball proposal. Those numbers were even higher among leadership: More than 60% of collegiate administrators polled did not support the summer basketball proposal.

But the majority of college basketball players, on men’s and women’s teams, supported the concept. Nearly 70% of…