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The Idaho State University Department of Athletics has announced that there will be no in-person fans at Reed Gym to start the 2020-21 basketball season due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.The University will continue to monitor the landscape of the pandemic with the intention of allowing spectators if the situation changes and conditions allow.
“We’ve been working in conjunction with the University Health Committee and the District Health Department to determine the safest way to proceed with fans in the stands,” said Athletic Director Pauline Thiros. “Ultimately, as cases are continuing to rise and the State of Idaho returns to Stage 2, the most prudent course of action is to eliminate additional risk to community and student-athletes.We will begin our season without fans in Reed Gym. It was a very difficult decision,but one we know is in the best interest of the health and safety of our fans, staff, and student-athletes.”
ISU Athletics has not renewed season tickets for men’s and women’s basketball for the 2020-21 season due to the uncertainty created by the pandemic.
All Big Sky Conference games will be available live on Pluto TV. All home games air on channel 1011 and Big Sky road games will be on the school-specified channel released the week of the game.Pluto TV can be accessed by downloading the free Pluto TV app on your mobile device or tablet or by going to pluto.tv on your computer. Viewers may also access the link online from the men’s and women’s basketball schedules at ISU Bengals.com.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Idaho State will not send the local radio crew to road basketball games, instead, Jerry Miller and Mark Liptak will remotely call away games.
To listen to all men’s and women’s basketball games, home and away fans should log on to https://portal.stretchinternet.com/idast/. As customary, ISU Women’s Basketball games will be available on KISU FM at 91.1 in Pocatello,91.3 in Idaho Falls, and 88.1 in Rexburg.
Bengal Basketball Head Coaches Ryan Looney and Seton Sobolewski, along with selected student athletes, will host a Bengal Chalk Talk via Zoom on December 10that 7pm to check in with fans and provide an update as teams finish up the pre-season and approach Big Sky Conference competition. The public is invited to join this event at
https://isu.zoom.us/j/81007666400 and may email Ted Gambles at ude.usinull@detbmag to receive a passcode.
