Duke University has taken another step in the fight against the Coronavirus that is sweeping across the world. The university has cancelled its Summer Session 1 classes, originally scheduled to take place between May 13th and June 15th and is evaluating online options for these classes. The university plans to make a call on Summer Session 2 in April.

Typically, incoming freshman athletes on both the basketball and football teams use summer school to both get ahead of their academic courseload when their seasons are not in play and also take advantage of the summer months to develop relationships with their teammates. While the coursework may be available in an online manner, in-person relationship building will not be able to take place.

For the football program, graduate transfers Chase Brice (Clemson quarterback) and Devery Hamilton (Stanford) were scheduled to arrive to campus sometime after their respective graduations this Spring. Obviously, they will no longer be able to get a head start on a presumptive Fall Camp that would typically begin in August. In addition, the remaining twelve members of the 2020 recruiting class who have yet to enroll in school will not be able do so in June like they were originally planning.

The Duke Basketball program, who is bringing in seven newcomers - Columbia graduate transfer Patrick Tape and freshmen Jeremy Roach, DJ Steward, Jalen Johnson, Henry Coleman, Jaemyn Brakefield and Mark Williams - will be forced to get creative as the team seeks to develop cohesiveness heading in to the Fall 2020 basketball season.

There is uncertainty surrounding nearly everything in the near term future, including whether or not there will even be a college football season, but this move will likely increase the possibility of that sport being moved up to the summer months a near impossibility for a program like Duke's.

Durham, NC, the home of Duke University, has been under a stay-at-home order since last Wednesday, which has directed all non-essential businesses to close. The state of North Carolina issued a similar order that goes in to place today.

Men's Basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski has urged the state's residents to stay at home and reminded fans of the basketball team that 'we are all on the same team' when it comes to fighting the COVID-19 coronavirus that has brought the sports world and most of the world's population to a grinding halt as it has spread throughout the population.

The university sent out a message to all on-campus students following up on Schewell's announcement directing them to stay on campus unless they need to "Take walks or get exercise on campus grounds, pick up to-go food orders or visit the University Store, exercise your approved emotional support animal on campus or attend to urgent medical needs, such as visiting Student Health or the Emergency Room."