INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis’ proposed basketball bubble can work, as long as the college players behave like the pros.

That is the assessment of Tom Duszynski, director of epidemiology education at the Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI.

Indiana Sports Corp. has sent a 16-page memo to colleges, conferences and tournament organizers for a single-site bubble in which games may be played on courts set up in the Indiana Convention Center.

The safety plan was approved by the Marion County Health Department, according to the document. Players, coaches and others in the traveling party are to be tested daily. Masks will be required when traveling to and from the convention center and also inside the complex.

“The biggest challenge that I see is what do we do with these players when they’re not on the court,” Duszynski said. “Are the players expected to say in their hotel rooms?

“That would be my only worry. There’s going to be other people in that hotel.”

The epidemiologist said the bubble plan resembles that of the NBA, which has sequestered players at Disney World lodging in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

“We’ve seen it work in the NBA,” Duszynski said. “If this re-creates that, then this could work as well.”

Key to preventing COVID-19 from spreading, he said, is to continue testing each day. Players could be asymptomatic but still be carrying the virus.

“The science is changing as we learn more about this,” Duszynski said. “What we knew back in March has changed dramatically.”

Cost for each team in the bubble starts at $90,000, according to the document. Such bubbles would be set up for 38 days (Nov. 25-Jan. 1); nine days (Jan. 19-17); 10 days (Feb. 2-11), and 15 days (Feb. 12-26).

The Indianapolis plan was developed by the Indiana Sports Corp., Russ Potts Productions, Intersport and Indiana Convention Center. Hotels that have a collective 4,700 rooms would connect directly to the convention center via skywalk.

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