Marquette Athletics 2019-20 season ends. (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)

NEW YORK CITY — The BIG EAST Conference announced a cancellation of all 2020 spring sports competitions Thursday because of COVID-19.

This decision is effective immediately and it follows the NCAA’s announcement to cancel all future winter and spring championships.

This means that the 2019-20 Marquette Athletics seasons have concluded for all sports. The in-season teams that will be most affected are: basketball, lacrosse, tennis, golf and track and field.

There will be a press conference at Madison Square Garden Thursday night with BIG EAST official staff, but no coaches or players.

This story was written by Zoe Comerford. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @zoe_comerford.