No games today.

No games any day — maybe.

Wednesday night was supposed to be when Butler's boys, North Catholic boys and girls basketball teams were hoping to be playing in the PIAA semifinals for a possible trip to Hershey.

Instead, all three teams remain in a state of limbo while the PIAA and the rest of the country try waiting out the novel coronavirus pandemic. The quarterfinal round has yet to be played.

“We met Saturday as a team, hours before we were no longer permitted to do that,” Butler coach Matt Clement said. “Our team has developed a thick skin for a lot of reasons — injuries, tough schedule, overtimes — and our theme all year has been to not let external forces beat us.

“That holds true now more than ever.”

If and when PIAA play does resume, Butler (22-4) will put its 17-game winning streak on the line against McDowell (23-3) in the quarterfinals.

“I've gotten calls on my cell from people in this town who have been to every one of our games since I've been coaching, every one of our games since I was playing,” Clement said. “The community remains connected.

“Everyone is concerned, but basketball is pretty far down the list of priorities right now and rightfully so. Of course, I'm hoping we play again. But no matter what happens, I understand and I'm at peace with whatever decision is made.”

Clement added that he has “not heard anything” about the chances of the tournament playing out.

North Catholic girls coach Molly Rottmann admitted she has “no gut feeling either way” as to the future of the tournament.

The Trojanettes (26-1) are scheduled to play Forest Hills (26-1) in the Class 4A girls quarterfinals.

“What we're going through right now is unprecedented,” Rottmann said.

The coach has her players doing an exercise regimen on their own. One of her assistant coaches is a physical education teacher who came up with the workout.

“It involves 10 different exercises,” Rottmann said. “You do a high-intensity workout on one for 50 seconds, rest for 10 seconds, do another one for 50 seconds, rest for 10 more, etc.

“Basketball conditioning, with so many sudden starts and stops, is different from other sports. This helps keep the kids in that kind of shape.”

North Catholic's boys (26-2) are scheduled to play Richland (19-7) in the Class 3A quarterfinals.

If the tourney does resume, Class 6A boys will finish a pair of second-round games first — Wilson vs. Lower Merion, Cheltenham vs. Mt. Lebanon — before proceeding to the quarterfinals. The Butler-McDowell survivor would play whoever comes out of those four teams in the semifinal round.

“Whether we get one day to practice or two weeks, we'll be ready to go when they tell us to go play,” Clement said. “I know we're willing to wait as long as it takes. For now, we're telling the kids if you can get a basketball in your hand and go out and shoot, that can only help.

“I'm sure all of the remaining teams feel that way. We just have to make sure it's safe first.”