NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt confirmed there will be no 2020 NCAA Tournament bracket released on Selection Sunday.

The NCAA considered revealing the full 68-team field despite the men's and women's March Madness games being canceled Thursday, but the organization ultimately decided against it.

"The important work of the basketball committees is to set up competitively-balanced brackets to determine national champions," Gavitt said in a statement. "I don't believe it's responsible or fair to do that with incomplete seasons - especially for tournaments that unfortunately won't be played.

"Therefore, there will not be any NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball championship selection shows or tournament brackets released this year."

Multiple head coaches, including Auburn's Bruce Pearl, were in favor of releasing the brackets understanding how special it is for those involved to learn of their school earning an NCAA Tournament spot.

"I have heard from many coaches and athletics directors who are trusted colleagues and friends that would like to see brackets released to recognize the successful seasons of their teams and student-athletes and to see who and where they would have played," Gavitt said.

"Players and coaches want to see their school name on the bracket. However, anything less than a credible process is inconsistent with the tradition of the NCAA basketball championships. Brackets based on hypotheticals can't substitute for a complete selection, seeding and bracketing process."

The cancellations mark the first time since the inaugural men's tournament in 1939 that neither will be played.