Tulsa coach Philip Montgomery wants to prevent a coronavirus outbreak in the Golden Hurricane’s locker room.

Players are required to quarantine for at least five days when they get on campus before being tested for COVID-19. A negative test lets players start voluntary workouts with guidelines for physical distancing, mask coverings, sanitization, limited groups and other safety measures.

“For us to have a chance to continue to work out, train, do the things that you want to do, we’ve got to live in this frame, in this bubble,” Montgomery said. “And we’ve got to try to do everything we can to make that part happen. I definitely don’t think we have all the answers, and we’re trying to learn from other programs.”

There are a lot of decisions to make.

“Everything that we can do to try to keep us in our own little bubble right now to try to protect all of us,” Montgomery said. “We started talking, really in January, about we really want to become an even more unselfish-type team, and this is really going to put us to the test.

“Do you want to wear a mask? Maybe not, but you need to. I’m gonna wear a mask, you’re gonna wear a mask. We’re going to do things to help keep each other safe.”

Coaches are wearing masks.

“We’ve got to be the examples of it, so if you’re on campus, you gotta have your mask on, because if we’re not doing it, they’re not gonna do it,” Montgomery said. “We want to kind of show them the importance of it and be good examples for them, and then help continue to remind them, ‘Hey, I see you all are talking. That’s great, love it. Hey, make sure that we’ve got some space between us, staying in very small groups, if any.’”