ESPN Bursts the Orlando Bubble

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports The college basketball season is scheduled to (belatedly) tip off on November 25 and all eyes were set to be turned to Orlando where 10 different multi-team events (MTE) owned by ESPN where planned to be hosted. In a report by The Athletic’s Seth Davis, ESPN is abandoning the Orlando Bubble, as it has come to be known, in light of significant issues in reaching a consensus health protocol and aligning the varying interests and requirements of more than 24 schools who were supposed to participate.

Gonzaga, of course, was one of the schools scheduled to head to the Orlando Bubble. The Zags were slated to play Auburn and then one of Texas Tech/Houston in a…