Nebraska is set to host a college basketball bubble with several power five teams involved, according to a CBS report.
According to CBSSports’ Jon Rothstein, Nebraska will not participate in the Myrtle Beach Invitational bubble in Orlando, and will instead host its own bubble the first week of the season. The NCAA basketball season is slated to begin Nov. 25.
“Several power conference teams are expected to be included,” according to Rothstein’s tweet.
Nebraska had been slated to play in the Myrtle Beach Invitational in South Carolina, but Covid-19 scrapped those plans, with ESPN looking to host its events in a bubble in Orlando instead.
Lincoln would make for an ideal location for a bubble -- the University is slated to stop instruction at Thanksgiving, meaning that Lincoln would be quieter than normal. In the recently released Big Ten Football schedule, the Husker football team is slated to be on the road at Iowa the weekend of Nov. 28 meaning there would be plenty of hotels available as well.