College basketball puts pieces together for season

An expanded NCAA tournament field. Large-scale, nonconference events that put teams and players in the bubble. Conference-only scheduling. All of these concepts are on the table for consideration in what will certainly be a new-look college basketball season in 2020-21 because of the pandemic. College basketball leaders are unpacking ideas, seeing what fits and what doesn’t, as they determine what a season will look like and whether nonconference games, including some played in bubbles, are…