Michigan State basketball's expected start to the season continues to be in flux.
ESPN Events announced Monday it will cancel its planned early-season tournaments in Orlando, where the Spartans were expected to open the 2020-21 season. Reports were the Champions Classic game against Duke would be moved there, and MSU also was expected to play in a multi-team Orlando Invitational this season.
“ESPN Events set out to create a protected environment for teams to participate in early-season events in Orlando,” the company that runs the tournament said in a release. “Based on certain challenges surrounding testing protocols, we opted to resume these tournaments during the 2021-22 season.