ESPN debuts new college basketball scorebug, removes BottomLine

Monday brought the full start of college basketball season, with both men’s and women’s games taking place across the country at all hours of the day. Eagle-eyed viewers on ESPN noticed two somewhat significant changes in the network’s broadcasts of the sport. The WorldWide Leader had debuted a new scorebug , and the network had moved on from the BottomLine. No Bottom Line ticker for college basketball on the main ESPN network: https://t.co/wlqmIPJdk1 — Ben Huddleston (@sportswithben1) November 2, 2026 Awful Announcing has learned that those changes reflect ESPN’s approach to the BottomLine for live game action during college basketball…