The seemingly inevitable change that absolutely nobody wants appears to be coming in 2027.
According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the NCAA has initiated the final steps to expand the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments to 76 teams. The expansion is on track to be formalized in the upcoming weeks, and the new 76-team tournament formats will begin next year.
The news was met with the same reaction we’ve seen every time the idea of tournament expansion has been floated: Near universal disapproval.
While not unexpected at this point, messing with the least flawed postseason in all of American sports remains inexplicable and indefensible.
Outside of a handful of head coaches, athletic directors
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