NCAA tournament to expand to 68 teams.

[Sudeepvol]

NCAA on verge of 68-team men's tournament - ESPN

Not bad. Better than 96 at least.

 

[getyopopcornready]

And this makes sense. If you're going to have one play in game, why not have 4?

 

[CardassianVol]

I like the tv contract. Thank God it was not ESPN.
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[EricFreakingBerry]

Guess the people in the NIT wing at the NCAA headquarters get to keep their jobs.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

This sounds better. Still not what I like, but it's better.

 

[IPorange]

It's still incrementally worse, but better than the ridiculous "field of 96" thing.

 

[getyopopcornready]

It's still incrementally worse, but better than the ridiculous "field of 96" thing.

I don't think it really changes anything. Just 3 more play in games.

 

[GreveHaller]

it gives 3 more teams the chance to lose their first round game

 

[ukvols]

Either they listened to everyone's complaints, or it was a ruse to get everyone to happily accept more play-in garbage.

 

[dantheman617]

At least they didn't go with 96 teams.

 

[getyopopcornready]

I'm all for this. I've never understood the method of assigning the play-in winner to a #1 seed.

 

[Catbone]

If it aint broke don't fix it in my opinion...

 

[VolNC2316]

96 teams = Stupid

68 teams = Not as stupid

 

[SpringBokVol]

I am pumped about the TV contract... that is the big win here.

 

[Gcrop]

If they are going to add the last 8 at large teams, I would like to see the winner of the play in game enter as the 12 seed or something. You get Ole Miss playing Memphis and that winner playing Kansas, it just doesn't seem right for Kansas.

Not sure if the play in games are going to include all teams that have no chance to win one game (like the single play in game since 2001) or the Ole Miss, Memphis, Illinois's of the world.

 

[Bassmanbruno]

If it aint broke don't fix it in my opinion...

Who determines if it's broken or not?

 

[Velo Vol]

So they'll be able to broadcast all the games live on just four channels?

The days of being forced to watch every last second of a Kentucky game are over?

Cool.

 

[pualsline]

I never watch the play in games...I don't think that they are an extremely bad idea from the perspective of the players though.

The NCAA team starts for a lot of teams when conference tournaments come around. If they lose there they are done. So if you are wanting to watch of field of 96 just start watching basketball a little more than a week before the final 64 are playing.