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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 4487566, member: 549"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/court-report-why-major-ncaa-tournament-expansion-wont-happen-despite-recommendations-to-change-march-madness/[/URL] -> In addition to myriad logistical alterations that would have to be accounted for, there is a humongous TV contract to consider. CBS and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports share men's March Madness rights through 2032. Moving forward, remember that whatever change is made for the men's tournament will also be made for the women's. If you expand the men's field to 72, the same will happen with the women, particularly in the wake of the NCAA's gender equity review after the PR disaster the NCAA brought upon itself in 2021 regarding inequalities in women's basketball. Additionally, skepticism abounds in NCAA halls re: more teams equaling more money to the organization's coffers. This is a bottom-line business. The men's NCAA Tournament is the only money-making championship the NCAA owns. (The College Football Playoff isn't an NCAA-run event.) The women's tournament annually operates in the red. More games means more cost and more money to split up to more schools until 2032 at least. That's not an outcome many in college athletics find satisfying. Relatedly, there are ongoing discussions about how tournament money should be changed/split up in the current system. <- [/QUOTE]