NCAA Transformation Committee's final report recommends NCAA Tournament expansion
The NCAA Transformation committee released a final report Tuesday that recommends the NCAA Championship Tournaments should expand to include 25% of teams. The report will go to the Division I board of directors for consideration at the 2023 NCAA convention in San Antonio next week, according to a report from Ross Dellenger.
This would especially affect the NCAA Men’s and Women’s basketball tournament’s, which would expand to around 90 teams were this to be set. It’s important to note this is not a final decision, as expanding the tournaments would ultimately be left to each individual sports’ group/oversight committee.
News: NCAA Transformation Committee’s final report recommends an expansion of championship tournaments to incorporate 25% of teams.
NCAA bball tournament would expand to ~90 teams. However, individual sport oversight committees will give final approval https://t.co/YPFezQoFAV
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) January 3, 2023
The full 40-page report can be viewed here.
Many in the basketball world vehemently oppose expansion of any kind to the NCAA Tournament. Do you think expansion is a bad or good idea?
It looks like there are a lot of smart people on that Transformation Committee, but more importantly common sense. There’s a lot more in it than just the Tourney expansion. I skimmed over some of the recommendations and the NCAA is going to hate much of it. It’s basically saying you suck, you’re slow, you have zero consistency and this is how it needs to be done. Which is a good thing actually.