Breaking: The NCAA has initiated the final steps to expand the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments to 76 teams, sources told @PeteThamel.
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8.8%: Percentage of DI football schools that have a chance to participate in a season ending tournament for the right to win the title.
21%: Percentage of DI basketball schools that now have a chance to participate in a season ending tournament for the right to win the title.
The NCAA is expected to finalize an expansion of the men’s and women’s tournaments to 76 teams soon after the completion of this year’s March Madness tournament, per Yahoo Sports' @RossDellenger.
Barring something unforeseen, “it will happen,” a high-placed source told Dellenger.
The proposal would add eight games to the First Four, with 24 teams playing in an opening round before advancing into the second round.