If anyone didn't see this coming, shouldn't the NCAA left the number of teams in the tournament to 64?

I agree just stick with 64. It doesn't need expanding, its not like the #64 or #63 team is actually contending for the win anyways. and if they do want to expand they might as well do a mass expansion instead of this "dinky, little add 4 teams in for no reason"

The thought process was that there were always a few teams that didn't get in that deserved to. Adding three more teams was supposed to fix that. I like the idea of more teams, but the 4 play in games should all be for the 16 seeds.

It became as quickly as sixty 4 communities and, somewhat some years interior the previous, yet yet another small convention strengthen into formed giving them an computerized bid into the tourney. the money-grubbing commissioners of the main considerable conferences desperate that somewhat of lose one extra advantageous at-great bid into the journey for a mediocre, considerable convention team, they could make 2 of the small convention champions play off against one yet yet another to make it into the tourney. It has no longer some thing to do with opposition, exhilaration, commencing up the tourney off early or a decide on for yet yet another television interest. It strengthen into strictly approximately funds and the main considerable convention commisioners showing their muscle by potential of utilising ruining the organic and organic sanctity of a sixty 4 team journey and getting an invitation to a minimum of one extra advantageous of the 'huge' colleges.

They had one play in game last year to see what the results were. Between Winthrop and University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. It was a fun game and i like this 4 game 8 team play in.