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NCAA In Talks With TV Networks About Expanding Field

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I don't see how doing this does anything productive for the sport. From the story: The NCAA has started meeting with broadcasters to explore the media value of expanding the men’s basketball tournament field, industry sources say. The idea talked about with TV networks would likely take it from its current field of 65 teams to 96 teams and add another week to the competition, with the top 32 teams receiving byes. The move has been characterized as folding the NIT into the NCAA tournament.