After more than 20 years, it’s time to admit defeat. The NCAA men's basketball tournament is never going back to 64 teams, DanWolken writes in his latest column.
This year, the number of men’s basketball teams competing in Division I will balloon to 363, which means roughly 19 percent of the sport will end up in the 68-team tournament. Just last week, the NCAA’s transformation committee — which has been given the latitude to recommend a host of Division I governance changes — floated a concept that championship tournaments could include up to 25 percent of any sport’s membership.
“Do you realize how much of an opportunity it would be for all these youngsters to have an opportunity to participate in the NCAA Tournament?” said Florida State men's basketball coach Leonard Hamilton, who thinks the field should be doubled in size. “What you don’t understand is the joy, the sense of accomplishment, the growth that goes along with people who have those unique opportunities. The memories those kids will have outweighs anything that’s negative.
That would be great news for coaches and administrators whose jobs and bonuses are tied to getting in the tournament. But is it even good for the rest of us? That’s an existential question college athletics leadership will need to carefully consider before adding to the field. If you mess with any of that, you risk losing what makes the tournament magical. That’s why Phillips has no interest in eliminating the automatic qualifiers or casting small schools to the side if they meet the requirements for Division I membership. Nobody thinks it’s a good idea to exclude a bunch of St. Peter’s in favor of more Wake Forests or Texas A&Ms.
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