There's an old saying "If something isn't broken, don't fix it." The 65-field NCAA Tournament is the best in all of sports. So why would a group school presidents and some college basketball coaches want to expand the field to 96?
Big Ten Conference Commissioner Jim Delany, a former chairman of the NCAA Men's Basketball committee, thinks an expansion is "probable" for the 2011 season. In February's issue of Sporting News, he said "I'm not looking to see the basketball season made less relevant becasue we do an expansion without knowing alot about this."
I can't stand it when people make changes for the money and not for the good of the game. If you do this I guarantee you regular season game ratings will drop. Conference tournaments would be meaningless for "bubble team" debates. Some of the below average teams of the year would be blown out in the first round. I don't even like the NIT so what would give those 32 NCAA tournament rejects the right to join the field.
The NCAA Tournament is amazing this year. It's giving us exactly what we want, Cinderella stories, upsets against the best teams in the country, watching top NBA prospects not cutting it in the big stage, what more do you want? Come on we had Cornell, St. Mary's, and Northern Iowa made it to the Sweet 16. We even have Bulter, who's on a 24-game winning streak, in the Final Four.
The NCAA can also opt out of the remaining three years, $2.131 billion remaining of the 11-year, $6 billions contract with CBS. I don't see them opting out but if they do, ESPN will be knocking on that door.
When the presidents meet in April, I hope these presidents will have some common sense and realize this is not the right decision. Please can we just leave this tournament alone and just focus on these student-athletes giving us all they have for the best three weeks of the year. Come on it's March Madness, live a little.
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