The administrators in charge of college sports have begun discussing an expansion of the men’s basketball tournament from its current 68 teams. It would represent the biggest change since 1985, when the field grew from 53 to 64, which is the perfect number for this sport.
“It’s time to look at that,” ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said this week at his conference’s basketball media day.
To make it clear, there is only one piece of advice to offer here to the NCAA and the conference commissioners who essentially run it:
Don’t do it.