[NU Sports] NCAA Poised to Expand to Field of 96; NIT Slated for Extinction

[Tom Maycock]

> Actually there are 32, but one of them is new and won't
> qualify for an auto bid for a while (if ever).

Yikes. That is a problem. 

How about having the bottom 16 conferences duke it out in a preliminary round, and seed the winner along with 31 other teams in the real tourney? 

Not sure if that's actually an improvement on a 64 team tournament....

Tom