[NU Sports List] [Northwestern Sports/Basketball] NCAA Men's and Women's BB tournaments to expand to 76 teams

[Mike Nolan]

The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will expand to 76 teams starting with the 2026-27 season. A formal announcement is expected in mid-May after contracts are signed.

24 teams will qualify for the Tuesday-Wednesday play-in games instead of 8, at two sites. Dayton is expected to remain one of them, the other will be west of the Eastern Time Zone.

This means that 8 teams that would have previously started tournament play on Thursday or Friday will start on Tuesday or Wednesday.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48621117/sources-ncaa-basketball-tournaments-set-move-76-teams





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