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Here's the math and data that prove why the NCAA Tournament doesn't need to expand


Will the selection committee opt to keep the most pristine postseason event in American sports in its current form, at the widely desired number of 68 teams? Or will it choose to dilute, downgrade and cheapen its men's and women's basketball tournaments by inflating them to 72 or, even worse, bloating to the peculiar number of 76? (CBS Sports)

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Here's the math and data that prove why the NCAA Tournament doesn't need to expand