KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -The NCAA has rekindled discussion of expanding its men’s basketball tournament and is looking into the possibility of moving it from broadcast to cable.
NCAA senior vice president Greg Shaheen said Thursday any talks about expanding the tournament or switching to another network are in the very early stages.
The NCAA can opt out of its 11-year, $6 billion contract with CBS after this season and Shaheen said the organization is going through due diligence for all 88 of its championships.
The idea of expanding the tournament field has been raised numerous times, most notably by Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim in 2006. The NCAA upped the field from 48 to 64 in 1985, then added a 65th team in 2001 after increasing the number of automatic bids from 30 to 31.
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