NCAA picks format for 68-team hoops tourney

Last Updated on July 2, 2010 2:58 pm by admin

 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -The NCAA has settled on the format for the new 68-team NCAA basketball tournament and an announcement is scheduled for next week.
The NCAA announced in April that it would add three teams to the field, the first expansion for the tournament since it went from 64 to 65 in 2001.
Committee chair Dan Guerrero has said that the new format is expected to be in place for the 2011 tournament.