JB: Madness To Expand Field To 96

Saint Mary’s – Alydar to Gonzaga’s Affirmed, Pepsi to its Coke – visits town Thursday on a college basketball mission that’s urgent, if not quite desperate. The Gaels have the look of an NCAA tournament team but lack the defining victory to make it a certainty. Yes, there is always that last roll of the dice in Las Vegas for the West Coast Conference Tournament title and the automatic berth that goes with it, but Saint Mary’s can hedge that bet by beating Gonzaga before then – in one of those games that add delight and drama to college basketball’s regular season. One of those games that would be reduced to a shrug if the NCAA entertains the deplorable notion of expanding its tournament to 96 teams. What’s next – “The Godfather, Part IV?” Condos along the fairways at Indian Canyon? World Series games in November?/ John Blanchette , SR. More here .

Question: Would you like to see the March Madness field of 64 or 65 teams expanded to 96, to ensure no deserving team is left out?