The 2024 NCAA men’s tournament marked the 14th since the event’s most recent expansion from 64 to 68 teams in 2011. So far, reviews seem generally favorable, and two First Four participants (VCU in ‘11 and UCLA in ‘21) have gone all the way to the Final Four.
Never an organization to leave money on the table, the NCAA appears poised to go back to the expansion well. On Thursday, president Charlie Baker spoke more favorably of tournament expansion than at any point previously.
