Congratulations NCAA - you didn't kill the golden goose, you just made her more fertile. The NCAA announced today that they were expanding, but only to 68 teams. Four play-in games means space for three new sacrificial lambs teams, and preserves the chance for the David v. Goliath upset to finally happen. Nobody needs to dramatically alter their office pools either, which I'm sure is a relief to the readers of this blog.
The other big news from the announcement is that all games will now be available, in their entirety, to a nationwide audience. While this is dangerous for the Last Channel button on your remote, it's great for fans. This year I hooked up my computer to my TV so I could watch the full Notre Dame game, but the internet signal didn't look too sharp on a 42" TV (even then, I had the TV split so I could watch CBS' live broadcast of other games on one half while keeping an eye on the Irish). With this new CBS/Turner broadcast agreement, picture-in-picture is going to be my default viewing mode for March. On the downside, this further dissuades me from ditching my cable subscription, something I've been trying to do for years.
The NCAA takes a lot of heat when the screw something up, so let's give them credit for getting something right here.
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