dpdoughbird06
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What would be really fun is a tourney that seeds 256 teams. Can you imagine an entire extra weekend that would pretty much have to go round-the-clock streaming endlessly on Paramount+? It would make for some ugly 1/64 matchups but think of the crazy upsets!If there are not automatic bids from conference tournaments then
1. Will ESPN and other media cover thise tournaments
2. Will fans of those conferences be interested in those tournaments
3. Lost revenue - conference tournament and no revenue from the tournament
I think CBS has the NCAA contract through 2032. I am not sure what outs there are but the P6 schools may have to still participate until then. I think the compromise you will see is an expanded Tournament. No insights just a guess. There could be byes with 96 teams or go to 128 so full schedule instead of first four in Dayton.