Late last season, Dan Gavitt, NCAA senior vice president of basketball, said no vote on expanding the men’s and women’s tourneys was imminent. He said if expansion was approved this spring, a change might be possible as early as the 2026 tourney.

The College Football Playoff is not the only postseason with talks of expansion. Moving the NCAA Tournament from 64 teams has been discussed for quite some time now, bringing mixed reactions. Coaches are now getting in on the discussion and appear open to the idea of adding extra teams to March Madness.

NCAA Tournament expansion is once again in the headlines, thanks to Kansas coach Bill Self. Speaking during the Big 12 meetings in Orlando, Self shared that Big 12 coaches are collectively in favor of expanding the tournament, an idea that has lingered for years but remains divisive.