March Madness tournaments to expand to 76 teams from next season

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May 7, 2026 - 20:45
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March Madness tournaments to expand to 76 teams from next season
  • Both tournaments will have eight extra games

  • Tournaments will expand for first time in 15 years

The NCAA announced on Thursday that it will expand its two March Madness tournaments by eight teams each next season, a long-expected move that will drop more games into the first week of the showcase without substantially changing its overall form.

The new, 76-team brackets will jam eight extra games – for a total of 12 involving 24 teams – into the front half of the first week of the men’s and the women’s tournaments. It will turn what’s now known as the First Four into a bigger affair that will now be called the “March Madness Opening Round”. Continue reading...

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