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NCAA, News - Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:30 - 0 Comments
NCAA to expand March Madness from 65 to 68 teams
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA plans to expand the men’s basketball tournament from 65 to 68 teams beginning next year and announced a new, $10.8 billion broadcasting deal with CBS and Turner Broadcasting on Thursday that will allow every game to be shown live for the first time.
The three-team expansion is much more modest than 80- and 96-team proposals the NCAA outlined just a few weeks ago at the Final Four. The move coincides with the new, 14-year broadcasting arrangement that interim NCAA president Jim Isch said will provide an average of $740 million to its conferences and schools each year.
The NCAA badly wanted every tourney game broadcast live.
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