March Madness might be getting even bigger. NCAA president Charlie Baker said during this week’s Big 12 Spring Meetings in Orlando that the college basketball tournament could expand as soon as 2026. “That would be the goal, to try and do this for next year,” Baker told Front Office Sports. “…We’ve been talking about 72 and 76.”

The NCAA is entertaining the idea of a bigger NCAA Tournament field. Recently, NCAA president Charlie Baker added some more fuel to the fire with comments regarding the potential expansion, and it sounds like Baker and the NCAA are looking to expand sooner rather than later.

NCAA President Charlie Baker sees value in expanding the NCAA Tournament by a handful of teams and wants to reach a decision on the matter in the next few months, he said Thursday. Baker