Expanding The NCAA basketball Tournament!!!

This whole issue started as a rumor in March as it was discussed on tv and the web several times. Apparently the idea of expanding from the current 65 teams to 96 is gaining steam. The main motivation to make this change is the NCAA's ability to get out of its current tournament tv contract. More games means more money. The problem is that it means more time for student-athletes are going to be away from their campuses and the classroom. I don't want to get into the athletic schedules for some college sports as that is another completely different post. The point is that this change to the men's, and eventually women's, tournament is going to happen. The impact will be making it easier for teams to get into the tournament that are deserving, but don't win the conference tournament. We will be subjected to more games in mid to late March and depending on how the scheduling is devised the tournament may end in mid April.
A whole part of the reason the tournament is called March Madness is the ability for upsets. In a single elimination tournament if a team has an off day they are eliminated. While this will still be true in some sense we can only ponder the number of games that will be defined more by worn out players rather than skill, passion, and teamwork.