I posted this in the official media thread, but since this was dusted off, I will place it here as well. The talk of expansion for the tournament of course revolves around money. The big conferences want more teams in and the mid majors don't want to lose their automatic bid and are afraid they will all be thrown in the play in games. If it expands, which I think is going to happen, I still think you go with 96 teams and eliminate the NIT and give a bye to the top 32 teams in the added first round.