The NCAA finally did something right.
After spending the past month making it sound like a sure thing that the Men's NCAA tournament would expand to 80 or 96 teams, the NCAA has settled on a 3-team expansion of the tournament to 68 teams.
The expansion comes as part of a new $10.8 billion broadcasting deal with CBS and Turner Broadcasting.
The second most exciting development is that--for the first time in the history of the tournament--every single game will be shown live on non-satellite television. Because the TV deal includes the Turner family, every game next March will be shown live -- on CBS, TBS, TNT or truTV.
From ESPN:
Next year, everything through the second round will be shown nationally on the four networks. CBS and Turner will split coverage of the regional semifinal games, while CBS will retain sole coverage of the regional finals, the Final Four and the championship game through 2015.
Read more at: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5125307
