NCAA Basketball Tournament expanding to 76 teams starting in 2027 | The Herd Jason McIntyre reacts to the NCAA deciding to expand its women and men's basketball tournaments to 76 teams starting in 2027. There has been much conversation and consternation lately over the expansion of both the College Football Playoff and NCAA Tournament. Judging by the reactions of fans and pundits alike on social media, the decision to expand the fields of both postseasons in the "money sports" of college