Alexander: Expand NCAA tournament? It’s not necessarily madness

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Alexander: Expand NCAA tournament? It’s not necessarily madness
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To do any expansion from 68 teams to 90 correctly, let’s make sure more of the mid-major schools can get in on the action.

After the traditionally dramatic and entertaining first weekend of the NCAA tournament — the entertainment value, of course, hinging on whether your bracket is only moderately shredded or looks like the dog tore it to bits — it must be asked.

Before answering — and my eventual answer might surprise you — let’s consider some of the reasons why tournament expansion is even a talking point.

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