Not sure why they would do this. The women's tourney is already terrible since the top teams are so loaded and poor teams get destroyed by the top teams. Oh well. Guess I know the real reason. Money and they don't want to treat the women different. in my opinion they should have cut it down to around 48 teams.
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NCAA men's, women's basketball tournaments expand to 76 teams
The men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments are expanding to 76 teams -- the largest increase for the men since 1985, and the first for the women since 2022.