New 76-Team NCAA Tournament Schedule Released
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | All right. So we got some news from the world of college sports. That means Rico to the front of the classroom. |
| 0:07.2 | And I don't blame Rico for any of this. But I'm going to sit back. We'll listen. I'll give you a fair shake here, Mr. |
| 0:14.6 | Michael, it was probably the worst kept secret ever when it came to college sports. Today, we find out, well, we found out that the NCAA tournament, both men and women, |
| 0:27.0 | will go to 76 games. |
| 0:31.3 | Thank you for giving me time to say that. |
| 0:34.1 | 76 game tournament is here. |
| 0:36.4 | Technically, it still has to be ratified by the board of directors and the board of governors. |
| 0:40.3 | That's just a rubber stamp. |
| 0:42.1 | They voted on it. |
| 0:43.0 | I believe it was unanimous. |
| 0:44.9 | It's going to happen. |
| 0:46.2 | Here's how it breaks down in case you were wondering because I know you were. |
| 0:52.9 | 12 games will be played in the play-end game. |
| 0:56.9 | So there'll be 24 teams playing between Tuesday and Wednesday. |
| 1:02.7 | The winners of those games will then join the regular 52 teams in the tournament. |
| 1:10.2 | And those games will the 12 games will consist of all the 16th seeds, half of the 15 seeds, |
| 1:18.4 | and a mixture of seeds 11, 12, and 13. |
| 1:26.2 | And it will start this upcoming tournament. |
| 1:30.0 | So yes, we will now talk about when it comes to Bubble Watch, teams 77, 78, 79, and 80. |
| 1:40.0 | So yes. |
| 1:41.7 | The tournament, it was going to happen. |
| 1:43.7 | It was going to expand, just like it's probably going to do for football. No, no, why? Why? Who? It was beautiful. It was. It was. It was perfect. It was. There was no need to do this. No one asked for this. This is nothing to do with the sport. No. This isn't a competitive balance issue. It's not an expansion issue. |
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