{"id":52706,"date":"2025-07-10T00:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T00:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/52706\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T00:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T00:16:11","slug":"espns-michael-wilbon-shreds-ncaa-for-considering-march-madness-expansion-theres-not-a-more-worthless-brand-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/52706\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN&#8217;s Michael Wilbon shreds NCAA for considering March Madness expansion: &#8216;There&#8217;s not a more worthless brand in sports&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"not-prose mb-6 mt-4 alignfull perfmatters-lazy\" width=\"246\" height=\"30\" alt=\"presented by toyota\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/app\/themes\/bramble\/public\/build\/assets\/presented-by-toyota-minimal-B--CgbxZ.svg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Michael Wilbon did not hold back on the NCAA for considering expanding the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The possibility of expanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/news\/college-basketball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March Madness<\/a> beyond 68 teams has made headlines plenty of times over the past few years. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/news\/college-basketball\/ncaa-president-says-march-madness-expansion-could-come-by-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NCAA President Charlie Baker\u2019s support<\/a>, there\u2019s a legitimate possibility that the tournament expands for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Per college basketball insider Jeff Goodman, the NCAA selection committee had discussions about possible expansion on Wednesday in Savannah, but did not come to a decision. It will reportedly be discussed again on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NCAA selection committee had discussions today in Savannah regarding NCAA tournament expansion and no decision was reached yet, source told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFieldOf68?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TheFieldOf68<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>More discussions tomorrow in this annual offseason meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoodmanHoops\/status\/1943074360778256716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Expanding the Big Dance is wildly unpopular with both fans and media members. During Wednesday\u2019s Pardon The Interruption, Wilbon tore into the NCAA for considering expanding the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re leaving this to a body, up there that logo that says \u2018NCAA,\u2019 there\u2019s not a more worthless brand in sports. There\u2019s not a more mistrusted brand in all of sports than the logo that says \u2018NCAA,\u2019\u201d Wilbon said. \u201cBecause the people who rule for that body, they look like clowns much of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;There&#8217;s not a more worthless brand in sports \u2026 than the logo that says &#8216;NCAA.&#8217; Because the people who rule for that body, they look like clowns much of the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser teed off on March Madness expansion today on &#8216;PTI&#8217;: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dtM1eEXADD\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/dtM1eEXADD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1943079969007218874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Time will tell if scathing criticism from Wilbon and others will influence the NCAA\u2019s decision on the size of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-full mx-auto sm:m-0 grayscale aspect-square perfmatters-lazy\" alt=\"Andrew Olson\" width=\"88\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752106571_519_a2d68e0571f909e1561fb3655fe067b996acfde074a03410b085b5d482521547\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm mt-4\">Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN\u2019s Michael Wilbon did not hold back on the NCAA for considering expanding the NCAA Tournament. 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