Possible NCAA Tournament expansion

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said that he thought expansion of the NCAA Tournament from 65 to 96 teams is "probable." I think that expansion is a terrible idea. The Tournament has the right amount of teams as is. Expansion to 96 teams would significantly water-down the field and reduce the amount of excitement as well as making this a less special even than it is now. Teams that don't have great regular seasons would be included, we'd be arguing over teams with seasons like North Carolina and St. John's getting included in the field this year, when neither was deserving of admission. The regular season would lose a lot of its meaning as teams from BCS conferences may have to merely finish above .500 to be considered -- which is not the resume of a team that had a really good year. The only thing that could be a positive in my eyes is giving all the regular season champions an automatic bid as well as conference tournament champions, but this is by far outweighed by the negatives. I'm really hoping this expansion doesn't happen, but with the possibility of increased revenue with more teams being involved, my guess is that it will.