The NCAA's college football playoff model is currently being debated, and its college basketball postseason could soon be changed as well. At Big 12 spring meetings this week, NCAA president Charlie Baker revealed that one of his top priorities was to discuss expanding March Madness -- and it could be coming as soon as this year.

NCAA president Charlie Baker said during this week’s Big 12 Spring Meetings in Orlando that the college basketball tournament could expand as soon as 2026. “That would be the goal, to try and do this for next year,” Baker told Front Office Sports. “…We’ve been talking about 72 and 76.”

NCAA president Charlie Baker said at the Big 12 spring meetings in Orlando, Florida that "the goal" is to expand the Division I men's basketball tournament to 72 or 76 teams beginning in 2026, per David Rumsey of Front Office Sports.