It is now official. The NCAA has now expanded the NCAA Basketball Tournament, starting next season. Or what most fans know as "March Madness." It was a change in their minds over the last year, and one that many did not think would happen. The change is for both men's and women's basketball. That will give eight more teams a chance to compete in the big dance. For many years, the tournament featured 68 teams. Saint Mary's head coach Randy Bennett walks in front of the bench in the first half during a first round men’s basketball game of the NCAA Tournament between St. Mary's and Texas A&M, at Paycom in Oklahoma City on Thursday, March 19, 2026. | NATHAN J. FISH/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It will be interesting to see the reactions in college basketball. When it was discussed in the early stages, many were not on board with expanding it. Now that it has happened, will they change their mind about it? There are always these few teams that people feel they got left out of.…