Did Stanford basketball just get its ticket back to March Madness? Earlier this week, the NCAA made a monumental change to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, commonly known as March Madness, expanding the tournament from 68 teams to 76 starting in 2027. For a program like Stanford, this expansion could be what puts them back into the tournament . Despite winning 20 or more games in back-to-back seasons, the Cardinal have come up short in terms of making the tournament, making their last March Madness appearance back in 2014. This year the Cardinal were on the bubble for much of the campaign and ended up earning a spot in the College Basketball Crown instead. Going 20-13 and beating teams like Louisville and North Carolina, the Cardinal's resume was respectable. If the 2026 tournament had 76 teams, the Cardinal would have almost certainly been in the tournament.…