{"id":806,"date":"2023-11-14T05:54:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T05:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/sports\/gavitt-ncaa-to-be-forward-looking-on-tourney\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T05:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T05:54:27","slug":"gavitt-ncaa-to-be-forward-looking-on-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/sports\/gavitt-ncaa-to-be-forward-looking-on-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavitt: NCAA to be &#8216;forward-looking&#8217; on tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff Writer<span class=\"timestamp \">Nov 14, 2023, 12:24 AM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Covers college basketball\n<\/li>\n<li> Joined ESPN.com in 2011\n<\/li>\n<li> Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana &#8212; Dan Gavitt, the NCAA&#8217;s vice president of men&#8217;s basketball, said postseason expansion is &#8220;not necessarily&#8221; inevitable but the event&#8217;s officials have to consider the impact of the rapidly evolving climate in collegiate sports.<\/p>\n<p>The Division I men&#8217;s basketball committee is currently weighing recommendations from the Division I transformation committee that could expand the NCAA tournament to up to 90 teams. Gavitt said there are no guarantees the men&#8217;s basketball tournament will expand from the current field of 68 teams but he said the event has to remain &#8220;contemporary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[The Division I Men&#8217;s Basketball Committee] is doing their due diligence to consider every perspective and every angle,&#8221; said Gavitt, who attended No. 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/2509\/purdue-boilermakers\">Purdue<\/a>&#8216;s 83-71 win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/2752\/xavier-musketeers\">Xavier<\/a> on Monday. &#8220;It&#8217;s the national championship, right? You have to make sure the tournament is special as it&#8217;s always been and yet, you have to consider the changes and the things that are going on in the business &#8212; conference realignment &#8212; that may have some impact and need to be considered. The forward-looking way, rather than looking backwards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;College athletics continues to evolve and it&#8217;s important to keep it contemporary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA recently announced changes to the NIT, which will now guarantee 12 spots from teams in the power conferences. Mid-major coaches and commissioners have been vocal in their criticism of the move.<\/p>\n<p>Gavitt said he&#8217;s heard their &#8220;disappointment&#8221; but reiterated that the viability of the event, which could face competition from a new basketball postseason event as early as 2025, demanded those changes.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he&#8217;s not concerned about Power 5 power brokers making an attempt to shift the NCAA tournament in their favor or create their own event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No concern from the committee&#8217;s perspective on that,&#8221; Gavitt said. &#8220;That particular angle hasn&#8217;t been a concern or considered in the process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Purdue and Xavier faced in the Gavitt Games, which were created to honor the late Dave Gavitt, the first Big East commissioner and Gavitt&#8217;s father. Per reports, this year&#8217;s Gavitt Games could be the final installment of the series, which began in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve got great programs, traditional programs, in incredible buildings like this,&#8221; Gavitt said. &#8220;To have games in November that matter this much, to sell out a place and keep traditions like this going, is great for college basketball and important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/38894298\/dan-gavitt-ncaa-tournament-needs-forward-looking-expansion\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterNov 14, 2023, 12:24 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana &#8212; Dan Gavitt, the NCAA&#8217;s vice president of men&#8217;s basketball, said postseason expansion is &#8220;not necessarily&#8221; inevitable but the event&#8217;s officials have to consider the impact of the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/sports\/gavitt-ncaa-to-be-forward-looking-on-tourney\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Gavitt: NCAA to be &#8216;forward-looking&#8217; 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