Kentucky coach John Calipari urged officials to keep the NCAA tournament from ballooning past its current 68-team format, saying, 'Don't mess with something that's great.'
Kentucky coach John Calipari urges officials to keep the NCAA tournament at 68 teams and not expand the field. "I hope it stays where it is," Calipari said."You know, I know people get mad. They get mad at the committee. You won't believe this. I've been mad at that committee a few times. But you may be mad because of your seed or where they've shipped you to. ... But it doesn't matter who the committee is. We're all going to be upset.
"This is the holy grail for mid-majors, right? It is," Kampe said."And I've said this many times over the last week. The NCAA basketball tournament -- please don't change it, please don't change it. But it is one of the three greatest sporting events in the world." Kampe said he would support expanding the tournament if it helps smaller programs like Oakland to make the field.
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