NCAA discusses expanding tournament

Published Dec. 11, 2009 1:08 a.m. ET

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Talk of expanding the NCAA tournament is almost always done in public, most notably by Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim in 2006.

Now, the NCAA is looking into it behind closed doors - at least preliminarily.

Rekindling discussion of a popular topic outside the organization, the NCAA has held early stage talks about expanding its men's basketball tournament and possibly moving it from broadcast to cable.

But don't worry, purists. No changes are imminent.