College basketball teams that advance to the championship round of the NCAA Tournament could start to receive additional funds for their postseason success as e

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Thanks to the NCAA's decision, this conversation isn't going anywhere. While the 2026 tournament is sticking to 68 teams, that's far from a permanent feature of college basketball's postseason.