NCAA President Charlie Baker sees value in expanding the NCAA Tournament by a handful of teams and wants to reach a decision on the matter in the next few months, he said Thursday.

I tend to believe what I hear from people when I speak to them directly,” Baker said Thursday during the Big 12 spring meetings.

NCAA president Charlie Baker said at the Big 12 spring meetings in Orlando, Florida that "the goal" is to expand the Division I men's basketball tournament to 72 or 76 teams beginning in 2026, per David Rumsey of Front Office Sports.