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Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti in favor of NCAA Tournament expansion

October 10, 2025

By Sam Gillenwater, On3: Last week, Ross Dellenger reported that the NCAA Tournament could soon be expanding to a bracket of 76 teams. With that, Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti was asked for his thoughts on that proposal for the future of the sport’s postseason, as well as the league’s.

At Big Ten Media Days this afternoon in Chicago, Tony Petitti said that the Big Ten is generally in support of tournament expansion in March Madness. Their league does have questions of the seeding and how that looks in the field, but, overall, those around their conference are for it considering the access it would allow to their programs.

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