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There are few basketball players alive who can match the accomplishments of Oscar Robertson.
The former Indiana high school trailblazer, Cincinnati Bearcat and 12-time NBA All-Star has pretty much seen it all. And now, the 87-year-old Hall-of-Famer can see a larger NCAA Tournament.
On Thursday, the NCAA announced it is expanding the men's and women's basketball tournaments to 76 teams starting with the upcoming season.
When the Big O led Cincinnati to the 1960 Final Four, there were only 25 teams in the tournament.
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Robertson visited the Marquee Network broadcast booth Thursday, May 7, during the Cubs vs. Reds game and was asked about March Madness' expansion. His answer was to the point:
“Well, they probably want more money."
He ain't wrong.
Yahoo! Sports' Ross Dellenger reported the expanded NCAA tournaments "will add $300 million in additional revenue over the final six years of the contract with TV partners Warner Bros. Discovery and CBS."
In its release announcing the expansion, the NCAA said it "will be able to award more than $131 million in new revenue distributions to member schools participating in the basketball tournaments over the remaining six years of the NCAA's broadcast agreements."
So the Big O is right. It's all about that big bag.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: March Madness 76 teams expansion about 'money' says Oscar Robertson
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