CBS Sports reporter Lesley Visser said NCAA officials told network representatives last week that the tournament's expansion to 96 teams “will happen most likely next year.” In an interview on the Fabulous Sports Babe radio show on ESPN 1040-AM in Tampa, Fla., Visser said Thursday the decision also would mean the elimination of the NIT tournament.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.