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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5509548, member: 1969"]
I think I discussed it somewhere here before, but I find the "NCAA Division 1 has way more teams now" argument for tournament expansion to be an extremely weak one.  Teams that are coming in aren't competing for NCAA tournament at-large spots.  They are not one that benefit from expansion.  The ones benefitting from expansion would largely be the pre-1985 teams.

#1.  Yes, the NCAA has increased from 275 teams in 1984 to 364, an increase of 32%.  That being said the #1 of auto bids has not changed.

#2..   Using the sorting function in college basketball reference, I looked at the 92 schools that came into Division 1 in 1985 or later.

#3.  The line for being an at-large selection is generally the #11 seed line.  Of the 92 teams that have come in 1985 or later, only 4 of the 92 have ever been an #11 seed or higher, which means they would have been at larges those year.  Charleston (#8), Florida Atlantic (#8,#9).  UCF (#9), Winthrop (#11)

#4.  So basically the 92 programs, which have approximately 2000 Total seasons, have had 5 at large bid seasons out of 2000.   (0.25%).   Basically they take one an large spot once every 3 or 4 seasons.   
#5.   In the new environment, the ledger is tilted even more to the power programs.    So expansion just waters things down for the existing programs not the new programs.
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