Should the NCAA expand the hoops tournament?

This question is being pondered, but it does bear a bit of fruit...both positive and negative.

The current structure has 65 teams. A play-in game is played to determine the "last" team to make the 64 team draw. One way to expand is to have a play-in game for each of the four regions. That would increase the total number of teams to 68.

Another reworking has the tourney expanding to 96 teams. That would also add another week of games if this expansion is approved.

First off, I have no problem with the tournament's current configuration. I actually think it's the best way to determine a basketball champ. I do like the idea of expanding the bracket, but only to 68 teams. When the idea of the "play-in" game was first introduced, I thought that's the way it should have been structured. A "play-in" game for each region was fair. You're only adding three more teams.

Plus, if this scenario were to be approved, you have three options available of how many venues would host those games. Economic impact, even though it would be short lived, is better than no impact at all.

Option 1: The current "play-in" game is held at the University of  Dayton Arena. You could hold all four games there. If you go that route, it's similar to how a typical day at a tournament site happens.That would familiarize players to the happenings. Two issues could be the length of the day and travel arrangements for winning teams. As far as the time issue, the team that wins the first game would be in the closest regional site, and so on until the winner of the last game goes to the West Regional. That would elimiate the travel issue as well. You could be taking care of two issues at once.

Option 2: You could have the four games played at two different locations. Each venue hosts two games on the same evening. Start them at 5:00 PM. You would cut down on the transportation and time issues with option, too.

Option 3: You also have the possibility of having the games played at four different locations. Each site would be close to the location of the next round for that regional. That way, the winner would have even less travel.

In any one of these situations with expanding to 68 teams, more money doesn't necessarily create more problems. All it does is gives cities that may not normally get an NCAA tourney game every year in their backyard a chance to host at least one game every year.

That also holds true if the bracket goes to 96 teams. Right?