Any hopes of the NCAA tournament expanding to 72 or 76 teams in 2026 appear to be dead.
ACC CommissionerJim Phillips had already mentioned that while the men's basketball coaches in his conference are in favor of expansion while the women's basketball coaches are generally opposed. Plus the logistics of adding teams and games to the tournament in a short window.
NCAA president Charlie Baker echoed Phillips' thoughts and concerns while speaking with the National Press Club on Thursday and a story from Ross Delliinger of Yahoo! Sports goes into greater detail about why expansion would work at this time.