There have been some changes implemented to the men's championship tournament. http://www.ncaa.org/news/2003/20030303/div1/4005n17.html Halfway down that article, the talk about some bracket changes. Going forward, 16 teams will be seeded instead of just 8. This will help keep the brackets more balanced. Also, the new policy will allow the committee to avoid first round matchups between conference members. Another change has to do with when the 3rd round games can be played over Thanksgiving weekend. Since 2nd round games are played on Wednesday, they limited how early in the weekend the 3rd round game can be played to make sure teams have adequate travel time. The other item of note is that it mentions that all 23 conferences with men's soccer will receive an automatic bid to the tournament. I'm not sure how many got automatic entry in the past, but this is probably good. It may be the first step toward getting the size increased to 64. Fewer at large bids to the top teams will get people clammering for more teams overall. These all seem to be good changes -- particularly seeding more teams. One other thing announced this week is that there will be some college rules changes. These are being discussed over here. https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=36989