SEC commissioner Greg Sankey believes it is time to start considering the possibility of expanding the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

According to SI.com's Pat Forde, Sankey wants to take a "fresh look" at March Madness in order to determine if it would be viable or necessary to add more teams to the field in the future.

Currently, 68 teams make the NCAA men's basketball tourney, and while Sankey said he is "not ready to make headlines there yet," he wants to have conversations about how more big-conference bubble teams can be included in the field.

Sankey referenced the 2022 College World Series to support his desire for more teams in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, as Ole Miss won the 2022 baseball national title despite being the final team in the field.

"If the last team in can win the national championship, and they're in the 30s or 40s from an RPI or [NCAA] NET standpoint, is our current approach supporting national championship competition? I think there's health in that conversation. That doesn't exclude people. It goes to: How do we include people in these annual national celebrations that lead to a national champion?"

While Sankey didn't make any mention of eliminating automatic bids for small conferences, Forde noted that small-conference commissioners and athletic directors are concerned about that happening if the field is expanded.