Complex sentence: Originally set to include 32 teams, this years tournament consists of 26 participants, the top-three seeds based on KenPom regular season RPI automatically advanced to the quarterfinals.
Split into simpler sentences: Originally set to include 32 teams, this years tournament consists of 26 participants. With the tournament field at 26, the top-three seeds based on KenPom regular season RPI automatically advanced to the quarterfinals.