After Scathing Report, NCAA Makes Changes For March Madness
Feb 28, 2022, 9:33 AM
#11 seed BYU defeated #6 seed Rutgers in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. BYU won the game by the score of 69-66 in the upset at Strahan Arena on the campus of Texas State in San Marcos, Texas. (Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo)
(Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo)
AP – A year after the NCAA got called out for gender inequities between its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, the organization has made changes over the past six months to make the events more equitable.
Many of the changes so far have been relatively easy to do.
The women’s tournament field expanded to 68 teams and also will use the phrase “March Madness” in branding and social media.
🏀 NCAA NET Rankings 🏀
Through Games Feb. 24 20221. South Carolina
2. NC State
3. Stanford
4. Louisville
5. UConn
6. North Carolina
7. Texas
8. BYU
9. Iowa St.
10. Baylor#NCAAWBB
FULL RANKINGS: https://t.co/cTOleIBplU pic.twitter.com/uvTGRcNmxq— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) February 25, 2022
The NCAA has spent millions more on the women’s tournament this year to make it more financially equal to the men.
