by admin | Mar 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The NCAA Women’s Basketball tournament has set its bracket with 68 teams for the first time in tournament history. Stanford, Louisville, NC State and and South Carolina are the one seeds. Read More
by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Three congressional lawmakers sent a letter to NCAA president Mark Emmert on Monday, lambasting him for failing to take meaningful steps to ensure gender equity in college sports and suggesting his association is in violation of Title IX. Representatives Carolyn B....
by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
For the first time since 2000, the NCAA women’s basketball tournament will have as many teams as the men’s — 68, to be precise, starting with a “First Four” slate of games. The expansion of the field, announced in November, is the most notable among a package of...
by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Representation
The town celebrated both teams. Celebratory sirens whoop-whooped the heroes down Farmville’s Main Street as residents clutched blue-and-white balloons and waved homemade signs: “SO PROUD!” “WELCOME HOME CHAMPS!” “Go Lancers!” Longwood University made college sports...
by admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Freshman point guards dominated the storylines around the 2021 NCAA basketball tournaments. On the men’s side, Gonzaga’s Jalen Suggs hit one of the most memorable shots in March Madness history, banking in a 3-pointer from just across midcourt to beat UCLA...
by admin | Apr 9, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Adia Barnes came one basket away from leading the Arizona women’s basketball team to the national championship. Would she take on being the coach of the school’s men’s basketball team as her next challenge? Read More
by admin | Apr 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Disney-owned ESPN hosted the women’s tournament, held in San Antonio. On Tuesday, it said the title game between Arizona and Stanford attracted an average of 4 million viewers on Sunday, peaking at 5.9 million. The network said it was the most-watched...
by admin | Apr 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Also at hand are questions about loosening transfer rules and a review of gender equity between men’s and women’s sports that was forced by the visible differences between the two basketball tournaments in coronavirus testing, weight rooms and other arrangements. Read...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Financial details revealed publicly for the first time show that the N.C.A.A.’s budget for the men’s tournament was nearly double that of the women’s tournament in 2019. Read More
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Never again let someone from the NCAA call women’s basketball or any other sport a “cost.” Connecticut’s Paige Bueckers is not a cost. She is the entire damn point. The real cost, the real burden in this iniquitous, contemptible system is the legion of skimmers and...
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