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2024 NCAA tournament & bracket discussion

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NCAA seeks financial rewards for women's teams

NCAA president Charlie Baker said Sunday he is shooting for unit distribution for the women's NCAA tournament beginning with the 2024-25 season, meaning creating avenues for teams that make the field to "benefit financially as well as in the other ways."
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NCAA mulls ways for women's basketball teams to 'benefit financially'​

NCAA president Charlie Baker said Sunday that he is shooting for unit distribution for the NCAA women's tournament beginning with the 2024-25 season.

Currently, teams that make the NCAA women's tournament currently do not earn anything financially, unlike teams that make the men's NCAA tournament, where units are awarded to conferences for each game played before being distributed to schools. Women's coaches have been asking for years for that system to change, not only for equity's sake, but as a way to acknowledge the growth of the game.

Now, it is on the verge of happening, thanks in part to a new eight-year contract with ESPN to broadcast 40 NCAA championships -- including women's basketball.

"We just signed a new contract with ESPN and women's basketball is a big and important part of that deal," Baker said. "It will also send a huge signal to women's basketball generally about the fact you play in the tournament, you do well, you will benefit financially as well as in the other ways."

While nothing has been approved just yet, Baker said the finance committee targeted 2024-25 after the ESPN deal got done.

There remain multiple committees that need to discuss how exactly the units would be distributed and how conferences would be involved. Then, a full Division I membership vote would be required in January during the NCAA convention.

Going forward with unit distribution would be another nod toward not only the growth but increasing interest. Over recent years, ratings have continued to increase -- including the Elite Eight game between UConn and Iowa on Friday, which drew a record 14.2 million viewers. Attendance for the first and second rounds set another record for this year's tournament.

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley, for one, has discussed repeatedly over the past several years that women's basketball has been completely undervalued and wanted to see the sport get its due.
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OHSportsFan said:
Purdue grad sister and her husband are flying out to PHX today. Couldn’t pass up the opportunity to witness a championship game.

I still have UConn winning but good for them.
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Just a heads up to pass along to your sister. The Westgate center which is where the arena is located, has an armed robbery issue, especially during big events. I'm sure there's plenty of security but still, let her know to keep her head on a swivel outside of the arena. My wife works for the city and it's something they keep hush hush but it's a really big problem. That whole area is surrounded by slums.
 
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