I just saw this. Crazy.

Ol Jock 99 said:

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They are getting, rightfully, roasted for it. Did they not think that the girls and guys would compare faculties?

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You know they would always take care of the MBB first they are the money draw.......
this proves how far down women's sports are on the totem pole of the NCAA

Is that in Austin?

fieldtrailer said:

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Is that in Austin?

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No in S.A. My guess is the NCAA is forcing them all into location to lock them down. Looking at twitter most of the team looks like they have enough stuff to make it until the Final Four, which means they have to stay put in their hotel.

my guess is they will not be allowed to leave until there are no more games to play.

I think the NCAA is spending, and losing, a lot more money on this tournament than ever before.

Only 4 teams are from Texas and took a bus to get to San Antonio. That means 60 charter plane flights.

64 teams are staying in hotels for 5 days before the first game. Normally 16 teams sleep in their own beds the first 2 rounds, and teams arrive 2 days before their first game.

None or fewer paying fans at games.

AND it looks like every athlete has her own room. I can understand this during Covid times, but when I was an athlete in college I always had to share a room.

Was the plan always to have the tournament in one spot, or is this in response to Covid? I preferred the host site options.

Covid bubble design. The separate venues is to get enough games in during early rounds.

Y'all I know this is a bit off topic, but I just noticed Rice was not selected for the tournament and is instead in the NIT. What the what? Crazy.

WOW lol!! That is laughable!!

Back to the Future!!!


'At that time the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) had no interest in women's athletics, and administrators of the AIAW had no interest in the NCAA either. The NCAA was seen as being commercially driven and neglecting the meaning of the student-athlete. There were distinct differences between the two associations in the AIAW's early years. For example, student-athletes playing in AIAW programs were allowed to transfer freely between schools, and to prevent unfair advantages, programs were initially forbidden to offer scholarships and recruit off-campus.[6] The AIAW continued the rules established by the CIAW, which were intended to prohibit unethical practices that were observed in men's sports.[7] To enforce the rules, students receiving scholarships were forbidden from championship participation.[6] The ban on scholarships ended in 1973, following a lawsuit by players and coaches from two colleges in Florida.[8] The AIAW was not without criticism however, as some outsiders and individual members complained that the association devoted too much time, efforts, and funds securing distinction and independence from the NCAA.'

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_for_Intercollegiate_Athletics_for_Women

Naismith had better facilities. Hopefully the NCAA didn't skimp on the peach baskets.

BQ_90 said:

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fieldtrailer said:

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Is that in Austin?

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No in S.A. My guess is the NCAA is forcing them all into location to lock them down. Looking at twitter most of the team looks like they have enough stuff to make it until the Final Four, which means they have to stay put in their hotel.

my guess is they will not be allowed to leave until there are no more games to play.

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We are in UT Austin, Tx the last I heard...........Vic at Texas is at Strahan Arena at the University Events Center San Marcos, TX. there are 2 playoff spots in San Antonio the Bill Greehey Arena San Antonio, TX and Alamodome San Antonio, TX

aggiedrjdub said:

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This is hilarious - way to go Sydney Colson!

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Leave it up to Sydney to hit the nail square on the head.......

Rudybryan said:

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BQ_90 said:

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fieldtrailer said:

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Is that in Austin?

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No in S.A. My guess is the NCAA is forcing them all into location to lock them down. Looking at twitter most of the team looks like they have enough stuff to make it until the Final Four, which means they have to stay put in their hotel.

my guess is they will not be allowed to leave until there are no more games to play.

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We are in UT Austin, Tx the last I heard...........Vic at Texas is at Strahan Arena at the University Events Center San Marcos, TX. there are 2 playoff spots in San Antonio the Bill Greehey Arena San Antonio, TX and Alamodome San Antonio, TX

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ok I thought one of the Instagram post showed them driving thru SA

listening to Gary press conference he's talking about them staying in SA and driving to austin for workouts

he's also ripping the NCAA on the swag bag and on the workout facilities

N'dea also said they aren't allowed to eat together, but the men are

each player has their own room, they have to grab their food and go back to room

I may be wrong but I believe they are staying in San Antonio and driving back and forth.

greg.w.h said:

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NCAA makes nothing on the women's tournament and even less this year. They're clearly working on a very limited budget, minimal planning, and the women are clearly an afterthought.

Terrible. Let's run the tournament like a high school fundraiser...

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Meanwhile, in Indianapolis, no complaints from the men's teams as they are following the same "format".

APHIS AG said:

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greg.w.h said:

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NCAA makes nothing on the women's tournament and even less this year. They're clearly working on a very limited budget, minimal planning, and the women are clearly an afterthought.

Terrible. Let's run the tournament like a high school fundraiser...

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Meanwhile, in Indianapolis, no complaints from the men's teams as they are following the same "format".

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I can't see what the actual differences are in prep areas. But I know which has to make money.

aggiedrjdub said:

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Good stuff from Dawn Staley

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Her bit about the slogan is not true. That's not how English works.

Men's court. They also have "Second Round" on the end line.



Vs

Women's court. Although I do approve the glare by the sippie's lights.

Ol Jock 99 said:

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Men's court. They also have "Second Round" on the end line.



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Women's court. Although I do approve the glare by the sippie's lights.

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Where is that men's court. What arena?

But normally first and second rounds are played on campus. So the ncaa doesn't have courts for them. The men they have those tourney courts

FWIW:

'The National Collegiate Athletic Association has built its trademarked "March Madness" phrase into one of the most powerful brands in sports. It's plastered on the courts, arenas and broadcasts for the lucrative NCAA men's basketball tournamentand absent from the women's tournament.

The reason for that absence is that the NCAA has withheld use of the "March Madness" brand from women's college basketball. It has used the memorable phrase to turn the men's tournament into a billion-dollar juggernaut, and at the same time declined to use it for the women's tournament that has grown in popularity in recent years.

The result is that the NCAA has held back a valuable asset from the women's tournament even as it now says it is committed to putting it on an equal footing with the men's tournament. A giant "March Madness" logo is splashed across the center of men's tournament courts in Indianapolis, while the women's courts either have no obvious tournament logo or simply say "NCAA Women's Basketball."'


https://www.wsj.com/articles/march-madness-ncaa-tournament-womens-basketball-11616428776?st=ue1odtq553j3li4&reflink=article_copyURL_share

I know they used to plaster those stickers all over the court but some players kept slipping on them so they cut back in them


But the men they buy those courts and store them for the games. They had discussion about this in Houston about using court for early rounds that then is used later on for the final four

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But the men they buy those courts and store them for the games.

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An interesting fact I didn't know. But that seems to further the disparity.

And yes, I'm being 100% petty and looking for stuff. Which is what happens when you eff up as badly as the NCAA has this week.