NCAA President Mark Emmert promised the Women's Basketball Coaches Association he will work with coaches to fix the "stark difference" between the Division I men's and women's tournaments. In the letter, obtained by The Associated Press, the WBCA asked for a "Commission on Gender Inequity in College Sports" led by people chosen by both the WBCA and NCAA. He asked Emmert what he could do to make sure those people give women's basketball the same advantages and opportunities. "Maybe women’s basketball has got to separate itself from the other women’s sports? Yet for the women's Sweet 16 and Elite Eight, only "NCAA Women's Basketball" was in the middle of the court.

Source: Fox News March 31, 2021 18:00 UTC