In a tweet Thursday, Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson called the women’s tournament facilities “beyond disrespectful.”ADADOther prominent athletes, including the NBA’s Stephen Curry and U.S. women’s soccer star Alex Morgan, also criticized the NCAA online. NCAA officials acknowledged what they called a “blemish” in their tournament efforts. “We fell short this year in what we’ve been doing to prepare,” Lynn Holzman, the NCAA’s vice president of women’s basketball, told journalists Friday. She said the NCAA was “actively working” on improving the women’s facilities, including exercise facilities and food. An NCAA spokesperson told The Washington Post that officials initially thought there was not enough square footage for a weight training facilities at the convention center playing host to the women’s tournament.

Source: Washington Post March 19, 2021 13:17 UTC