NCAA will now pay teams in its women's basketball tournament

NCAA Approves Women’s Basketball Tournament Financial Units
The move brings a level of parity with the men’s tournament and adds an incentive for schools to invest in their programs to an even greater extent.
NCAA Creates $15M Women's Basketball Fund to Pay Conferences on Tournament Results
The NCAA announced Wednesday that it has created a $15 million women's basketball fund to reward conferences for their teams making and advancing in the
Could USI basketball be eligible for the 2026 NCAA Tournament, a year earlier than expected?
After moving up to Division I, USI athletics expected it couldn't be in an NCAA tournament until the 2026-27 school year. A new NCAA rule passed Wednesday could change that.
March Madness will pay women’s teams under new structure OK’d by NCAA
Now, so-called performance units that represent revenue will be given to women’s teams playing in the tournament. A team that reaches the Final Four could bring its conference roughly $1.26 million over the next three years.
NCAA will now pay teams in its women’s basketball tournament, too
The organization approved “performance units” for women’s teams participating in March Madness after years of only paying men’s programs.
2025 NCAA Tournament projections: Creighton, Indiana among teams on the bubble
FOX Sports college basketball bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy offers up his latest NCAA Tournament projections, with both Creighton and Indiana on the bubble.
Women's basketball teams will be paid for NCAA Tournament appearances
Men’s basketball teams now receive 24% of the media rights deal, which is $8.8 billion over eight years, starting this year. Women’s basketball is valued at $65 million per tournament in the NCAA’s new media rights deal with ESPN — roughly 10 times more than in the contract that ends this year.
Women's college basketball teams to be paid for playing NCAA Tournament games after approval of new plan
In a historic vote Wednesday at the NCAA convention in Nashville, the organization approved a plan to pay women's basketball teams for making the NCAA Tournament. Men's basketball teams have been reaping the benefits of the same revenue sharing plan for many years.
NCAA Basketball Tournament Expansion Remains Up in the Air
Power 4 schools’ proposals could push championship control away from the NCAA, while association president Charlie Baker continues to push for more teams in the men’s and women’s basketball fields.
As NCAA mulls expansion of March Madness, a bigger question: Who will be in charge of it?
The association needs a new governance structure to accommodate the more professionalized parts of the NCAA’s membership.
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NCAA clears path for St. Thomas to become full DI member this fall
The NCAA has given the University of St. Thomas a path to becoming a fully fledged Division I member as early as June.