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NCAA opens up weight lifting facility for women's teams

NCAA Tournament Inequities Basketball
Posted at 3:35 PM, Mar 20, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-20 18:35:05-04

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Teams at the NCAA women's basketball tournament finally have a weight room.

A day after the NCAA was heavily criticized for not having an adequate facility for the women's teams to lift, the organization created a fully stocked workout room at the convention center in San Antonio near the practice courts.

The NCAA had originally told teams in a manual that there wouldn't be a weight room facility until after the second round when only 16 teams would remain.