Women's units will be worth far less, with a total of $15 million being awarded to NCAA tournament teams in 2025. The money will come from the women's basketball media revenue dea

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Women's basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention. The unanimous vote by NCAA membership was met by a round of applause both inside the ballroom and around the sport.

The organization approved “performance units” for women’s teams participating in March Madness after years of only paying men’s programs.

That reduced the number of SEC teams in the top quarter of the bracket to six. Auburn and Tennessee are still Nos. 1-2 overall and are joined in the top 16 by the Crimson Tide, Wildcats, Mississippi State and Texas A&M.

Despite a sixth consecutive victory, the Arizona Wildcats (10-5, 4-0) lost ground in the updated NCAA NET Rankings. After beating UCF 88-80 on Saturday night,

This was the final step toward a pay structure for women playing in March Madness after the Division I Board of Governors voted unanimously for the proposal in August. NCAA President Charlie Baker joined others in giving credit for the creation of a performance fund to those who came before and helped build women’s basketball.

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.