The NCAA Tournament is the pinnacle of women’s college basketball, but there was a pretty major mistake with the court during this year’s tournament.
Ahead of Sunday afternoon’s game between NC State and Texas, the NCAA admitted that the two three-point lines were different distances from the basket as opposed to the uniform length that they are supposed to be.
“The three-point lines are different on each side of the court in Portland for the Elite Eight. The NCAA measured pregame and confirmed one side is a different three-point length than the other.
NC State and Texas agreed to play through it. #MarchMadness,” Awful Announcing said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
The three-point lines are different on each side of the court in Portland for the Elite Eight. The NCAA measured pregame and confirmed one side is a different three-point length than the other. 🤦
NC State and Texas agreed to play through it. 🏀 #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/UnBo13kBUi
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 31, 2024
The teams two teams did agree to play on the court despite the major mistake since both teams have to play on both sides.
Still, it was a horrible mistake from the NCAA Tournament and it led to a lot of reactions on social media from fans who were not at all happy.
wouldn’t happen in the men’s tournament 🙄 https://t.co/U6YtVo9C4x
— schlo. (@superschlo) March 31, 2024
zero excuse for this to happen https://t.co/xTNVp0zv9c
— william french (@FrenchToast617) March 31, 2024
This is inexcusable https://t.co/lyXI8lnfDL
— Andy Lancaster (@AndyAlancaster) March 31, 2024
You know that poor woman knows they are different but is somehow praying it all works out. https://t.co/tPEvzEkLyF
— Rhiannon Potkey (@RPotkey) March 31, 2024
So is this the same court that was played on during the sweet 16?? If so how didn’t they catch this before hand https://t.co/gzNrN608Vx
— Tyler Frederickson (@TFred23) March 31, 2024
https://twitter.com/wiserye/status/1774538233281429700?s=46
It’s fair to expect simple things like this to be handled correctly in the most prestigious tournament in women’s basketball, so the outrage seems justified.
[Awful Announcing]
