For years, postseason play for the national women's title has been called the 'NCAA Women's Tournament,' while the men's playoff bracket is widely promoted simply as the iconic 'March Madness' tournament.
went viral showing the women's post-season tournament vastly underfunded compared to its male counterpart.
"The big question sometimes is like what do the men get that we don't get, but we don't know that answer because we aren't at the men's tournament," Longwood assistant coach and former Duke WBB player Ka'lia Johnson told CBS News. "One big thing was just to be able to see the 'March Madness' logo everywhere you went," Johnson said.
But this year, both tournaments are unified under a collective"March Madness" banner, spurring hope that more equal treatment may follow.
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