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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Doug Feinberg

Women's teams in the NCAA Tournament getting individual revenue share for 1st time. What's a 'unit'?

NCAA Columbia's Journey Basketball - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Women’s basketball teams in the NCAA Tournament for the first time will be getting an individual share of the March Madness revenue pie.

Women’s teams will earn financial incentives, known as units, for playing in the tournament. It is one of the final equity pieces that was missing between the men’s and women’s tournament. In the past, schools received no financial reward other than the NCAA covering the cost of a team’s expenses to play in the tournament.

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