ESPN: NCAA Approves paying WBB tourney teams

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NCAA approves paying women's tourney teams

Women's basketball teams 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.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Women's basketball teams 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, which was met by a round of applause, was the final step toward a pay structure for women's teams playing in March Madness after the Division I Board of Governors voted unanimously for the proposal in August