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The Next Battleground for College Basketball: How to Divide the Money

The N.C.A.A. has made improvements to its women’s basketball tournament. Now coaches want to see the industry overhaul a system that pays conferences nothing when women’s teams win games.

Louisville players wore shirts with the slogan “More is possible.” Text from the Title IX law was printed on the backs. Credit...Elsa/Getty Images

MINNEAPOLIS — A quartet of elite college basketball teams met in Minneapolis on Friday for the Final Four of the N.C.A.A. women’s tournament. The powerhouse programs — Connecticut, Louisville, Stanford and South Carolina — had made it there by winning four games each during the competition.