NCAA president Mark Emmert called the unequal training accommodations at the women's NCAA tournament "deeply disappointing" and said the unequal accommodations should not have happened.
“It’s deeply disappointing," Emmert told The Athletic, USA TODAY and The New York Times Friday in an interview. “We want the student-athletes to have a great experience and feel appreciated as they are for what they’ve done. They’ve gone through an incredible grind to get to these tournaments. So anything that detracts from that is so disappointing."
While the men's tournament has a full weight room, the women's programs have access to six sets of dumbbells, yoga mats and a single stationary bike until the Sweet 16, according to The Athletic's Chantel Jennings.