Division I men’s basketball teams will be able to play two exhibitions against any other four-year schools without needing a waiver that required game proceeds be donated to charity under a change approved at the NCAA convention.

In a move to help close the pay gap between men and women in college sports, the NCAA will now pay Division I women's basketball teams who play in March Madness games starting this year.

Life is wild. Here we are, a quarter of the way into the 21st century and more than 52 years after Title IX was signed into law, learning that there was a big round of self-congratulatory applause in a Nashville ballroom this week because the NCAA finally did what it should have done years ago.

Starting with the 2025 NCAA Tournament, women's college basketball teams will earn financial "units" for their appearances and performance in March Madness.