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“These tournaments have existed in their own silos.” Missy Heidrick, our national college basketball reporter, remembers her own experience in the NCAA Women’s Tournament and what the difference in treatment and promotion compared to the men meant to her, while detailing what needs to change — and how it cannot end with basketball, but must be applied to all sports.
