The First Four is the official start to March Madness: four games traditionally played on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the NCAA tournament. Here’s everything you need to know about it.

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 ...

It’s official: Starting this year, Division I women’s basketball teams will earn financial rewards for participating in and winning games in the NCAA tournament. These performance units ...

approving a pay structure for women's basketball teams who qualify for the NCAA tournament. Men's basketball teams — and their conferences — have long been paid "performance units" for every ...

The NCAA announced Wednesday that it has created a $15 million women's basketball fund to reward conferences for their teams making and advancing in the NCAA tournament. "Performance units" will ...

The NCAA has made another move that puts the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on similar footing to the men. Beginning this year, women’s basketball teams will accrue “units” for their ...

The move brings a level of parity with the men’s tournament and adds an incentive for schools to invest in their programs to an even greater extent. The NCAA women’s basketball tournament will now ...

Adding new championship sports is a complex process and requires a commitment from NCAA administrators as well as key ...

Women's basketball teams finally 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.