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[SPD]

Raoul_000 tweeted this:

https://twitter.com/Raoul_000/status/1577753952522850305

"The NCAA Division I Council has approved the creation of a College Basketball Academy for girls, with the first girls academy for prospects to take place in the summer of 2023; sites to be announced in January."

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/10/5/media-center-di-council-approves-college-basketball-academy-for-girls.aspx

"The Council approved several modifications to NCAA recruiting rules in women's basketball —mirroring adjustments already made in men's basketball — to support the creation of the basketball academy for girls, including:

Allowing the NCAA to provide actual and necessary expenses for participating prospects and a chaperone.
Allowing noncoaching basketball staff members to participate in the academies as facilitators.
Prohibiting official and unofficial visits to Division I campuses by all prospects during the College Basketball Academy.
Prohibiting Division I schools from conducting camps or clinics during the dates of the College Basketball Academy.

Sites for 2023 College Basketball Academies are expected to be announced in January."

Also from the same NCAA link:

'The Council also approved a gender equity-focused recommendation from the oversight committee to create a 32-team postseason tournament in women's basketball that would be operated by NCAA national office staff, mirroring the construct currently used by the NCAA-owned Men's National Invitation Tournament. Like the Men's National Invitation Tournament, teams invited to participate in the women's tournament would be able to choose whether to accept that invitation, participate in another postseason event or not participate at all."

[FrozenLVFan]

The WNIT people are going to love this.