"NCAA Admits 3-Point Line Error in Women's Tournament"
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The NCAA admitted that the 3-point line at one end of the court in the women’s NCAA Tournament’s Portland regional was marked 9 inches shorter for the first five games due to a "human error" by a contractor. The issue was corrected before the Elite Eight game between USC and UConn. The NCAA apologized for the error and stated that it was an isolated incident, promising to establish additional quality control measures with its suppliers and vendors to prevent similar mistakes in future tournaments.
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