"NCAA Acknowledges Three-Point Line Error in Women's Tournament"
Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer criticized a measurement error that led to the 3-point line being marked 9 inches shorter at one end of the court for the first five games of the women’s NCAA Tournament’s Portland regional, calling it "inexcusable and unfair." The NCAA apologized for the error, attributing it to a "human error" by a contracted finisher, and said it was corrected ahead of the Elite Eight game. Coaches from NC State and Texas said the error did not affect their teams’ performances, but the NCAA acknowledged the impact on shooting percentages and promised to establish additional quality control measures to prevent similar incidents in future tournaments.