NCAA Women’s Tournament Game May Tip Off Under Confederate Flag
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South Carolina and Mississippi, the two states that fly Confederate flags on their capitol grounds, will be allowed to host women’s basketball tournament games next year under a National Collegiate Athletic Association rule change.
The college sports governing body banned the states in 2001 from hosting postseason sports at predetermined sites because they use the flag as a state symbol. It altered the format for the women’s basketball tournament for 2015, allowing the top 16 teams to host their first two games instead of using prepicked sites.