Each women’s basketball unit is worth approximately $113,600 this year, an amount that will then be paid out over the next three years. The payouts aren’t nearly as big as the ones the men get from their massive March Madness media rights deal. But they are a start — and that makes them significant.

Geno Auriemma will participate in his 24th Final Four as head coach of UConn, while UCLA is in its first-ever Women's Final Four. UCLA has been one of the great stories of the season behind star Lauren Betts, but this is UConn in the NCAA tournament.