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Posted: 2021-03-19T11:25:17Z | Updated: 2021-03-20T01:22:48Z

Players and coaches from several womens college basketball teams put the NCAA on blast Thursday for providing dramatically disparate weight room facilities for men and women competing in the March Madness tournament.

Photos posted on social media show a well-equipped weight room for men in Indiana, compared with a meager offering of dumbbells for women in Texas.

Ali Kershner, Stanfords sports performance coach, posted a photo comparison of the two facilities and called on the NCAA and March Madness to address it.

These women want and deserve to be given the same opportunities, Kershner wrote. In a year defined by a fight for equality this is a chance to have a conversation and get better.

Kershner said the heaviest weights available for women were 30 pounds. Zack Zillner, University of Texas sports performance coach for womens basketball, said women had access to just one array of dumbells and one stationary bike. The photo also shows a pile of yoga mats for women.

Other posts circulated online accused the NCAA of providing lower quality food and merchandise contained in swag bags to women, compared to what male players get.

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