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March Madness rules: Why men play halves, women do quarters
The NCAA rulebook breaks it down: Women: Men: Why do women play quarters and men play halves? Both women and men played two halves until 2015, when the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved ...
Quarters vs halves: Why women's, men's NCAA tournament games use different formats
Why do men's and women's NCAA Tournament games have different formats? Men's games are two 20-minute halves, while women's are four 10-minute quarters ...
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March Madness rules: Why men play halves, women do quarters
First, men's college basketball needs to go to four 10-minute quarters. Right now, this is the only level of basketball in the entire world that does not have quarters." Meanwhile, NBA ...