This Day in Sports

Aug. 2, 2023: The Board of Governors announces the NCAA will offer member schools post-eligibility injury insurance coverage for student-athletes beginning Aug. 1, 2024. The coverage will be for two years after student-athletes complete their college athletics experience and will cover injuries that occur while playing for their school. The post-eligibility injury insurance program will be available to all student-athletes at all member schools in Divisions I, II and III. 

August 2, 2023 5

July 17, 2023: The NCAA announces the creation of the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament. The 32-team postseason tournament, which will be owned and funded by the NCAA, will be held annually beginning in 2024. With the addition of the WBIT, 100 postseason NCAA-funded opportunities will be available for Division I women’s basketball teams, equal to that of men’s basketball through its two events (the 68-team championship and 32-team National Invitation Tournament). 

July 17, 2023 8

April 2023: A 15-month celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX culminates in Dallas, where Divisions I, II and III will crown their women’s basketball champions. The Division I game will be broadcast live on ABC for the first time in 2023.

April 1, 2023 9

January 2023: At the NCAA Convention, Divisions II and III make changes to the compositions of their Management and Presidents Councils to align with the new NCAA constitution. The Division II Presidents Council is renamed the Executive Board. Division I endorses modernization recommendations from the division’s Transformation Committee.

January 11, 2023 9

Dec. 15, 2022: The NCAA Board of Governors announces Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will become the new NCAA president in March, replacing President Mark Emmert.  

December 15, 2022 6

Aug. 31, 2022: Division I adopts changes to the infractions process in an attempt to expedite the process, increase transparency and encourage member cooperation. Among the changes is the discontinuation of the Independent Accountability Resolution Process.  

August 31, 2022 7

March 16, 2022: The Division I Women’s Basketball Championship kicks off with the inaugural First Four competition as the bracket expands to 68 teams.

March 16, 2022 8

Jan. 20, 2022: Representatives from campuses and conferences in all three divisions approve a new constitution for the Association at the NCAA Convention. The new constitution provides significant authority to the three divisions to reorganize and restructure. 

January 20, 2022 10

Jan. 19, 2022: The NCAA Board of Governors adopts a sport-by-sport approach to transgender participation, which calls for transgender participation to be determined by the policy for the national governing body of each sport. If there is no national governing body policy for a sport, that sport’s international federation policy would be followed. If there is no international federation policy, previously established International Olympic Committee policy criteria would be followed.

January 19, 2022 9

The Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder

October 17, 2025 9