phase, focusing specifically on NCAA basketball championships, was published on August 3, 2021. The review concluded that the structure of the NCAA's operations were designed to "maximize the value of and support to the Division I Men's Basketball Championship as the primary source of funding for the NCAA and its membership"; it found that the CBS/Turner sponsorship contracts require advertisers to pay for marketing rights across all of the NCAA's championships (including the men's tournament, which can be costly), and that advertisers also had to separately pay ESPN for airtime during the women's tournament's telecasts. The review included several recommendations, including that: The media rights for the women's Division I basketball tournament be sold separately from other NCAA championships. It was estimated that media rights to the women's tournament could be worth at least $81 million per-season (in comparison to the $34 million total of the current ESPN contract). The women's tournament be expanded to 68 teams, as with the men's tournament. The women's tournament adopt the same revenue distribution framework as the men's tournament. The NCAA's contracts be renegotiated to provide more opportunities for entities who wish to sponsor specific NCAA championships other than the men's basketball tournament. The "March Madness" branding be extended to the women's tournament. The men's and women's Final Four be hosted together in the same venue. The NCAA implemented two of these recommendations—the expansion to a 68-team format, and use of the "March Madness" branding—for the 2022 tournament. Original 2021 NCAA tournament schedule and venues The tournament's first two rounds were originally scheduled to be hosted by the top sixteen seeds. The following were the sites initially selected to host the later rounds of the 2021 tournament: Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) (March 26–29) Times Union Center, Albany, New York (Hosts: Siena College and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) H-E-B Center at Cedar Park, Cedar Park, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin) Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (Hosts: Xavier University and Cincinnati USA Sports Commission) Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington (Host: University of Idaho) National semifinals and championship (final Four and championship) (April 2 and 4) Alamodome, San Antonio (Hosts: the University of the Incarnate Word, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and San Antonio Sports) This is the third time the women's Final Four will be played in San Antonio, having previously been played in the city in