{"id":245188,"date":"2022-11-27T12:31:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T18:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=245188"},"modified":"2022-11-28T16:36:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T22:36:42","slug":"coach-cries-foul-over-ill-equipped-vegas-womens-basketball-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/coach-cries-foul-over-ill-equipped-vegas-womens-basketball-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Cries Foul Over The Mirage’s Ill-Equipped Women’s Basketball Tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Hoosiers women\u2019s basketball coach Teri Moren was shocked when she arrived at The Mirage this weekend to see the setup for the Las Vegas Invitational tournament, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n

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Indiana Hoosiers coach Teri Moren said a tournament held at The Mirage this weekend set women’s basketball a ‘couple of steps backward.’ (Image: si.com<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The tournament took place Friday and Saturday in a ballroom with folding chairs for the audience instead of bleachers. Even more inexcusable, there were no security personnel or paramedics on hand for a professional sporting event.<\/p>\n

“We’ve played in ballrooms before,” Moren told ESPN.<\/em> “I don’t want there to be the notion that playing in ballrooms is dangerous. But in this particular event, there were a lot of things that needed to be better.”<\/p>\n

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The lack of paramedics proved a potential danger on Saturday when Auburn Tigers player Kharyssa Richardson slammed into the floor with four minutes left against Colorado State, appearing to bang her head. EMT personnel took 50 minutes to arrive on the scene and treat her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Richardson was transported to a local hospital, but Auburn \u2013 which won its game 74-73 \u2013 tweeted that she was alert and responsive.<\/p>\n

Earlier Foul<\/h2>\n

The day before, star Hoosiers guard Grace Berger sustained another injury in the tournament when an Auburn Tigers player collided with her right leg a minute into their game. Berger sat on the bench with ice on her knee for the rest of the game and was kept out of Saturday’s 79-64 victory over the Memphis Tigers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think any good tournament has EMT and all that, medical professionals on site,\u201d Moren told ESPN. <\/em>\u201cAnd once again, that wasn’t the case. Another big miss for this tournament. There were a lot of things that should have been better, and they just weren’t.”<\/p>\n

Floor Violation<\/h2>\n

Moren showed ESPN<\/em> correspondence the school had in March with tournament director Bryce McKey, which promised the Hoosiers that the setup would resemble the Athletes Unlimited professional women’s league. That series took place Jan. 25-Feb. 15, 2022, at the Sports Center of Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

But site coordinator Ryan Polk told ESPN<\/em> that tournament organizers realized this would not be the case too late.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re very sorry,\u201d Polk said.<\/em> \u201cThe court docket and the lighting, that stuff hasn\u2019t been a difficulty. However, we wanted to have full-on bleachers. We have now notified The Mirage we can\u2019t be coming again\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Moren told ESPN<\/em> that there were \u201cother people who probably need to apologize\u201d for what happened this weekend. In a separate Zoom interview with sports reporters, she said that the tournament set women\u2019s basketball \u201ca couple of steps backward.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to move our game forward,\u201d she said on that call. \u201cWe have an obligation to grow our game, and we completely missed on this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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