Coeur d’Alene has a long history of hate groups. So why was the Utah women's basketball team put there for the NCAA Tournament?
Gonzaga had to receive an NCAA waiver to put the Utes and UC Irvine basketball teams in Idaho, outside of the suggested radius for a host site.
The first two rounds happen on campus sites, with the 16 top teams in the country hosting the first weekend of the event. Schools don’t know they’re going to host until the Sunday before the tournament begins. It was a designated site for the men’s basketball tournament, bringing in eight teams. It was also hosting a youth volleyball event. This meant when Gonzaga’s women’s team earned a four-seed, there was not enough hotel space for every women’s team to stay in Spokane.
When Oregon stayed in Moscow, Idaho, about 90 minutes south of Coeur d’Alene, Wrighster said his coach “told us DO NOT leave the hotel. It’s not safe for Black folks out here. It’s the only place that was ever said and we went to Juarez, MX during Sun Bowl as a team in 1999.” Gilbert followed a high schooler around the county because he was biracial. He threatened to kill him, Stewart said. They got a conviction on a verbal assault law.
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