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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3295163, member: 6927"] ... but stops short of recommending the coach be fired. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/college/memphis-tigers/2019/10/10/memphis-womens-basketball-investigation-title-ix-melissa-mcferrin-tigers/2338453001/[/URL] The report attributes the negative culture to a poor AD-coach relationship and "Title IX disparities between the men’s and women’s basketball programs," which to me is the most interesting part: [INDENT]The biggest concern, according to the report, was Memphis’ decision to house only the men’s basketball program at the $21-million Laurie-Walton Family Basketball Center without a viable and equitable plan for women’s basketball. This, the investigation claimed, placed the women’s program at a serious disadvantage. ...[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Among those promises were improvements to the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, where the women's team practices and plays its home games. Per the report, a plan and time frame for renovations, including a women's basketball office suite, were not implemented.[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]