A year ahead of schedule, the head of the women's NCAA tournament is considering making changes to the format of the event, per ESPN's Dan Murphy.

The women's basketball committee was scheduled to review its decision to play the tournament's first two rounds at campus sites of higher-seeded teams and hold its second-weekend games in two sites rather than four after the 2025 championships. Lynn Holzman, vice president of women's basketball, told Murphy that she believes the recent growth of women's college basketball makes it worth determining whether it's time to move up that timeline.

"Given the trajectory of success we've experienced over the last couple years, I see no reason to wait to start that review," Holzman told Murphy. "The governance structure has to approve [a review], but that is our ask coming out of this championship. I believe that will take place."

A change in format for the first two rounds would likely be welcomed by teams following some of the mishaps in this year's tournament. For instance, the teams playing games at Gonzaga were faced with limited hotel availability that forced them to stay more than 30 miles away from the site of the competition in Spokane, Washington.

In Idaho, members of the Utah women's basketball team were subjected to harassment from men yelling racist slurs and flying Confederate flags on their trucks. Teams playing in Portland, Oregon, played several games with a three-point line that was nine inches shorter than the other.

Holzman said the NCAA addressed these "serious issues" as quickly as possible. She added that they were a series of isolated incidents and not indicative of a lack of resources for the women's tournament.

Still, coaches and players voiced their frustrations over the issues.

"For an error of that magnitude to overshadow what has been an incredible two weekends of basketball featuring sensational teams and incredible individual performances is unacceptable and extremely upsetting," said Stanford head coach Tara Vanderveer, whose team played on the Portland court with the misdrawn three-point line.