Allegations surfaced over the weekend that the Utah Womens Basketball team faced racial abuse while staying in Coeur dAlene for the NCAA Tournament. The alleged abuse forced the team to move hotels.

Utahs Head Coach Lynne Roberts spoke out about the incident after the teams game last night. She said her team was the target of racial harassment that made them feel unsafe. IN her postgame press conference, she said, You know, we had several instances of some kind of racial hate crimes towards our program and incredibly upsetting for all of us No one knew how to handle it, you know? And it was really upsetting, and for our players and staff to not feel safe in NCAA Tournament environment. It's messed up. But yeah, that's what happened and it was a distraction and upsetting and unfortunate

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