{"id":448736,"date":"2024-03-26T18:22:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=448736"},"modified":"2024-03-26T18:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:22:30","slug":"utah-women-basketball-faced-racial-hate-crimes-against-them-at-the-hotel-during-ncaa-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/utah-women-basketball-faced-racial-hate-crimes-against-them-at-the-hotel-during-ncaa-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Women Basketball\u00a0Faced Racial Hate Crimes Against Them At The Hotel During NCAA Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the NCAA Tournament, Utah women&#8217;s basketball coach Lynne Roberts reported her team had to switch hotels because of safety concerns and that they had been the victim of many &#8220;racial hate crimes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Utah Women Basketball Faced Racial Hate Crimes Against Them At The Hotel During NCAA Tournament<\/h2>\n<p>Because there weren&#8217;t enough hotels in the host city, Utah was billeted in Coeur d&#8217;Alene, Idaho, some 30 miles away from Spokane, where they played their games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Listen to Lynne Roberts talk about the &quot;racial hate crimes&quot; her Utah women&#39;s basketball team was exposed to at the NCAA Tournament, that forced them to switch hotels in Coeur d&#39;Alene, Idaho. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZMtJLa35yf\">pic.twitter.com\/ZMtJLa35yf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dana Greene (@dana_greene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dana_greene\/status\/1772533726225862702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Roberts stated that many instances occurred last Thursday night after the team arrived in the Coeur d&#8217;Alene region for the competition, however he did not provide specifics. On Tuesday, however, Black deputy athletics director Charmelle Green of Utah met with Utah broadcaster KSL and provided further information.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the basketball team, cheer squad, and band were initially lodging at a hotel in Coeur d&#8217;Alene, about 35 minutes away from the Spokane, Washington, site of the games. On Thursday night, they were walking to a restaurant when someone in a white truck revved the engine, yelled the N-word at them, and drove off.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My statement on the unacceptable incident in Coeur d&#39;Alene involving the Utah women\u2019s basketball team. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8fUuMBdSvg\">pic.twitter.com\/8fUuMBdSvg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brad Little (@GovernorLittle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorLittle\/status\/1772671837190680805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all just were in shock, and we looked at each other like, did we just hear that? \u2026 Everybody was in shock \u2014 our cheerleaders, our students that were in that area that heard it clearly were just frozen,\u201d Utah\u2019s deputy athletics director Charmelle Green, who is Black, told KSL.com. \u201cWe kept walking, just shaking our heads, like I can\u2019t believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just numb the entire night,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Utah moved to a hotel in Spokane on Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The University of Utah\u2019s women\u2019s basketball coach says her team was the target of a series of \u201cracial hate crimes\u201d after arriving in Idaho for the NCAA Tournament last week that prompted the team to change hotels for safety. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GCKijCLc5A\">https:\/\/t.co\/GCKijCLc5A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1772688789833470040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will never forget the sound that I heard, the intimidation of the noise that came from that engine, and the word (N-word),\u201d Green said. \u201cI go to bed and I hear it every night since I\u2019ve been here. \u2026 I couldn\u2019t imagine us having to stay there and relive those moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Extremists of the far right have established themselves in the area. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, at least nine hate organizations, including Identity Evropa, Proud Boys, ACT for America, and America&#8217;s Promise Ministries, were active in the Spokane and northern Idaho regions in 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Utah women&#39;s basketball coach Lynne Roberts said her team experienced a series of racial hate crimes last week after arriving at its first NCAA tournament hotel and was forced to change hotels for safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1q6xpwEMQh\">https:\/\/t.co\/1q6xpwEMQh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jgUWhNEaCE\">pic.twitter.com\/jgUWhNEaCE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1772660557142704647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Due to a shortage of rooms in Spokane, Gonzaga was the host school, although Utah, South Dakota State, and UC Irvine were all lodging in motels in Idaho. Roberts added that following the event, Gonzaga and the NCAA tried to relocate the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzaga issued a statement saying that the first priority is the safety and welfare of everyone participating in the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are frustrated and deeply saddened to know what should always be an amazing visitor and championship experience was in any way compromised by this situation for it in no way reflects the values, standards and beliefs to which we at Gonzaga University hold ourselves accountable,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cRacism is real and it happens and it\u2019s awful,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of enjoying the start of March Madness, the Utah Utes women&#39;s basketball team was hit by multiple racial hate crimes on its first night of arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oBGgBbpQ5A\">https:\/\/t.co\/oBGgBbpQ5A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pfkegDZOdm\">pic.twitter.com\/pfkegDZOdm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; First and Pen (@firstandpen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firstandpen\/status\/1772614877292462365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That left limited hotel space and Gonzaga received a waiver from the NCAA to allow teams to be housed in Coeur d\u2019Alene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRacism is real and it happens, and it\u2019s awful. So for our players, whether they are white, black, green, whatever, no one knew how to handle it and it was really upsetting,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cFor our players and staff to not feel safe in an NCAA Tournament environment, it\u2019s messed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a distraction and upsetting and unfortunate. This should be a positive for everybody involved. This should be a joyous time for our program and to have kind of a black eye on the experience is unfortunate,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We had several instances of some kind of racial hate crimes towards our program.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Utah women\u2019s basketball coach Lynne Roberts on why her team changed NCAA tournament hotels for safety concerns last Friday<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFurKSL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JFurKSL<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UypqPUPAk5\">pic.twitter.com\/UypqPUPAk5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YahooSports\/status\/1772632918491382041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"NFL Adapted A Rule From XFL Just To Spice Up The Kickoffs\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl-adapted-a-rule-from-xfl-just-to-spice-up-the-kickoffs\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">NFL Adapted A Rule From XFL Just To Spice Up The Kickoffs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the NCAA Tournament, Utah women&#8217;s basketball coach Lynne Roberts reported her team had to switch hotels because of safety concerns and that they had been the victim of many &#8220;racial hate crimes.&#8221; Utah Women Basketball Faced Racial Hate Crimes Against Them At The Hotel During NCAA Tournament Because there weren&#8217;t enough hotels in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":448737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[25403,25404],"class_list":["post-448736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-utah-women-basketball","tag-utah-women-basketball-racial-hate-crimes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}