[81alum]

For the 2015-2016 season. 
Women’s basketball moves to a four-quarter format - NCAA.org

Digressing slightly off-topic from current news and slightly random, does anyone remember when women's college basketball switched to four 10-minute quarters rather than two 20-minute halves a few years ago, what was the impetus behind that change?

Thanks! Has it really "enhanced the flow of the game" though? And wondering why men's college bball hasn't adopted it

It is a good question why they did it.  I vaguely remember something about making it more like the international game? 

The big change wasn't the quarters but the fouling system--no one-and-ones.  I have wondered if it helps teams that play physically avoid getting as much damage from fouls as they would have under the old system, so long as they spread them out.   It also makes accurate free throw shooting a slight bit less important, since you no longer need to ever make a first free throw to be awarded the second.   And I am sure it is TV friendly, with two more natural breaks.

[81alum]

For the 2015-2016 season. 
Women’s basketball moves to a four-quarter format - NCAA.org

Digressing slightly off-topic from current news and slightly random, does anyone remember when women's college basketball switched to four 10-minute quarters rather than two 20-minute halves a few years ago, what was the impetus behind that change?

Thanks! Has it really "enhanced the flow of the game" though? And wondering why men's college bball hasn't adopted it

It is a good question why they did it.  I vaguely remember something about making it more like the international game? 

The big change wasn't the quarters but the fouling system--no one-and-ones.  I have wondered if it helps teams that play physically avoid getting as much damage from fouls as they would have under the old system, so long as they spread them out.   It also makes accurate free throw shooting a slight bit less important, since you no longer need to ever make a first free throw to be awarded the second.   And I am sure it is TV friendly, with two more natural breaks.