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Post by justinesguy on Apr 6, 2024 6:05:29 GMT -5
So I needed to sleep off that call against Edwards and not post till the morning.
I’m sure it was discussed on here but I have to say the officials ruined the game. Calling that nothing OF at that moment in the game is criminal. It makes me think of impactful PI calls in football on the game winning drive.
Honestly I’ve been saying it all year. These officials in the women’s game are dreadful. I just anticipate fouls when there not there.
How does Edwards or Geno not blow a gasket?! The game is essentially over at that point.
Game was heading towards classic and I feel badly for the kids.
I knew this was a good matchup for us and we played so so well. I could not be more proud of the girls. They gave 10000 percent.
Sorry to see the season over, felt it was kinda taken from us.
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Post by magic on Apr 6, 2024 7:43:17 GMT -5
The biggest problem wasn't that one call. It was the total fouls descrepancy , 18 fouls called on Uconn, only 9 called on Iowa. This nonsense has to stop in WCBB .
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Post by huskyharper on Apr 6, 2024 10:30:53 GMT -5
Think about it from ESPN'S point of view, they want an Iowa/SC final. Was the fix in? 18 fouls called on UCONN, 9 called on Iowa, who also got 14 free throws to UConn's 1? That is a disparity that calls into question the integrity of the whole game. Casual viewers won't see it, but real fans of the game are turned off by it.
It sucks.
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Post by magic on Apr 6, 2024 11:34:36 GMT -5
I think that wcbb has been trying so hard to grow the game that it has been willing to do anything to do it. So, keep up with bad officiating. The more people see how bad it is the more it will be spotlighted. And stop with the stupid rule changes. How about enforcing the rule book regarding holding and freedom of movement. Or, just come out and say it's going to be a physical game and this is the way all games are going to be called. Instead they use offensive fouls to control the outcome of games. There should in no way to be such a discrepancy in fouls in any FF game.
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Post by knightsbridgeaz on Apr 6, 2024 15:22:13 GMT -5
I think that wcbb has been trying so hard to grow the game that it has been willing to do anything to do it. So, keep up with bad officiating. The more people see how bad it is the more it will be spotlighted. And stop with the stupid rule changes. How about enforcing the rule book regarding holding and freedom of movement. Or, just come out and say it's going to be a physical game and this is the way all games are going to be called. Instead they use offensive fouls to control the outcome of games. There should in no way to be such a discrepancy in fouls in any FF game. The officiating was terrible. No denying that, and generally is. But the one thing I did notice - especially from the S16 on - is that they are allowing much more physical play, with more of the calls being ticky-tack. Some similarity to the way fouls have been called in the PAC, but not exactly. I also think they need to address - or come to grips with - the whole "flopping" thing. I saw Clark get away with an obvious foul that I think wasn't called because the UConn players reaction looked excessive. But the foul was very real. Similarly, I saw 2 fouls called (one on each team) that were clearly not fouls on TV. But I also saw one that the announcers thought was a bad call until they got a different angle. I think fouls, especially offensive ones, are very subjective to different refs. I don't think refs control the outcomes of games - there are just too many variables and short of saddling a player with so many fouls they are stuck on the bench or foul out I just don't see it. |
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Post by larrylegend on Apr 7, 2024 7:49:30 GMT -5
You cant call a game one way for 39:56, and then suddenly call that foul in that situation in the face of the very real possibility that the media darling Caitlin Clark is about to be knocked out of the Final. Even if it was completely innocent, it smells of the outcome being rigged and the NCAA *should* be very sensitive to that.
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