[81alum]

No secret I don't like whining about the refs, but today they deserve it. The calls on Kneepkins drives to the basket were particularly maddening. When driving, if you get a shoulder in front, the defender will be called. Kneepkins did that maybe once. Otherwise our defender was sliding laterally and Kneepkins cut sideways into her. Happened at least three times. In the first half a couple Utah total flops resulted in a call. As others have noted, at an important time late, Nivar was mauled bringing the ball down. Also, Utah did a lot of slapping at the ball, hitting Stanford arms instead, and no call.

Jump was great. She also wasn't covered. Maybe other teams will think that's a good strategy. Hope so, but doubt it. Jump also shot even though it wasn't wide open. Hope that continues.

I'm with Treetop. Given travel issues and schedule, and fact Utah was clawing for their first title (shared of course), I had them favored by 6 points. We will probably see them again. Of course, if Ariz, Ucla, Colo, or even USC play a great game, they can take down either one of Stanford or Utah. It's a very good conference.

I hope we get to play Utah again in the final.  However, we need to make it there.  And they do as well.  USC or Colorado could easily beat Utah if the refs let those defenses play or they could give Utah 100 foul shots and just hand them the game.

What I would really like is to play them again...in the national finals.

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“They were more aggressive, and our turnovers were bad,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. “Our lack of execution (hurt us). They were the better team.”

“We caught them off-guard a little bit with how we were defending,” Roberts said. “21 turnovers is not normal for them. Conversely, we only had 10. I think that’s where the game was won.”

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[81alum]

No secret I don't like whining about the refs, but today they deserve it. The calls on Kneepkins drives to the basket were particularly maddening. When driving, if you get a shoulder in front, the defender will be called. Kneepkins did that maybe once. Otherwise our defender was sliding laterally and Kneepkins cut sideways into her. Happened at least three times. In the first half a couple Utah total flops resulted in a call. As others have noted, at an important time late, Nivar was mauled bringing the ball down. Also, Utah did a lot of slapping at the ball, hitting Stanford arms instead, and no call.

Jump was great. She also wasn't covered. Maybe other teams will think that's a good strategy. Hope so, but doubt it. Jump also shot even though it wasn't wide open. Hope that continues.

I'm with Treetop. Given travel issues and schedule, and fact Utah was clawing for their first title (shared of course), I had them favored by 6 points. We will probably see them again. Of course, if Ariz, Ucla, Colo, or even USC play a great game, they can take down either one of Stanford or Utah. It's a very good conference.

I hope we get to play Utah again in the final.  However, we need to make it there.  And they do as well.  USC or Colorado could easily beat Utah if the refs let those defenses play or they could give Utah 100 foul shots and just hand them the game.

What I would really like is to play them again...in the national finals.

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“They were more aggressive, and our turnovers were bad,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. “Our lack of execution (hurt us). They were the better team.”

“We caught them off-guard a little bit with how we were defending,” Roberts said. “21 turnovers is not normal for them. Conversely, we only had 10. I think that’s where the game was won.”

Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports...rylink=cpy
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports...03709.html