[jonnyss]

 I pulled up the NCAA rulebook this morning and my read of it says that they got that lane violation call on Nunu wrong. The rulebook says (rule 8.f): "No opponent (player or bench personnel) shall disconcert (e.g., taunt, bait, gesture or delay) the free-thrower." Nunu clearly wasn't in the lane, so they had to have called her for baiting, but you can't "bait" your own teammate. That was a point taken off the board in a crucial moment.

This was a very mysterious call that I don't remember seeing in any other game. I guess the other possibiity if that the ref somehow mistakenly "saw" Nunu actually step into the lane.

Thanks for taking the time to look it up.

looks like there are also lane violations for several types of "faking." i, too, have never seen this before, but i think maybe nunu did exactly what the rule disallows. not sure why nunu would do this with her own teammate at the line, but she was pretty dramatic about it.

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https://ref60.com/2020/01/its-a-fake/#:~...%20ignored.

"a player in a marked lane space fakes by rocking forward, causing their opponent to enter the free-throw  lane."

also cited here as 9.1.3 B

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Andy please post more.  Excellent summary. 
I’m thrilled we played so well.  It’s a great performance and points towards a fine season.

Ha! I'll post more if you can find a way to get more of these games started before 10pm EST. This was probably the first game I've watched start-to-finish this year and it pushed me way past my bedtime. But I still went to sleep feeling encouraged by the team's performance. (And also despising Kim Mulkey as much as ever!)

Hard for me to understand ”despising” Mulkey as a coach. She attracts great talent. Her players are often difficult to coach . They play very hard for her ; with enough discipline to win and with 100% effort.  She manages the  game very well; even without timeouts she controlled the game end.  And of course she wins.  What’s not to like?

how about screaming at her players? how about screaming at the refs? imo and the opinion of the announcers, she should have gotten a technical for repeatedly (perhaps 10 times) demanding of the ref, "what did she say!?!?!"  draymond would have been tossed for that. how about repeated walking on the court while shouting at her players, even after the ref warned her to stay on the sidelines? how about repeatedly moving laterally past the limits of the coaching box?

is there a connection between her aggressiveness towards the refs and all the calls that went lsu's way? likely so. can we admire that her tactics worked? sure, but imo it's also something not to like.

[jonnyss]

 I pulled up the NCAA rulebook this morning and my read of it says that they got that lane violation call on Nunu wrong. The rulebook says (rule 8.f): "No opponent (player or bench personnel) shall disconcert (e.g., taunt, bait, gesture or delay) the free-thrower." Nunu clearly wasn't in the lane, so they had to have called her for baiting, but you can't "bait" your own teammate. That was a point taken off the board in a crucial moment.

This was a very mysterious call that I don't remember seeing in any other game. I guess the other possibiity if that the ref somehow mistakenly "saw" Nunu actually step into the lane.

Thanks for taking the time to look it up.

looks like there are also lane violations for several types of "faking." i, too, have never seen this before, but i think maybe nunu did exactly what the rule disallows. not sure why nunu would do this with her own teammate at the line, but she was pretty dramatic about it.

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https://ref60.com/2020/01/its-a-fake/#:~...%20ignored.

"a player in a marked lane space fakes by rocking forward, causing their opponent to enter the free-throw  lane."

also cited here as 9.1.3 B

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Andy please post more.  Excellent summary. 
I’m thrilled we played so well.  It’s a great performance and points towards a fine season.

Ha! I'll post more if you can find a way to get more of these games started before 10pm EST. This was probably the first game I've watched start-to-finish this year and it pushed me way past my bedtime. But I still went to sleep feeling encouraged by the team's performance. (And also despising Kim Mulkey as much as ever!)

Hard for me to understand ”despising” Mulkey as a coach. She attracts great talent. Her players are often difficult to coach . They play very hard for her ; with enough discipline to win and with 100% effort.  She manages the  game very well; even without timeouts she controlled the game end.  And of course she wins.  What’s not to like?

how about screaming at her players? how about screaming at the refs? imo and the opinion of the announcers, she should have gotten a technical for repeatedly (perhaps 10 times) demanding of the ref, "what did she say!?!?!"  draymond would have been tossed for that. how about repeated walking on the court while shouting at her players, even after the ref warned her to stay on the sidelines? how about repeatedly moving laterally past the limits of the coaching box?

is there a connection between her aggressiveness towards the refs and all the calls that went lsu's way? likely so. can we admire that her tactics worked? sure, but imo it's also something not to like.