12-02-2018, 09:00 PM
This was a bad first-half weekend for too many Stanford teams. (Unfortunately, WBB & WSOC were not the worst.)
Of course it is never good to lose. But if the pain and embarrassment of the loss can help Stanford win one (or both!) of its next two games, then we get a silver lining.
Unfortunately, the on-demand stream of the game ends 4 minutes after it starts, so I can't get a feel from watching the game.
Btw, the UConn-ND game ended as a very strong win for UConn. Late in the 2nd half, Gino appears to have interacted with a ND player, resulting in the player getting a technical. The official under the basket called a foul (properly) in UConn's favor. Immediately after the call, Geno stepped out onto the court to say something to the official as she walked by him. The camera cuts away from him, but isolates on him a little later. He is saying something to someone and gesticulates in a dismissive way twice. The announcer who is a former player suggested that he was complaining to an official, but when you look at his gaze, he certainly appears to be talking to the ND player., not to the official From an overhead view, you can see that Geno is standing with both feet partly in fair territory. The ND player starts in the same defensive position as her teammate on the other side. She then takes a couple of steps towards Geno, but still about 3 steps away from him. Geno steps out onto the court, not towards the ND player, with both feet completely in fair territory (ie, completely outside the coaching box) as the free throw is taken. The ND player steps towards the center of court (away from Geno), and the official a few feet from her calls a technical on her. Meanwhile one of Geno's assistants steps in front of Geno to back him down. Presumably, the official heard & saw everything.
I don't know what the call was. IIRC, a single free throw was awarded. My guess is that the call was that the ND player was disconcerting the free-thrower during the foul shot. (I don't think the ND player was complaining about Geno being on the court, but the official should have issued a warning to Geno, but improperly did not. This is among the Points of Emphasis and there is a whole section in appendix III in the rules on this. This is not a discretionary or judgement call.)
Of course it is never good to lose. But if the pain and embarrassment of the loss can help Stanford win one (or both!) of its next two games, then we get a silver lining.
Unfortunately, the on-demand stream of the game ends 4 minutes after it starts, so I can't get a feel from watching the game.
Btw, the UConn-ND game ended as a very strong win for UConn. Late in the 2nd half, Gino appears to have interacted with a ND player, resulting in the player getting a technical. The official under the basket called a foul (properly) in UConn's favor. Immediately after the call, Geno stepped out onto the court to say something to the official as she walked by him. The camera cuts away from him, but isolates on him a little later. He is saying something to someone and gesticulates in a dismissive way twice. The announcer who is a former player suggested that he was complaining to an official, but when you look at his gaze, he certainly appears to be talking to the ND player., not to the official From an overhead view, you can see that Geno is standing with both feet partly in fair territory. The ND player starts in the same defensive position as her teammate on the other side. She then takes a couple of steps towards Geno, but still about 3 steps away from him. Geno steps out onto the court, not towards the ND player, with both feet completely in fair territory (ie, completely outside the coaching box) as the free throw is taken. The ND player steps towards the center of court (away from Geno), and the official a few feet from her calls a technical on her. Meanwhile one of Geno's assistants steps in front of Geno to back him down. Presumably, the official heard & saw everything.
I don't know what the call was. IIRC, a single free throw was awarded. My guess is that the call was that the ND player was disconcerting the free-thrower during the foul shot. (I don't think the ND player was complaining about Geno being on the court, but the official should have issued a warning to Geno, but improperly did not. This is among the Points of Emphasis and there is a whole section in appendix III in the rules on this. This is not a discretionary or judgement call.)