04-03-2021, 10:03 AM
RE: Officiating. There's a correlation between the allowed physicality and the post game griping. You can't have it both ways. Everyone wants a game with less fouls called, less free throws, no one fouling out so the best players can finish the game, etc. When it's over, you then have to live with the no-calls (Baylor fans on DC's last shot, SC fans on the Brink push, etc.). What bugs me are the ticky tack calls in games where they are supposedly "letting the players play". For example, what's the point in calling the foul on Boston at the end of the first half when she was guarding Prechtel on the 3 point line? Watching it on replay, there was really nothing there. Maybe a graze of the arm. They had a foul to give, so perhaps that factored in to the refs judgement. But seriously - that was a big call on their best player for no reason. Other examples - Brink going for the loose ball by the SC bench and of course the phantom call on Williams on Aari where she didn't even touch her. Let those go!
RE: Getting out of the gate against Arizona. We've seen multiple games this year where we get a big lead and then lose focus in the second half. AZ will not give up, so we can't let them get momentum. If we have a lead at half, we need to extend it in the 3rd Q.
RE: Getting out of the gate against Arizona. We've seen multiple games this year where we get a big lead and then lose focus in the second half. AZ will not give up, so we can't let them get momentum. If we have a lead at half, we need to extend it in the 3rd Q.