04-04-2021, 09:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-04-2021, 09:38 PM by Blue Hawk (Mizzou) Card.)
Maybe more later, but for now just one reaction regarding a great result based on grit, not elegance:
With about six minutes or so to go, Mini waited for the noise to abate, then shouted, "One free throw! Stanford has ONE FREE THROW."
Lobo heard it. We could see her look at her statistics monitor to check to see if he was right. He was.
Yet ESPN never mentioned the free throw discrepancy. [We just watched a recording of the game.] I consider it announcer malpractice to not mention the free throw discrepancy.
Aari herself had TWELVE free throws, right? She certainly deserved some of them. But she also barrels into folks quite a bit, during a tournament where a whole lot of block/charges were called charges. [She did get on charge called on her, early in the game.] Some of those resulted in free throws.
Stanford ended the game with TWO. [By the way, the second one produced the winning points. Officiating does matter. What if they wouldn't have even called that one?] That probably isn't a record, but it must be top (or maybe its "bottom") ten for all national championship games.
It's not like Stanford was bombing three pointers, so there was no reason for them to shoot free throws. With all of the driving and passing of the ball inside, it is truly remarkable that Stanford only shot two free throws. There were plenty of opportunities for others, both two shot fouls and "and ones," to be called.
Yes, it is true that Stanford did not have a good game on offense. But, c'mon. Two free throws?
And the great things is . . .
It does not matter. Stanford won with a great defensive stop.
Not a great game, but a great season by a great team. What a wonderful season in incredible circumstances.
With about six minutes or so to go, Mini waited for the noise to abate, then shouted, "One free throw! Stanford has ONE FREE THROW."
Lobo heard it. We could see her look at her statistics monitor to check to see if he was right. He was.
Yet ESPN never mentioned the free throw discrepancy. [We just watched a recording of the game.] I consider it announcer malpractice to not mention the free throw discrepancy.
Aari herself had TWELVE free throws, right? She certainly deserved some of them. But she also barrels into folks quite a bit, during a tournament where a whole lot of block/charges were called charges. [She did get on charge called on her, early in the game.] Some of those resulted in free throws.
Stanford ended the game with TWO. [By the way, the second one produced the winning points. Officiating does matter. What if they wouldn't have even called that one?] That probably isn't a record, but it must be top (or maybe its "bottom") ten for all national championship games.
It's not like Stanford was bombing three pointers, so there was no reason for them to shoot free throws. With all of the driving and passing of the ball inside, it is truly remarkable that Stanford only shot two free throws. There were plenty of opportunities for others, both two shot fouls and "and ones," to be called.
Yes, it is true that Stanford did not have a good game on offense. But, c'mon. Two free throws?
And the great things is . . .
It does not matter. Stanford won with a great defensive stop.
Not a great game, but a great season by a great team. What a wonderful season in incredible circumstances.