[RuralFan]

Most of the fouls against us were when McDonald or Pellington would dribble drive into the paint and we were a step slow defending.  The two Arizona guards were the only two to draw fouls.  Ten of our 17 fouls were by Wilson, Hull, or Williams, again, mostly trying to keep up with a driving player.

On the other hand, we didn't drive as much; many of our points were on cuts to the basket or entry passes to one of our bigs, or via a three-pointer.  We did draw a foul on penetration by Jones, but she made the basket so we only got one free throw.  The overall foul discrepancy was 17 - 11, which is not that severe.  Arizona probably could have been called a few more times for hand-checking and aggressive perimeter defense, but I don't think that was a deliberate plan by the officials to disadvantage us.

Generally, I find griping about officials to be a bit distasteful, especially when both teams can point to legitimate blown calls (for example, the out of bounds late in the game that gave us possession, even though the ball clearly went off a Stanford player).  Discrepancies in fouls can be illuminating, but they are not, in and of themselves, evidence of bias.  In this case, it reflects the difference in style.

BC

I actually couldn't agree more. In this case, it reflects the difference in style.

If officials are going to ignore grabbing the off ball hand of a dibbling player, or moving ones feet or hips of shoulders after setting a screen, or charging directly into a defensive player, while calling a defensive foul every time a player drives to the basket; then Arizona wins almost every time.  We were lucky, but I don't think Tara will ever coach that way.

[RuralFan]

Most of the fouls against us were when McDonald or Pellington would dribble drive into the paint and we were a step slow defending.  The two Arizona guards were the only two to draw fouls.  Ten of our 17 fouls were by Wilson, Hull, or Williams, again, mostly trying to keep up with a driving player.

On the other hand, we didn't drive as much; many of our points were on cuts to the basket or entry passes to one of our bigs, or via a three-pointer.  We did draw a foul on penetration by Jones, but she made the basket so we only got one free throw.  The overall foul discrepancy was 17 - 11, which is not that severe.  Arizona probably could have been called a few more times for hand-checking and aggressive perimeter defense, but I don't think that was a deliberate plan by the officials to disadvantage us.

Generally, I find griping about officials to be a bit distasteful, especially when both teams can point to legitimate blown calls (for example, the out of bounds late in the game that gave us possession, even though the ball clearly went off a Stanford player).  Discrepancies in fouls can be illuminating, but they are not, in and of themselves, evidence of bias.  In this case, it reflects the difference in style.

BC

I actually couldn't agree more. In this case, it reflects the difference in style.

If officials are going to ignore grabbing the off ball hand of a dibbling player, or moving ones feet or hips of shoulders after setting a screen, or charging directly into a defensive player, while calling a defensive foul every time a player drives to the basket; then Arizona wins almost every time.  We were lucky, but I don't think Tara will ever coach that way.