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BTW, Hurley walked off the court jawing at the refs and one of his players had to be restrained from attacking the ref.  He never even shook hands with Hasse.

Probably it was good that they didn't shake hands.  Not a single player or coach for ASU even had a mask (at least when they scanned the bench late in the game).  I believe the state of California is still under a restriction to wear masks.

I anticipate that the PAC-12 will censure the coach.  Unfortunately, his actions were picked up by his players.  I believe I saw two players, as well as the coach, confronting the refs after the game.  (This is very different than the post-game comments by the Arizona WBB coach.)

I didn't see but the last bit of the first half.  ASU had 1 FTA and 12 fouls while Stanford had 17 FTA and 6 fouls in the first half.  

The coach got a technical 30 seconds into the 2nd half.  I sure didn't see anything on the floor worth a technical; neither did the announcers.  1:44 later, ASU's top scorer got a foul, and then was charged with a technical.  The camera wasn't on him, so I couldn't see what transpired.  That technical was his 4th personal foul.   His team sent him off the court for a while, presumably to calm down.  He didn't go back into the game until 10:00.

27 seconds later, the refs called a technical on Delaire.  Again, I couldn't see what happened.  (Sure, it could have been taunting, but I can't know that.)  

ASU was down 11 at that point.  Stanford stretched the lead to 15 at 15:16.  ASU played very aggressive defense over the next 10 minutes.  Over 6 minutes or so, Stanford had 6 turnovers and 1 missed shot.

In the 2nd half, ASU had 17 fouls and had 8 FTA.  Stanford had 10 fouls and 24 FTA. (Total 9 FTA vs 41 FTA) In the last 1:01, ASU had 3 fouls giving Stanford 7 FTA.  At the end of the game, ASU had two players with 5 fouls and 4 with 4 fouls.   With the kind of aggressive defense ASU played in the 2nd half, clearly they can expect to have more fouls than their opponent.

I don't watch MBB that much, but did someone say MBB had good refs?  I saw a lot of questionable calls & missed calls (fouls, travels, a defensive goal tending & possible offensive goal tending).  Obviously, the hand contact rules must be different than WBB because the defenders were allowed to rat-ta-tat the dribbler or just keep constant contact.

Interestingly, one can't say that the home crowd influenced the refereeing. The box score puts the attendance at 100.


I would urge Stanford to appoint at least 2 of their stadium security (or police/deputies) to walk officials off the court.  I take it as a failure of the host Stanford to avoid the confrontation after the game.   Unfortunately the refs leave past the benches, while the visiting team crosses the court.

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BTW, Hurley walked off the court jawing at the refs and one of his players had to be restrained from attacking the ref.  He never even shook hands with Hasse.

Probably it was good that they didn't shake hands.  Not a single player or coach for ASU even had a mask (at least when they scanned the bench late in the game).  I believe the state of California is still under a restriction to wear masks.

I anticipate that the PAC-12 will censure the coach.  Unfortunately, his actions were picked up by his players.  I believe I saw two players, as well as the coach, confronting the refs after the game.  (This is very different than the post-game comments by the Arizona WBB coach.)

I didn't see but the last bit of the first half.  ASU had 1 FTA and 12 fouls while Stanford had 17 FTA and 6 fouls in the first half.  

The coach got a technical 30 seconds into the 2nd half.  I sure didn't see anything on the floor worth a technical; neither did the announcers.  1:44 later, ASU's top scorer got a foul, and then was charged with a technical.  The camera wasn't on him, so I couldn't see what transpired.  That technical was his 4th personal foul.   His team sent him off the court for a while, presumably to calm down.  He didn't go back into the game until 10:00.

27 seconds later, the refs called a technical on Delaire.  Again, I couldn't see what happened.  (Sure, it could have been taunting, but I can't know that.)  

ASU was down 11 at that point.  Stanford stretched the lead to 15 at 15:16.  ASU played very aggressive defense over the next 10 minutes.  Over 6 minutes or so, Stanford had 6 turnovers and 1 missed shot.

In the 2nd half, ASU had 17 fouls and had 8 FTA.  Stanford had 10 fouls and 24 FTA. (Total 9 FTA vs 41 FTA) In the last 1:01, ASU had 3 fouls giving Stanford 7 FTA.  At the end of the game, ASU had two players with 5 fouls and 4 with 4 fouls.   With the kind of aggressive defense ASU played in the 2nd half, clearly they can expect to have more fouls than their opponent.

I don't watch MBB that much, but did someone say MBB had good refs?  I saw a lot of questionable calls & missed calls (fouls, travels, a defensive goal tending & possible offensive goal tending).  Obviously, the hand contact rules must be different than WBB because the defenders were allowed to rat-ta-tat the dribbler or just keep constant contact.

Interestingly, one can't say that the home crowd influenced the refereeing. The box score puts the attendance at 100.


I would urge Stanford to appoint at least 2 of their stadium security (or police/deputies) to walk officials off the court.  I take it as a failure of the host Stanford to avoid the confrontation after the game.   Unfortunately the refs leave past the benches, while the visiting team crosses the court.