03-26-2023, 11:32 AM
IMO the idea that NCAA women's basketball could even vaguely resemble the NHL is an indictment of the whole system. It can't be a fight where a basketball game broke out. The coaches must establish discipline and make it abundantly obvious that if you intentionally strike another player with your fist, you are gone from the team, plain and simple. The refs not seeing it (or ignoring it if they do) also has to change, even if it requires stopping the game and looking at a replay. I would like to say the coaches should not recruit players that would do such a thing, but it is probably impossible to know (in general) from the start which ones lack the self control required.
There is a tendency towards rougher "physical" play in the NCAA that many on this site don't like. I think that is indeed a problem and the rules need to actually be enforced. The fact the NBA doesn't do so isn't relevant to the college game. This is a related but still distinct issue. Physical play is often against the rules but not called. Punching somebody is assault and has nothing to do with basketball. That has to be made clear and it has to come from the coaches themselves. If it doesn't, this problem will just get worse. Even two shots and ejection won't do it.
There is a tendency towards rougher "physical" play in the NCAA that many on this site don't like. I think that is indeed a problem and the rules need to actually be enforced. The fact the NBA doesn't do so isn't relevant to the college game. This is a related but still distinct issue. Physical play is often against the rules but not called. Punching somebody is assault and has nothing to do with basketball. That has to be made clear and it has to come from the coaches themselves. If it doesn't, this problem will just get worse. Even two shots and ejection won't do it.