01-08-2024, 04:20 AM
There were no flop calls during the game. In the USC-UCLA game, Missy called a flop warning on someone who got pushed down (straight-armed) by Betts. The player going down had her head follow her body. Flops are almost physically impossible unless the head follows the body. But, you know Missy, gotta call something weird.
In retrospect, Washington stayed far out, with good spacing and sent runners through the lane. Probably a good approach against Stanford if you don't have a big.
Coming into the game UW had 48pts average by opponents, +11 rebounds/game. Stanford 71 points, +23 rebounds.
A detailed look at the game & the calls.
TL;DR? At least look at Q3 6:30 - 5:48
Q1
7:13 Tiffany Bird calls a foul on Jump which wasn't there. The TV camera has a better angle and you can see she got all ball, no arm, no body.
6:12 Tiffany Bird calls the charge against Brink. It was legitimate, albeit a fairly soft contact. Head followed body. Player and her teammates celebrated like she just made a half-court buzzer beater. Iriafen made a disgust-gesture that is a borderline technical foul.
6:12 Refs missed that Iriafen was in the lane for (at least) 6 seconds.
6:00 Iriafen lets her opponent past her to the rim.
5:44 Karen Lasuik calls a foul on UW player for interfering with a pass into Iriafen. Often not called. I guess she had Iriafen's right hand before it came up for the ball.
5:32 Bird calls a foul on UW for an arm across Iriafen's arm during a shot. Normal call.
5:22 Flops don't have to go to the floor. A screener flops by throwing her head and hands back. No call either way.
5:04 Bird missed that the UW player had her right foot out of bounds when she reached in to restart dribble on the ball.
Lasuik makes a legit foul call on Iriafen in the scramble. This was called a shooting foul when the contact occurred when she had her back to the basket. Compare to non-shooting-foul on a Brink shot later. (Q4 5:55)
4:06 Lasuik calls a personal foul on UW. It should have been a flop as well. Brink was afraid it was her 2nd foul. UW player ran to get her body under Brink's outstretch arm and then flopped backwards.
2:18 Brink could have been called (by Brian Woods) for an off-arm push back against UW during a rebound. There's been some very physical pushing (see previous inbounds play) so I'm not going to quite say it should have been called.
1:50 Tie ball, possession Stanford. I don't know why Stanford players went to wrong end of court.
1:50 Bird says something to Brink & oppoenent before throw-in. Not sure what.
1:35 Bird calls foul on UW player "swimming" arm over Brink as ball is coming to her. Legit but not always called. Announcers said something about a 3-second call, but Brink was only in the lane for 1 second.
1:33 Lasuik calls an offensive foul on Brink. In replay, head and body moved together. I'd say not a flop. Again she is treated by her team and the announcers like she hit a buzzer beater. Brinks center of gravity contacts upper portion of defender. IMO, Brink needs to lead more with her hips, not her torso.
1:11 Brian Woods calls foul on Lepolo during a drive.
0:45 Agara pads her rebounding stats at the cost of her FG%. I saw what looked like 3 uncalled hacks on her arms. No calls by Woods.
0:20 Good positioning on D by Iriiafen, followed by a block.
Q2
9:35 Lasuik calls a foul on UW on a shot by Iriafen. Proper call.
8:54 Harriel telegraphs a pass for a TO.
8:30 Bird calls foul on UW on a shot by Iriafen. I don't see it.
8:11 Good transition by Agara. Good feed by Lepolo. Great 3pt make.
7:15 Clutch shot from the elbow by Iriafen.
6:25 Ogden's 3pt confirms Stanford is not a one-woman team.
5:54 Bird calls a foul on Iriafen on a well-set screen. Honestly, I can't figure out why she called. It was not a blind screen. She was not moving or leaning. Her legs were not spread more than most screens. Her arms were against her body. Bad call.
5:38 Ogden runs through a screen. Should have been called, from camera angle. Woods would have been the ref to call it.
4:17 Bird calls a foul on UW on an Agara shot. Proper call.
2:56 Lasuik? properly calls a double dribble.
2:47 Woods calls a foul on screen by Lepolo. Proper call.
2:11 Lax ball control by Clardy results in 2pts by UW.
2:01 Clardy's pass is almost intercepted.
1:47 Good transition defense by Jump to prevent fast break from going to the basket.
1:25 Interesting move to the basket by Agara from the elbow. She leans way down to dribble low. Defender tries to stop her. Foul called by Lasuik.
0:35 Bird calls a foul on a put-back by Agara. One of the triple-team had her arms forward, not straight up and Agara went into them.
0:05 Clardy telegraphs another pass
Q3
9:18 UW #3 sticks her arm out to grab Brink across the waist to keep her from breaking to the basket to catch the ball. On the other side of Brink, #14 puts her hand up to say she fouled (#3 put her hands to her mouth "OMG"), and Bird gives her the foul. This would have been #3's third foul, but #14's 2nd. The foul should have gone against the player who impacted the most, #3.
8:46 Bosgana does some good defense. Brink is caught napping, and then catches up and swipes at a shot but doesn't quite foul. UW gets 2.
8:36 Finally, Jump, at 0-7 from 3, hits one.
7:54 Iriafen could have been called for an offensive foul. Defensive player's reaction was leading with her head (ie, flopping).
6:46 On D, Brink keeps backing to the basket, leaving her player miles open at the 3pt line. Wide open 3. (4th made 3 of the season.)
6:30 Woods calls a foul on hack on Brink's arm as she shoots.
6:30 BAD OFFICIATING. After giving the ball to Brink to shoot a FT, Lasuik walks to the UW fouler and says something to her. The UW player responds, polnting to somewhere. 95% FT% Brink misses the shot. (My comment based on what I saw at the game. TV only shows the ref out of position with #14 talking and gesturing after the FT misses.)
6:26 Bosgana causes a UW TO.
6:14 Lasuik does not call a foul on a Brink drive, where Brink's layup is short. Hmm... Not a foul? The Stanford coaches thought so. Tara actually puts a foot out on the court to yell at the passing Lasuik.
5:58 Brink misses a layup and a follow. This is the play where Tara ssid she thought she (Tara) might have gotten a technical. She was already standing from the 6:14 non-call, and then walks on the court toward the ref while the put-back is up in the air. She is inside the 3pt line talking to the ref Lasuik as UW heads up court.
5:42 Lasuik properly calls a moving screen against UW.
5:20 Lasuik does not call a potential offensive foul on Brink as she shoves her guard with her left hand. Nor does she call a foul (properly I think) as Brink turns around from her shot and the opponent is right there, and then goes down. I do not think that was a flop or in anyway intentional.
If I were the coach, I would have sat Brink to avoid her emotions running away with her.
4:20 Beautiful Bosgana steal
2:07 Bird calls a blocking foul on a transition. It appears the UW player was intending to track Lepolo, by running across the court in the back court while everyone else was headed towards the Stanford basket, and somehow(??) missed that she was going to blind side Brink. It seems suspicious that she collided with Brink but I didn't see anything in her actions that suggested that it was intentional.
1:42 Woods calls a ticky-tack foul on Ogden, but legit.
1:24 Very close to an Ogden foul on a 3pt shot, but no contact. Woods does not call it.
0:52 Lasuik calls a foul on UW on a layup attempt by Jump. Announcers initially call it a block but you can see her shooting hand get knocked down. Jump grabs her right shoulder after this.
0:26 Woods calls a UW player for pulling Iriafen back away from a pass. I don't see how he could have seen the contact, but the right hand around the waist is visible to the camera (and to Bird).
Q4
9:46 Woods properly calls Iriafen for a foul (bumps her with her hip).
8:46 Some disagreement over who gets to inbound. IIRC, I thought Stanford was gifted this. Broadcast doesn't show it.
8:40 Nice slash by Lepolo and dish to the 3pt line for a wide open 3pt miss. One thing I like is that we had 3 people nearby to rebound.
8:11 Agara at a full sprint down the court, but looking backwards, collides with a UW player at the foul line. We can't see the UW player much before the collision, but thiis almost definitely should be a foul on Agara. But no whistle ?????
8:05 A UW player falls to the ground
7:55 Two UW players collide just behind Brink and both fall to the ground.
7:32 Stanford D breaks down. UW player gets a layup with no Stanford player within 10 feet.
5:55 Brink runs toward the basket for a rebound. Brink and I both thought she was shooting when fouled. Lasuik did not (I can understand that).
5:40 Brink drags her pivot foot. Proper travel call by Woods
3:38 Demetre likely would have been called for a illegal screen earlier in the game
3:30 Woods properly calls a foul on UW
2:18 POOR transition defense by Stanford. I'd put a good portion of the reason on Brink. She's too high (at the foul line and blocks Lepolo from going to the left side where two UW players are headed.
1:35 Bird calls a bit of a ticky-tack foul against UW.
In retrospect, Washington stayed far out, with good spacing and sent runners through the lane. Probably a good approach against Stanford if you don't have a big.
Coming into the game UW had 48pts average by opponents, +11 rebounds/game. Stanford 71 points, +23 rebounds.
A detailed look at the game & the calls.
TL;DR? At least look at Q3 6:30 - 5:48
Q1
7:13 Tiffany Bird calls a foul on Jump which wasn't there. The TV camera has a better angle and you can see she got all ball, no arm, no body.
6:12 Tiffany Bird calls the charge against Brink. It was legitimate, albeit a fairly soft contact. Head followed body. Player and her teammates celebrated like she just made a half-court buzzer beater. Iriafen made a disgust-gesture that is a borderline technical foul.
6:12 Refs missed that Iriafen was in the lane for (at least) 6 seconds.
6:00 Iriafen lets her opponent past her to the rim.
5:44 Karen Lasuik calls a foul on UW player for interfering with a pass into Iriafen. Often not called. I guess she had Iriafen's right hand before it came up for the ball.
5:32 Bird calls a foul on UW for an arm across Iriafen's arm during a shot. Normal call.
5:22 Flops don't have to go to the floor. A screener flops by throwing her head and hands back. No call either way.
5:04 Bird missed that the UW player had her right foot out of bounds when she reached in to restart dribble on the ball.
Lasuik makes a legit foul call on Iriafen in the scramble. This was called a shooting foul when the contact occurred when she had her back to the basket. Compare to non-shooting-foul on a Brink shot later. (Q4 5:55)
4:06 Lasuik calls a personal foul on UW. It should have been a flop as well. Brink was afraid it was her 2nd foul. UW player ran to get her body under Brink's outstretch arm and then flopped backwards.
2:18 Brink could have been called (by Brian Woods) for an off-arm push back against UW during a rebound. There's been some very physical pushing (see previous inbounds play) so I'm not going to quite say it should have been called.
1:50 Tie ball, possession Stanford. I don't know why Stanford players went to wrong end of court.
1:50 Bird says something to Brink & oppoenent before throw-in. Not sure what.
1:35 Bird calls foul on UW player "swimming" arm over Brink as ball is coming to her. Legit but not always called. Announcers said something about a 3-second call, but Brink was only in the lane for 1 second.
1:33 Lasuik calls an offensive foul on Brink. In replay, head and body moved together. I'd say not a flop. Again she is treated by her team and the announcers like she hit a buzzer beater. Brinks center of gravity contacts upper portion of defender. IMO, Brink needs to lead more with her hips, not her torso.
1:11 Brian Woods calls foul on Lepolo during a drive.
0:45 Agara pads her rebounding stats at the cost of her FG%. I saw what looked like 3 uncalled hacks on her arms. No calls by Woods.
0:20 Good positioning on D by Iriiafen, followed by a block.
Q2
9:35 Lasuik calls a foul on UW on a shot by Iriafen. Proper call.
8:54 Harriel telegraphs a pass for a TO.
8:30 Bird calls foul on UW on a shot by Iriafen. I don't see it.
8:11 Good transition by Agara. Good feed by Lepolo. Great 3pt make.
7:15 Clutch shot from the elbow by Iriafen.
6:25 Ogden's 3pt confirms Stanford is not a one-woman team.
5:54 Bird calls a foul on Iriafen on a well-set screen. Honestly, I can't figure out why she called. It was not a blind screen. She was not moving or leaning. Her legs were not spread more than most screens. Her arms were against her body. Bad call.
5:38 Ogden runs through a screen. Should have been called, from camera angle. Woods would have been the ref to call it.
4:17 Bird calls a foul on UW on an Agara shot. Proper call.
2:56 Lasuik? properly calls a double dribble.
2:47 Woods calls a foul on screen by Lepolo. Proper call.
2:11 Lax ball control by Clardy results in 2pts by UW.
2:01 Clardy's pass is almost intercepted.
1:47 Good transition defense by Jump to prevent fast break from going to the basket.
1:25 Interesting move to the basket by Agara from the elbow. She leans way down to dribble low. Defender tries to stop her. Foul called by Lasuik.
0:35 Bird calls a foul on a put-back by Agara. One of the triple-team had her arms forward, not straight up and Agara went into them.
0:05 Clardy telegraphs another pass
Q3
9:18 UW #3 sticks her arm out to grab Brink across the waist to keep her from breaking to the basket to catch the ball. On the other side of Brink, #14 puts her hand up to say she fouled (#3 put her hands to her mouth "OMG"), and Bird gives her the foul. This would have been #3's third foul, but #14's 2nd. The foul should have gone against the player who impacted the most, #3.
8:46 Bosgana does some good defense. Brink is caught napping, and then catches up and swipes at a shot but doesn't quite foul. UW gets 2.
8:36 Finally, Jump, at 0-7 from 3, hits one.
7:54 Iriafen could have been called for an offensive foul. Defensive player's reaction was leading with her head (ie, flopping).
6:46 On D, Brink keeps backing to the basket, leaving her player miles open at the 3pt line. Wide open 3. (4th made 3 of the season.)
6:30 Woods calls a foul on hack on Brink's arm as she shoots.
6:30 BAD OFFICIATING. After giving the ball to Brink to shoot a FT, Lasuik walks to the UW fouler and says something to her. The UW player responds, polnting to somewhere. 95% FT% Brink misses the shot. (My comment based on what I saw at the game. TV only shows the ref out of position with #14 talking and gesturing after the FT misses.)
6:26 Bosgana causes a UW TO.
6:14 Lasuik does not call a foul on a Brink drive, where Brink's layup is short. Hmm... Not a foul? The Stanford coaches thought so. Tara actually puts a foot out on the court to yell at the passing Lasuik.
5:58 Brink misses a layup and a follow. This is the play where Tara ssid she thought she (Tara) might have gotten a technical. She was already standing from the 6:14 non-call, and then walks on the court toward the ref while the put-back is up in the air. She is inside the 3pt line talking to the ref Lasuik as UW heads up court.
5:42 Lasuik properly calls a moving screen against UW.
5:20 Lasuik does not call a potential offensive foul on Brink as she shoves her guard with her left hand. Nor does she call a foul (properly I think) as Brink turns around from her shot and the opponent is right there, and then goes down. I do not think that was a flop or in anyway intentional.
If I were the coach, I would have sat Brink to avoid her emotions running away with her.
4:20 Beautiful Bosgana steal
2:07 Bird calls a blocking foul on a transition. It appears the UW player was intending to track Lepolo, by running across the court in the back court while everyone else was headed towards the Stanford basket, and somehow(??) missed that she was going to blind side Brink. It seems suspicious that she collided with Brink but I didn't see anything in her actions that suggested that it was intentional.
1:42 Woods calls a ticky-tack foul on Ogden, but legit.
1:24 Very close to an Ogden foul on a 3pt shot, but no contact. Woods does not call it.
0:52 Lasuik calls a foul on UW on a layup attempt by Jump. Announcers initially call it a block but you can see her shooting hand get knocked down. Jump grabs her right shoulder after this.
0:26 Woods calls a UW player for pulling Iriafen back away from a pass. I don't see how he could have seen the contact, but the right hand around the waist is visible to the camera (and to Bird).
Q4
9:46 Woods properly calls Iriafen for a foul (bumps her with her hip).
8:46 Some disagreement over who gets to inbound. IIRC, I thought Stanford was gifted this. Broadcast doesn't show it.
8:40 Nice slash by Lepolo and dish to the 3pt line for a wide open 3pt miss. One thing I like is that we had 3 people nearby to rebound.
8:11 Agara at a full sprint down the court, but looking backwards, collides with a UW player at the foul line. We can't see the UW player much before the collision, but thiis almost definitely should be a foul on Agara. But no whistle ?????
8:05 A UW player falls to the ground
7:55 Two UW players collide just behind Brink and both fall to the ground.
7:32 Stanford D breaks down. UW player gets a layup with no Stanford player within 10 feet.
5:55 Brink runs toward the basket for a rebound. Brink and I both thought she was shooting when fouled. Lasuik did not (I can understand that).
5:40 Brink drags her pivot foot. Proper travel call by Woods
3:38 Demetre likely would have been called for a illegal screen earlier in the game
3:30 Woods properly calls a foul on UW
2:18 POOR transition defense by Stanford. I'd put a good portion of the reason on Brink. She's too high (at the foul line and blocks Lepolo from going to the left side where two UW players are headed.
1:35 Bird calls a bit of a ticky-tack foul against UW.