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We’re at another crossroads moment with officiating just as the conference is ending. Now, the problem areas seem to be: (1) inconsistency in how offensive fouls get called, particularly moving screens/picks; (2) defending players who have been coached to sell offensive fouls; (3) a return of the old ASU style face guarding defense that essentially dares the refs to call the reach-ins, the holds and grabs.

It’s pretty interesting to watch the association, where moving screens get called every other weekend or so. Moving screens for the men’s pro game are like palming the ball. Once in the 50’s you called that. Not anymore, because teams use screens all the time, setting up the pick and roll, and the offensive sets that use a high ball screen to get the ‘right’ defender on your primary scorer. 

So, one problem with trying to run a good offense in the Pac-12 that relies on repeated screening: you’re giving Infini Robinson or Chuck, or Missy way too much control over whether your team wins. If you’re coaching, can you risk Brink picking up a moving screen call in the first half if it means she heads to the bench for 10 minutes? Some teams have big wide-body players who are in just to set screens and rebound. We unfortunately have two bigs who also are primary scoring options.

I disagree.   Is your preference that every ref calls what they think you want them to call, or perhaps you really do want uniformity in calls, and for that to be codified so the refs in Hoboken at least have the same rules as the refs in Los Angeles.  The FIBA game is different than the NBA game is different than the WNBA game is different than the men's NCAA game is different than the women's NCAA game.

Have you read the NCAA Women's Basketball Rules?  It is free to download.  
(I like the fact that they highlight RULE changes from year to year.)
I call your attention to Points of Emphasis:

• Enforcing the rules as written
  
• Screening
  
• Traveling
  
• Legal guarding position
  
• Post play/Three seconds in the lane
  
• Contact on and by the ball handler/dribbler
  
• Sporting behavior/conduct
  

I'll leave those as teasers, hoping people will actually look at them.  But I will quote one part

Officials are tasked with ensuring that the competing teams play within the
rules because the rules basically guarantee fair play to the end that no player
and neither team gains an unfair advantage over an opponent. When officials do
not enforce the playing rules, it impacts the purpose of the playing rules. There
is no room for personal philosophies or using “game management” to ignore
enforcing a playing rule. Likewise, the enforcement of a playing rule is never a
"game interrupter"

I believe we are all familiar with the feeling that OUR team is trying to play by the rules while THEIR team is trying to skirt the rules and get away with what they can.

[M T]

We’re at another crossroads moment with officiating just as the conference is ending. Now, the problem areas seem to be: (1) inconsistency in how offensive fouls get called, particularly moving screens/picks; (2) defending players who have been coached to sell offensive fouls; (3) a return of the old ASU style face guarding defense that essentially dares the refs to call the reach-ins, the holds and grabs.

It’s pretty interesting to watch the association, where moving screens get called every other weekend or so. Moving screens for the men’s pro game are like palming the ball. Once in the 50’s you called that. Not anymore, because teams use screens all the time, setting up the pick and roll, and the offensive sets that use a high ball screen to get the ‘right’ defender on your primary scorer. 

So, one problem with trying to run a good offense in the Pac-12 that relies on repeated screening: you’re giving Infini Robinson or Chuck, or Missy way too much control over whether your team wins. If you’re coaching, can you risk Brink picking up a moving screen call in the first half if it means she heads to the bench for 10 minutes? Some teams have big wide-body players who are in just to set screens and rebound. We unfortunately have two bigs who also are primary scoring options.

I disagree.   Is your preference that every ref calls what they think you want them to call, or perhaps you really do want uniformity in calls, and for that to be codified so the refs in Hoboken at least have the same rules as the refs in Los Angeles.  The FIBA game is different than the NBA game is different than the WNBA game is different than the men's NCAA game is different than the women's NCAA game.

Have you read the NCAA Women's Basketball Rules?  It is free to download.  
(I like the fact that they highlight RULE changes from year to year.)
I call your attention to Points of Emphasis:

• Enforcing the rules as written
  
• Screening
  
• Traveling
  
• Legal guarding position
  
• Post play/Three seconds in the lane
  
• Contact on and by the ball handler/dribbler
  
• Sporting behavior/conduct
  

I'll leave those as teasers, hoping people will actually look at them.  But I will quote one part

Officials are tasked with ensuring that the competing teams play within the
rules because the rules basically guarantee fair play to the end that no player
and neither team gains an unfair advantage over an opponent. When officials do
not enforce the playing rules, it impacts the purpose of the playing rules. There
is no room for personal philosophies or using “game management” to ignore
enforcing a playing rule. Likewise, the enforcement of a playing rule is never a
"game interrupter"

I believe we are all familiar with the feeling that OUR team is trying to play by the rules while THEIR team is trying to skirt the rules and get away with what they can.