Great game. Refs letting them play. Refreshing
1 point game 40 secs
1 point game 40 secs
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You must not have watched the game, earlier.
Imagine saying 5-6 years ago that it was rigged AGAINST UConn. I’m still mad about the retroactive flagrant they gave Dom Dillingham when Katie Lou Samuelson acted like she had a crushed larynx.
Clark gets all the accolades for her scoring but her passing is a thing of beauty.
Reminds me of Larry Bird passing.
These girls can shoot a mid range jumper so much better than the guys!
I love watching them play.
Much better pure basketball!!
Reminds me of Larry Bird passing.
These girls can shoot a mid range jumper so much better than the guys!
I love watching them play.
Much better pure basketball!!
Rigged...bogus foul late. We all knew Iowa would get put through. SC will roll them now.
The last of pure amateurism. I predict highschool ball will captivate the new amateur competition market. I wish I could find and bump my thread from 3 years ago. It’s all falling in line with what I predicted…as we watch all men’s college sports and amateur status crumble.
Connecticut played their *** off tonight. They had Iowa down in the first half with their feet on Iowa's neck. But they let Iowa get back in the game. They may have called that defensive foul late, but they let a lot of fouls play on when Connecticut was trying to play close on defense. Iowa could've lost that game because of their sloppy passing, but somehow they found a way to win. Connecticut played a hell of a game.
The thing is, they are all playing for second place to South Carolina.
The thing is, they are all playing for second place to South Carolina.
Watching it multiple times it’s a foul but one that rarely gets called in the course of a game and never gets called in the last possession of a game.
I might be ok if that call had freed someone for a wide open layup or something and they had been letting similar screens go the whole game.
I was pulling for Iowa but that left a bitter taste. Brought up bad memories or Morgan getting mugged with a no-call in the final minute of the championship game
I might be ok if that call had freed someone for a wide open layup or something and they had been letting similar screens go the whole game.
I was pulling for Iowa but that left a bitter taste. Brought up bad memories or Morgan getting mugged with a no-call in the final minute of the championship game
I actually think it's refreshing to see a foul called late when it should be. They're trying to free up their best player for a game winner. If you slide into the screen there it should be called.
That game should be a white paper for ncaa refs to learn how to not call a game.
It was awful, but it was pretty equally awful.
Tomahawk chop to the skull from behind by UCONN when Iowa is shooting?...no call.
Set a screen then mow the player down by running thru her?...no call.
Phantom fouls called. Actual fame changing could not called.
Etc etc.
As someone who has no dog in the hunt with WBB, it is a worse reffed sport compared to MBB.
And the women are now pushing the tempo faster, but it's like their feet often. can't keep up with their torsos. So many fast breaks are out of control throw the ball up attempts because the defense is in position and the ball handler can't move their feet quickly enough to stay in control.
It was awful, but it was pretty equally awful.
Tomahawk chop to the skull from behind by UCONN when Iowa is shooting?...no call.
Set a screen then mow the player down by running thru her?...no call.
Phantom fouls called. Actual fame changing could not called.
Etc etc.
As someone who has no dog in the hunt with WBB, it is a worse reffed sport compared to MBB.
And the women are now pushing the tempo faster, but it's like their feet often. can't keep up with their torsos. So many fast breaks are out of control throw the ball up attempts because the defense is in position and the ball handler can't move their feet quickly enough to stay in control.
Yah, it was a totally legit call. That's a foul ever single time.
To be honest, it was a very difficult game to officiate. Someone was going to be upset.
Our Men’s team was probably called for that same call 20 times this past season.
yea it was more the chicken wing elbow. pretty obvious
lil hun gabby took a beating last night - probably a little sore this morning
Definitely was a foul. just rarely called in that scenario.
What a hell of a basketball game. Kudos for Geno's team. He always shows why he's one of the best..... Those Iowa girls got hot at the right time and just kept pulling away late.
What a hell of a basketball game. Kudos for Geno's team. He always shows why he's one of the best..... Those Iowa girls got hot at the right time and just kept pulling away late.
It was the same thing they did to us against ND. It's bogus and rigged! They selectively call/dont call fouls in these women's games far too often.
Definitely looks more egregious from this angle and yeah its a foul. . . . . .Plus, they should call another foul for the hair alone. . . . .
If it's rigged, the refs sure did let it get down to the literal last seconds before ensuring Iowa won.
Not sure how you could ever explain the process of rigging a game and relying on UCONN to do something worthy of calling a foul on the offensive end before a shot is taken.
It's almost as if...it isn't rigged and the refs called a foul on a contact that impacted play, which is what should happen.
Wonder how many times Geno has been the benefactor of close calls late in games. I'm willing to bet he's had far more go in his favor than the other way around.
Other terrible calls-
- Iowa lays the ball up and UCONN tomahawk chops the shooter in the head from behind. Clear as day in real time.
- Clark drives the lane, shoves off her defender with an obvious elbow extension to clear space, and shoots from 12'...and if it isn't an offensive foul, then it's a blocking foul on UCONN.
- UCONN is called for fouling an Iowa player who drove the lane when both UCONN defenders actually jumped backwards to not make contact.
- Stuelke and the UCONN big locked arms on both ends of the court and it impacted the game but wasn't called probably 10 times. Just no call after no call and it helped/hurt both teams.
The women's game has gotten faster, but it is still slow enough to easily make these calls and see who is actually initiating contact.
As said last night, the reffing I have seen in WBB this season is pretty unimpressive.
Also, why did the refs stop play and review the Iowa 3pt shot with a foot in the line? This isn't a complaint, it's me not understanding the process. In the men's game, they call it in the court and wait for the next break (timeout usually) to review. Wonder what the difference in scenario was.
- Iowa lays the ball up and UCONN tomahawk chops the shooter in the head from behind. Clear as day in real time.
- Clark drives the lane, shoves off her defender with an obvious elbow extension to clear space, and shoots from 12'...and if it isn't an offensive foul, then it's a blocking foul on UCONN.
- UCONN is called for fouling an Iowa player who drove the lane when both UCONN defenders actually jumped backwards to not make contact.
- Stuelke and the UCONN big locked arms on both ends of the court and it impacted the game but wasn't called probably 10 times. Just no call after no call and it helped/hurt both teams.
The women's game has gotten faster, but it is still slow enough to easily make these calls and see who is actually initiating contact.
As said last night, the reffing I have seen in WBB this season is pretty unimpressive.
Also, why did the refs stop play and review the Iowa 3pt shot with a foot in the line? This isn't a complaint, it's me not understanding the process. In the men's game, they call it in the court and wait for the next break (timeout usually) to review. Wonder what the difference in scenario was.
Yeah he has definitely had a lot of calls go his team's way.
Just based on sheer number of years coaching, he has gotten a ton of em.
I can't imagine a D1 coach staying at the same school for 39 years.
It's almost unheard of- out of all the coaches thru the last half century, I think Boeheim and Coach K are the only other two with more years at one school.
It's amazing what Auriemma built and has maintained at UCONN. A program that dominant for that many years has definitely seen it's share of beneficial calls thru the years.
another aspect no one is talking about is that the feet are only supposed to be no more than shoulder length apart... their (i think i got it right) legs are like 8 ft apart... i just heard that on espn radio.
The Iowa player should have grabbed her throat and flopped on the ground like a fish until they called a flagrant on that elbow. It works for uconn.
An 'article' where a bunch of tweets are collected and posted.
Thanks for posting, as I had been wondering what Nick Van Exel and Rudy Gay thought about the call.**
They are wrong. That was an illegal screen. She takes a huge step towards the defender and leans in. But they kept showing the replay from the half court angle where you can’t see any of that. The Iowa guys tweet above is a good shot. It’s pretty egregious and stupid.
In what world is that even close to being a controversial call?
That’s not even a controversial call. It was a clear moving screen. Why anyone would want to be a basketball referee is beyond me. You make the right call and you still get hate for it because it “impacted the game”. Well no schitt. The UConn player tried to impact the game by setting an illegal screen to free up a shooter. The referee rightly called it as a foul.
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