Creighton vs SC

[Omaha-Jays]

Such a fun ride. Ran into a brick wall today, just out of our depth in size and athleticism. Couldn't get anything going.

Such a fun run, our first time playing with these types of programs and knocking off two top 10 teams to get here is nothing to sneeze at. A good soph class that should stick around, hopefully, this can help recruiting and keep us as a tourney regular going forward.

In the meantime go win another title UConn!

 

[HuskyNan]

Such a fun ride. Ran into a brick wall today, just out of our depth in size and athleticism. Couldn't get anything going.

Such a fun run, our first time playing with these types of programs and knocking off two top 10 teams to get here is nothing to sneeze at. A good soph class that should stick around, hopefully, this can help recruiting and keep us as a tourney regular going forward.

In the meantime go win another title UConn!

We were rooting for you!

 

[JellyBean]

Such a fun ride. Ran into a brick wall today, just out of our depth in size and athleticism. Couldn't get anything going.

Such a fun run, our first time playing with these types of programs and knocking off two top 10 teams to get here is nothing to sneeze at. A good soph class that should stick around, hopefully, this can help recruiting and keep us as a tourney regular going forward.

In the meantime go win another title UConn!

Good run. Nobody expected you guys to make it this far. You guys did very well. One heck of a run. Something to build on for the future. Plus, you guys have one of my all time favorite coaches on staff; Coach Connie Yori. Great basketball mind!! Love listening to her talk about anything! She is awesome!! Great people.

 

[housekeys]

Lilliputians not given a chance by the officials when they were already at a big disadvantage in the land of the giants?

SC wanted to send a message? Doesn't work that way.....different matchups and now a different UConn team.

UConn has to take care of business with NCST first. Then if they prevail, Texas or Stanford. Not too worried about SC at this point, although I agree that as an exercise, UConn matches up better against SC than Creighton.

 

[fomalhaut]

I counted four clear fouls (uncalled) against South Carolina in the first four minutes. I turned it off after that.

 

[housekeys]

Joseph Vaszily was a referee in tonight's game. I consider him bad for the game because the way he calls games. Allows obvious contact, tugging and violations with freedom of motion, but is quick to call questionable 3 second violations, questionable travels, questionable moving screens etc. Definitely favors "tough" play in the women's game, which I personally do not like.

He has officiated 3 of UConn's 5 losses this year. Also officiated a few of our bigger wins, and the near loss to Depaul (Caroline's last second basket for the win). In 2019, officiated our final four loss to Notre Dame, I believe.

It is not like he purposely hates UConn, let's be clear. But, just like people talk about how teams "match up" with each other; UConn, for some reason, does not "match up" well with this official. I dread UConn has him if they move to the final four.

 

[uconnfan68]

I no longer understand what a foul is.

I saw SC had zero fouls with 4 minutes left in the 4th. I saw at least 2 in the minute I watched. Conversely, they were in the Bonus.

 

[darkstar1]

I counted four clear fouls (uncalled) against South Carolina in the first four minutes. I turned it off after that.

SC didn’t need the refs help in the game, but they sure got it. Very one sided terrible job by refs. Is it too much to ask for consistency? Call it loose or call it tight, just be consistent…and call both halves the same. Yeah, I know, too much to ask.

 

[Ferrarifan]

Joseph Vaszily was a referee in tonight's game. I consider him bad for the game because the way he calls games. Allows obvious contact, tugging and violations with freedom of motion, but is quick to call questionable 3 second violations, questionable travels, questionable moving screens etc. Definitely favors "tough" play in the women's game, which I personally do not like.

He has officiated 3 of UConn's 5 losses this year. Also officiated a few of our bigger wins, and the near loss to Depaul (Caroline's last second basket for the win). In 2019, officiated our final four loss to Notre Dame, I believe.

It is not like he purposely hates UConn, let's be clear. But, just like people talk about how teams "match up" with each other; UConn, for some reason, does not "match up" well with this official. I dread UConn has him if they move to the final four.

You are dead on with him. He has not been kind to us. It really is a combination of issues. First, our offense goes from very good to horrid when we face physical teams that aggressively pressure the ball and grab or bump anyone in the paint. Second, our defense relies on forcing bad shots and getting defensive rebounds. When we get a ref that doesn't call any contact in the paint other than touch fouls on shooters, we are in trouble.

So, yes, the refs absolutely matter. But it would also be nice for the program to figure out how to score and rebound against teams like UCF and South Carolina.

 

[VaConnFan11]

Creighton ran a very good offensive scheme in the 1st quarter. If they hadn't missed 4 layups they would have been tied or up after 1 quarter. Left them in a hole they couldn't dig out of.

Officiating has been bad overall. It's bad to actually miss calls, but it's really bad to call fouls that didn't happen. I have seen multiple examples of both.

 

[Ferrarifan]

Creighton ran a very good offensive scheme in the 1st quarter. If they hadn't missed 4 layups they would have been tied or up after 1 quarter. Left them in a hole they couldn't dig out of.

Officiating has been bad overall. It's bad to actually miss calls, but it's really bad to call fouls that didn't happen. I have seen multiple examples of both.

I actually think they are equally bad. Not calling fouls allows teams to totally disrupt freedom of movement. And that turns the game into street ball. And that favors the less skilled team. I believe we are, by far, the most skilled team in the country. But we suck at street ball.