Dirty Play, Physical Play.

[npignatjr]

A little clarification on my ‘tomahawk’ point.
The last game Paige played in, she hit the deck at least 4-5 times, pretty hard.
Doubt me, watch the replay.
One of the reasons I felt, at the time, she should have been sitting in the 4th.
( and I’m not splitting hairs as to when the fracture occurred)
If you don’t think opponents will be going at her hard(er), I think you are minimizing the competitive nature of the Tournament.
I’d also like to point to the Ducharme face foul.
Refs reviewed it over and over to determine intent, and found none (?), but I saw what I saw.
Basketball is a contact sport and I understand that.
And as an avid NCAA WBB fan, I’ve seen plenty of, shall I say, chippy play.
I really would like to be proven wrong, but I think opponent will be playing her tight and very physically.
I hope Geno plays Paige judiciously, as opposed to keeping her on the court when up by 20 with 2 minutes left ( sound familiar?).
At this point, winning by 40 doesn’t mean jack.
Just win and move on .

Caroline was hit in the head/face/neck multiple games in a row. The last in the Creighton game. She caught an elbow hard to the face by the elbow swinging in the first DePaul game

 

[nwhoopfan]

Been months but game started with Boston committing multiple pushing offensive fouls with none called.

That's par for the course. Boston is allowed to do anything on the court and she never gets called for fouls. At least any time I've ever seen her play.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

I feel like I see this a lot with off-arms. The offensive player will initiate the contact with their off arm and then a foul gets called. Happens more in the NBA and Men's game but it drives me nuts.

Watch Clark against MD the other night. I stopped counting how many times she pushed the defender with her off hand to clear space. She's too good to need to do all that. Dungey (?) did it a lot. And Sophie Cunningham and she liked the hook as well.

 

[Big Fan]

Ask Caroline if there was way too much banging on her head?

I'm still waiting for the refs to call the foul and do the mandatory review for a blow to the head.

 

[Cuango]

As long as it’s legal under the rules, I don’t care whether they call it close or “let them play”. What matters is, that they are consistent! If it’s a foul for one player/team then it has to be a foul for the other player/team as well!

 

[KingKong139]

I'm still waiting for the refs to call the foul and do the mandatory review for a blow to the head.

Did you not watch the loss to Villanova then? It quite literally happened a week ago and we got technical free throws via it. Some of the posters here say anything to validate UConn being the victim.

 

[npignatjr]

That's par for the course. Boston is allowed to do anything on the court and she never gets called for fouls. At least any time I've ever seen her play.

Tongue in cheek, maybe, I believe she averages A triple double every game, points, rebounds and fouls (called and not called)

 

[housekeys]

12 fts for Uconn, 10 for South Carolina in the SC win by 16 pts in November, pick another excuse.

Right. You do realize the impact of officials not calling fouls? How many of those on the stat sheet? This argument based on looking at the stat sheet to get a handle on how refs are doing is stale and rarely accurate.

 

[housekeys]

I hate when they call a foul on the defense and it's clear that the offensive player is initiating the contact.

I hate when they call a foul on the offense and it's clear the defensive player is initiating the contact.

We agree!!!