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Message: [QUOTE="HuskylnSC, post: 3369527, member: 7953"] IMHO, there are maybe 4 or 5 elite refs in WBB (I can think of 3 by face but not by name). What I believe happens is the following scenario. I know from experience that refs get into a rhythm of making calls. More than 90% of WBB games are played at a much slower pace than the average UConn game (and DePaul was not average). Once the game starts the refs will see a call and start to make the call in their natural rhythm and before the whistle blows, the play has moved on and the ref swallows the whistle (that's from personal experience). This goes on and players begin to expect the game called in a "Let the Ladies Play" mode. Coaches get hot, players take advantage, and the game quickly spirals. You get Bruno going into "Torch the Ref" mode and see CD pulling Geno back to the bench. (Did you think that was a very timid 'T' call by the ref on Doug. It was as if she didn't want to call it because he was right.) I believe it would behoove the NCAA to establish a core group of elite refs. These refs will be used only at the elite games and develop the rhythm necessary to give the elite teams the officiating they deserve. Of course, this would require the NCAA to admit that their general officiating sucks and they will never do that. [/QUOTE]