Lobo and Ruocco

[freshler40]

Beside the horrendous miss on the kick ball with 1:33 left and a 4 point swing how did they miss Brinks push Beal in the back when she was driving to the hoop with :51 seconds left..Believe me I'm no SC fan but that is terrible officiating

Amen, one of the worst non calls in the tourney.

 

[Magy Cannon]

I love Rebecca as a commentator. Though yes, I want to hear who is coming in to the game and on whom the foul was called.

 

[huskies29]

Basketball is not football where you can throw the flag and then pick it up and waive off a penalty. For better or worse, we're stuck with the ref blows the whistle, someone has to be assessed a foul.

 

[huskies29]

Basketball is not football where you can throw the flag and then pick it up and waive off a penalty. For better or worse, we're stuck with the ref blows the whistle, someone has to be assessed a foul.

If their going to have replays to correct calls on out of bounds, clock etc they should be able to change a foul call that is incorrect

 

[Padutch5]

I agree. But it is not unusual to see the refs huddle and change who the foul was called on.

 

[nomdoux]

Did either-- but esp Ruocco as play-by-play announcer-- highlight Christyn Williams' foul trouble before that seeming phantom call that fouled her out?

I was shocked to discover that was her 5th. If not, poor job on broadcast, particularly since CW was our hottest player & likely critical to any comeback.

Otherwise, I think Ruocco is okay but miss Adam Amin in that role. He was a real credit to ESPN's WCB coverage IMHO. Their 3-person booth with Kara Lawson joining Lobo on color was fantastic.

 

[Artifact]

The refs even went to the monitor on Williams 5th foul and still completely blew the call.

I remember ref's made a foul call on Boston & reversed it when reviewing it on the monitor, when S.C. played UConn. This violation with CW, was a erroneous call as was proved by review on tv from all angles ? But no reversal, which definitely influenced the game. NCAA, must spend more, supposedly 50/50 money, on training competent ref's in that we would have more faith in the end result !

 

[Bald Husky]

Christyn was so gracious with her post game interview. You could see how upset she was, but not once did she show any distain with the call against her. I was surprised when she said that they thought the game was going to be easy, hence the immaturity that Geno spoke of. I think she is a great representative for the UConn program, and I believe she will show us and the country how passionate and great she can be next year.

 

[Littlemin]

The problem with the Williams call is there was no foul by anyone on the play. Given that and since they can’t rescind the call completely, they had no choice but to stick with the original call, which was on Williams.