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Message: [QUOTE="YKCornelius, post: 5289161, member: 9864"] A lot of changes have been made to the women's game over the past decade. It seems like the Rules Committee at both the WNBA and NCAA come out with new rule tweaks and new "Points of Emphasis" practically every year now. However, strangely enough, even with the advent of advanced metrics and multiple TV angles, it also seems like there hasn't been much progress made in capturing all of the action that occurs in the game correctly. Here are three rules pertaining to "official scoring" that I wish were incorporated into both the WNBA and Women's NCAA D1: 1. With the availability of TV replays for games at both of these levels, I think it would be prudent to have the official scorer review the game either before or after the lead official signs the scorebook, and ensure that the assignment of all stats are correct. Leaving the assessment of what occurred during the course of a game up to what 1-3 individuals at the scorer's table can determine at the moment seems fraught with potential errors and/or gaps in statistics. For example, Paige "airballed" a shot from behind the arc late in their last game against the Sky, but should the Sky defender have been credited for a blocked shot? 2. I think a player should be credited with [B]an assist[/B] when she passes the ball to a shooter who is then fouled in the act of shooting without scoring the basket, but then proceeds to make at least one subsequent free throw. Right now, the assist occurs only when the shooter makes the basket. 3. I think a player should NOT be given credit for an offensive rebound when she rebounds her own missed/blocked shot. For recording purposes, score it as a team offensive rebound. (This recommendation probably wouldn't go over too well with those in Angel Reese's orbit.) :rolleyes: Anybody have ties with Cathy Engelbert or the NCAA WBB Rules Committee? [/QUOTE]

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