What was she looking at?

[WiseWillie]

That was the Pac 12 ref Kyle Bacon. He called almost every ticky-tack foul that put UCONN in trouble. And he ignored the hard contact inflicted on the Huskies.
I watched the replay today & it verified my concern about the ref. But the ironic part is that the other ref Brian Hall called most of the USC fouls. I wonder if he didn't care for the one- sided whistle from his counterpart.

A ref from the Pac 12 officiated at the Elite 8 with a Pac 12 team participating? Why? Refs weren't available from other conferences? The NCAA not involved?

 

[GoUconn7961]

Stop getting bent out of shape if someone suggests that AE flops now and then. Goodness.
Every team does it. Most players have tried it.

 

[AgStatesman]

One area where women have not caught up to men is in critical analysis. Men are fair game for any and all criticism but if you do the same to women you are picking on them. Get over it. Criticism is fair game, even for the Husky's. While im on it, stop blaming the refs every time a uconn player screws up and has a terrible foul.

"tough Canadian" is redundant.

 

[Pharos]

Stop getting bent out of shape if someone suggests that AE flops now and then. Goodness.
Every team does it. Most players have tried it.

"I 'suggest' AE flops" is not the same as "She's a flopper."

 

[FormerCTrez]

Stop getting bent out of shape if someone suggests that AE flops now and then. Goodness.
Every team does it. Most players have tried it.

I don’t think anyone is getting “bent out of shape“ over the suggested AE flops. But I do believe that everyone on this board has the privilege of responding to topics of interest, regardless of who agrees or disagrees. That’s how conversations occur.

 

[Alydar]

I do think AE is a little bit of a flopper. She is way too big and way too athletic to be pulled down as often as she is.

From behind it's clear that the defender pulled her down by the shoulder. Clear as day. And with Arnold driving it was in the refs' field of vision.

 

[UConnCat]

Some posts in this thread are flops.

 

[Skeets]

Wasn’t it Azzi that Aaliyah fell (or was pushed) into?

Duh! You're right. Paige's first injury was the non-contact injury at the end of the game. However, I still think AE flew backwards way too easily for a player of her size and strength.

 

[Skeets]

Let me clarify my previous post. There's a difference (in my mind) between flopping and selling, or over selling, a real foul. A foul is a foul regardless of the sell job. I can't recall any UConn player flopping on a non-foul. When AE fell backwards that was a foul, just sold a little bit. I don't recall, was that called a foul? I was focused on the injury...

I don't want to hear about broken noses. How is that germane to a player selling a foul? Please explain.

 

[Blacketh’D]

I mean it’s like soccer I guess. You have possession, you make a score, play on. We didn’t need a foul called and it didn’t affect the outcome of the game.

 

[jabstep]

Wasn’t it Azzi that Aaliyah fell (or was pushed) into?

AE was pushed by KK Bransford from ND and fell back onto Azzi's leg.