Running 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread

I grade officiating on a curve. I don't expect college officials to be as good as the pros, just like I don't expect high school officials to be as good as college ones. And officials are athletes and athletes, all of 'em, have bad days. But this crew was supposed to be, or at least the NCAA hoped they were, among the very best in women's basketball. They were lost from the start. This was a 1-16 mismatch, no, a December game scheduled by John Thompson mismatch. I longed for Richie Powers to come down in a cloud and confront Mulkey. I am also envious of super70s sports, who ran a photo of Mulkey and described her as "Siegfried and Roy's sister." The very mots juste.

 

She had to have said something, I would think.

 

If only the officials had gone full tiger …

 

An official can miss calls, but you can’t miss someone screaming at you at half court in a sequined, tiger-print sport suit.

That’s a warning the first time and a T the second time.

LSU was the better team. They win that game at least 4/5 times it’s played. I have no problem with the LSU players.

I hope Biden gives the players the finest prepared meal by the finest chef in DC and Mulkey gets KFC.

 

Since someone mentioned it.

 

You must have missed Clark doing the same sort of stuff to Hailey Van Lith of Louisville a couple rounds ago.

 

Mulkey, and the most flagrant violator in the men's game, Izzo, will continue to get away with it until some opposing coach brings it to a head by telling their players to flat-out truck 'em. Make it look good, make it look like an accident, but make sure you're fully on the playing floor, and then go 4-wheel-drive on their ass. (Try to wave both your arms in full helicopter mode as you tumble down.)

Yeah, it'll mean a 68-year-old man or a 5-foot-3 woman getting stomped on live teevee, but tough crap. Obey the rules. Stay off the court.

 

I believe she told HVL, another big trash talker, to "Shut up, you're losing by 15." She didn't chase her all over the court like Reese did to Clark.

I think this is over the top. But I'm an old man, shaking my fist at the clouds. Others may disagree, I'm cool with that.

 

I think that is probably the biggest thing. She didn’t do something in the heat of the moment and then go celebrate with her teammates. She followed her towards her bench and while everyone else is jumping in a pile. And if Clark had done the exact same thing there would be an outrage. You don’t need to rub it in to that extent