Someone say the silent part out loud for me

[CoKane]

Why would the NCAA want to intentionally screw the biggest star in WBB out of winning a championship? I keep seeing people say(not all Hawk fans) that the game was not reffed fairly towards both ends and that "you know why" they wouldn't want Clark to be a national champion, which is why the game was fixed for LSU.

But I actually do not know why. At all. I'm beyond confused. Someone help.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

LSU had the far superior athleticism. Plus they shot lights out. Iowa deserved to lose but the refs were epic terrible.

 

[Stewo]

It's just one of the many things that stupid sports fans say. There was no fix.

 

[MeowingCows]

There was almost 40 fouls called, that's just over-officiating - not necessarily biased officiating. And at the end of the day, officiating doesn't allow the opponent to hang 100 on you. Sometimes they just have a good day.

 

[Gonzo]

Refs were awful all the way around, didn't really affect one team more than the other IMO. Except maybe for that 'T'. That was ridiculous.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Refs gave up 102 points for LSU, allowed them to outrebound Iowa by 11 with more assists and less turnovers.

Them damn refs.

 

[BCClone]

LSU had the far superior athleticism. Plus they shot lights out. Iowa deserved to lose but the refs were epic terrible.

I admit the refs were poor, but what women’s basketball I’ve watched, it seemed kinda par for the course. Even if you disagree with that, they were consistently inconsistent on both teams, sand you had 180 plus points scored in a game so they weren’t crazy heavy calling stuff.

 

[carvers4math]

I didn’t watch but was afraid because they think she’s good for the sport, they would give her a pass on everything like usual. She should foul out after the first five times she drives every game.

 

[ISUTex]

Refs were awful all the way around, didn't really affect one team more than the other IMO. Except maybe for that 'T'. That was ridiculous.

Well. Chucking the ball in a tantrum is ridiculous too.

 

[cyclonespiker33]

LSU had the far superior athleticism. Plus they shot lights out. Iowa deserved to lose but the refs were epic terrible.

I didn't watch any of the game so this is an honest question. Were the refs terrible both ways? Because I see that Iowa ended up with just one more foul than LSU.

 

[Trice]

There are plenty of other threads to chew over the game or Caitlin Clark. I'm curious about the OP's original question as well.

 

[BCClone]

I didn't watch any of the game so this is an honest question. Were the refs terrible both ways? Because I see that Iowa ended up with just one more foul than LSU.

They consistently inconsistent to both teams. Iowa committed 3 intentional fouls at the end to force free throws. Take that out and they had 2 less fouls.

 

[Cyrocks]

There are plenty of other threads to chew over the game or Caitlin Clark. I'm curious about the OP's original question as well.

You can't explain logic to a group of illogical people

 

[Cyclonsin]

I didn't watch any of the game so this is an honest question. Were the refs terrible both ways? Because I see that Iowa ended up with just one more foul than LSU.

I paid some attention to the game. Felt to me like a lot of the MBB games I watched this year that turned into ref shows. General over-officiating like we've seen dozens of times. Didn't feel unfair to me. Certainly not enough to swing the game in LSU's favor.

 

[Gonzo]

There are plenty of other threads to chew over the game or Caitlin Clark. I'm curious about the OP's original question as well.

I haven't heard or read anything where people are saying the NCAA wanted to screw Iowa/CC out of the title. If they are saying that, I agree it's a weird take and I don't get it either.

 

[spk123]

I didn't watch any of the game so this is an honest question. Were the refs terrible both ways? Because I see that Iowa ended up with just one more foul than LSU.

I thought the refs were poor all around - over-officiating like others have said. Both teams had some calls go against them that probably shouldn't have. The Clark technical might tip the scales into the refs being just a little worse for Iowa, but we'd be talking about a difference of couple of points... not 17.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Iowa's strategy against South Carolina and LSU was the same --

-- we're smaller but more skilled/better shooters/have the ur-shooter of women's basketball
-- pack it in and make them shoot over us/crash the defensive glass to give ourselves a chance
-- South Carolina responded to this by playing an extremely ugly form of basketball where they would miss outside shots and hope to score in the scrum for offensive rebounds (which they often pulled down because they were bigger and stronger than Iowa's posts) or to draw a foul on putting back putbacks
-- South Carolina hung with Iowa but, in the end, Clark making three is better than a post making two
-- they tried the same thing against LSU, but LSU made its outside shots, game over

I don't think the officiating was great, but you when your game plan is allowing so many open threes and just hoping the other team doesn't make them and they make them... then that is on you.

 

[Trice]

I haven't heard or read anything where people are saying the NCAA wanted to screw Iowa/CC out of the title. If they are saying that, I agree it's a weird take and I don't get it either.

I saw some people hinting at that kind of language but not outright calling it a conspiracy or whatever. I chalked it up to sour grapes.

 

[BCClone]

Iowa's strategy against South Carolina and LSU was the same --

-- we're smaller but more skilled/better shooters/have the ur-shooter of women's basketball
-- pack it in and make them shoot over us/crash the defensive glass to give ourselves a chance
-- South Carolina responded to this by playing an extremely ugly form of basketball where they would miss outside shots and hope to score in the scrum for offensive rebounds (which they often pulled down because they were bigger and stronger than Iowa's posts) or to draw a foul on putting back putbacks
-- South Carolina hung with Iowa but, in the end, Clark making three is better than a post making two
-- they tried the same thing against LSU, but LSU made its outside shots, game over

I don't think the officiating was great, but you when your game plan is allowing so many open threes and just hoping the other team doesn't make them and they make them... then that is on you.

LSU knew how to stop the pick and roll.

 

[Al_4_State]

The refs were incompetent, but I don't think they had a bias.

The technical on Clark was some of the weakest **** I'd ever seen, and if I were an Iowa fan, I'd be apoplectic.