Women's March Madness: Cyclones vs Texas A&M 6 p.m. ESPN2

[DurangoCy]

I thought Ryan was abusing her defender, would've like to see her with the ball on one of the last possessions with Joens and Donarski as passing options. Just got too stagnant a few times.

Still completely stolen.

 

[tim_redd]

Officials made so many wrong calls. They seemed afraid to actually call anything of substance in the last 5 minutes of regulation and overtime. Even the substantive calls they should have made against us they didn't (e.g., elbow & possession at the end of regulation); it really just seemed like they were scared to call fouls or actually make game-determining calls when they needed to. It looks like they were trying to be "unbiased" with so much effort they stopped actually calling the reality of the game.

except for the jumpball call by the ref from behind the play with no sight of the ball

 

[Cyched]

Yeah I know people will ***** about the refs, deservedly so, but lets not act like we executed well down the stretch either.

One less turnover or bad possession, we win.

One less bad/no call, we win.

Just a brutal game to lose

 

[CyclonesFan4ever]

84-82 was the same score we lost to Texas in the Big12 tournament.

We should've been in this situation if the team stop driving to the traffic and if they kept moving the ball and taking open shots.

We had a lot of chances to make mid-range or short-range pullup jumpers. I don't understand why the players don't do that more often instead of keep driving to defenders' bodies and getting blocked or turning it over.

 

[cyclo120]

Love watching this team so damn tough wish it wasn’t over. Really want to see replay of regulation felt like whistle swallow. Wish are go to play end of clock wasn’t Jones top of key iso, let Ryan handle it and get to Jones in better position later in clock. Cant wait to have majority of this team back next year.

 

[Yaz]

Can't turn it over 25 times....officiating suspect, but I've seen worse. They play with more heart than I've seen the mbb team have in a few years. They play hard every play. Go State!

 

[cyclone87]

That was tough, but at least this team is young and should be very good in the coming years.

 

[jctisu]

As others have said, the one thing I am unhappy about (aside from the officials) is the end of the game and OT offense. I get Joens is what we have and it's hard not to let her just go to work. But you saw they were not going to blow the whistle so they got even more physical with her and we paid for it. Needed to trust someone else to make a shot that was open. If you miss, which we did on one open three, it happens. But at least you would have got a good look at it.

 

[cycloneworld]

Yeah I know people will ***** about the refs, deservedly so, but lets not act like we executed well down the stretch either.

Still should have won but you can’t blow a 9 point lead that late in the game. Too many turnovers and empty possessions.

 

[larrysarmy]

Nixon could’ve had 40 if she would just step back 1 ft on most of her long two’s, honestly kept us in it when we were trading 3’s for 2’s.

 

[Blandboy]

Never should've gone to OT. That "held" ball was totally bogus; the TAM player never had any possession of the ball.

 

[NetflixAndClone]

i was talking to my dad on the phone and I told him texas am could murder someone and the refs will swallow their whistle at the end. Was holding they would just take a chance on a jump shot before OT. Even though realistically Joens was our best option.

 

[CycloneWanderer]

except for the jumpball call by the ref from behind the play with no sight of the ball

It appears more "fair" to call a jump ball than a foul. If that is really a jump ball, then the elbow should have been called a foul as well. Since they reviewed and knew they screwed up, I suspect they didn't want to compound their errors by calling the elbow. They can walk away saying that it was "fair" officiating of them when really they just stopped officiating what they were seeing and started officiating what they thought the game should be.

 

[CloneZone13]

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[JM4CY]

 

[Blandboy]

Can't turn it over 25 times....officiating suspect, but I've seen worse. They play with more heart than I've seen the mbb team have in a few years. They play hard every play. Go State!

You've seen worse officiating? Which junior- high game was that?

 

[acoustimac]

To end on a bright note...the future is so bright. This will be a driving force behind the ladies next year.

 

[MartyFine]

Simply the worst officiating in the history of sport. Hard to view this as a legitimate event. Absolute travesty. I’d love for BF to go off on these refs post-game and I’ll start a GoFundMe to pay the fine.

 

[Nihawk]

Never should've gone to OT. That "held" ball was totally bogus; the TAM player never had any possession of the ball.

THIS!

 

[CyBobby]

Yeah there was plenty of chances for ISU to win it in OT. Two very costly turnovers though. Didn’t feel like the better team won.

this is two straight games the game was handed to texas AM.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ...Your Playing a Texas team in TEXAZZ.....The officiating in this tournament has been LOUSY TO SAY THE LEAST AND CRIMINAL TO SAY THE WORST!