NCAA Tournament

[FartyEightHours]

No blood no foul

[Dr. Blackheart]

Call your own fouls would make more sense at this point

1. Go to six fouls. Should have happened with shot clock reduction and these increasing player control flops.
2. Extend the semi circle
3. Eliminate three seconds in the lane but outside the semi circle.
4. All reviews one minute or less or the call on the floor sticks.  Reviewed centrally in NCAA tournaments for entire game not just last two minutes.

[FartyEightHours]

Need to develop some ref robots

[panda]

1. Go to six fouls. Should have happened with shot clock reduction and these increasing player control flops.
2. Extend the semi circle
3. Eliminate three seconds in the lane but outside the semi circle.
4. All reviews one minute or less or the call on the floor sticks.  Reviewed centrally in NCAA tournaments for entire game not just last two minutes.

Agree - standardize refereeing as well. Move away from the paid independent contractor model.

[21Jumpstreet]

The women's national championship game hasn't been a great display of reffing.

Terrible refereeing, awesome game

[wadesworld]

Need to be making a play on the ball for a charge to be called. Get rid of sliding over and flopping.

Also not ref related, but standardize the basketball. How you can play with a different basketball depending on what gym you're in is so ridiculous.

[CountryRoads]

Need to be making a play on the ball for a charge to be called. Get rid of sliding over and flopping.

Also not ref related, but standardize the basketball. How you can play with a different basketball depending on what gym you're in is so ridiculous.

Leave it to the Badgers to use a particularly strange basketball for their home games. I recall they are the only school to use whatever brand they use.

[forgetful]

Need to be making a play on the ball for a charge to be called. Get rid of sliding over and flopping.

Also not ref related, but standardize the basketball. How you can play with a different basketball depending on what gym you're in is so ridiculous.

The fact that there isn't a standard basketball in the NCAA is absurd.

[TallTitan34]

I think I'm the only person in America who doesn't like Caitlin Clark.

Volume scorer who wants to sell t-shirts.

[wadesworld]

I think I'm the only person in America who doesn't like Caitlin Clark.

Volume scorer who wants to sell t-shirts.

I mean her true shooting percentage is 62%, eFG% is 57%, and she averages 8.6 assists per game. Compare that BEPOY Tyler Kolek whose true shooting percentage was 58%, eFG% was 54%, and averaged 7.5 assists per game.

She's awesome offensively.

[TallTitan34]

Not interested.

[MuggsyB]

I think I'm the only person in America who doesn't like Caitlin Clark.

Volume scorer who wants to sell t-shirts.

I can't say I've watched her much but I didn't get that impression Friday vs South Carolina.  She's incredibly skilled  and wasn't selfish at all moving the rock.

[NickelDimer]

I think I'm the only person in America who doesn't like Caitlin Clark.

Volume scorer who wants to sell t-shirts.

I don't really get this take. She's basically the female version of Steph.

[MUEng92]

I think I'm the only person in America who doesn't like Caitlin Clark.

Volume scorer who wants to sell t-shirts.

Outside of Louisiana and South Carolina...yes you are.

[MUDPT]

I don't really get this take. She's basically the female version of Steph.

"Coughs" Markus

[NickelDimer]

"Coughs" Markus

Except she makes her team significantly better. That's not a tourney team without her and she carried them to the finals. Not a great comp imo

[wadesworld]

Except she makes her team significantly better. That's not a tourney team without her and she carried them to the finals. Not a great comp imo

Laughable to suggest Markus didn't make his team significantly better. Carried a team whose second leading scorer was Sacar Anim to what would've been an NCAA Tourney bid. Take Markus off that team and they might've been this year's Georgetown team.

[Goose]

Tall Titan
That was the first women's NCAA game I have ever watched and came away with same feelings about Clark. I know she had a tough game due to foul troubles, but did not find her to be much watch TV. I had seen highlights and heard all of the hype and maybe had too high of expectations.

The refs sucked and not sure how Clark who does not play any defense could be foul trouble. As bad the refs were, Clark's lack of effort on defense was worse, imo.

[lawdog77]

Tall Titan
That was the first women's NCAA game I have ever watched and came away with same feelings about Clark. I know she had a tough game due to foul troubles, but did not find her to be much watch TV. I had seen highlights and heard all of the hype and maybe had too high of expectations.

The refs sucked and not sure how Clark who does not play any defense could be foul trouble. As bad the refs were, Clark's lack of effort on defense was worse, imo.

I don't know how somebody could have watched that 1st quarter and not came away extremely impressed.

[Goose]

Lawdog

I thought the first quarter was fun and Clark made some great plays, both passing and shooting. As I mentioned, maybe my expectations were too high. She has outstanding offensive talent and possibly worn out from the game on Friday and that is understandable. That said, a little defense would not hurt her game.

I hope she makes a ton of money and helps build excitement around the women's game. I am sure that I will tune in next year to see her play again.

[MUfan12]

I don't know how somebody could have watched that 1st quarter and not came away extremely impressed.

There's a good segment of people here that didn't appreciate our all time leading scorer, so that shouldn't be all that surprising.

[NickelDimer]

Laughable to suggest Markus didn't make his team significantly better. Carried a team whose second leading scorer was Sacar Anim to what would've been an NCAA Tourney bid. Take Markus off that team and they might've been this year's Georgetown team.

Safe to say your definition of significant differs from mine...pretty significantly

[4everwarriors]

#0 can't carry Clarke's jockstrap, hey?

[panda]

Safe to say your definition of significant differs from mine...pretty significantly

Markus Howard carried a team which featured Sacar anim as its second leading scorer to a safe ncaa bid. That is significant.

[tower912]

MU's all time leading scorer.  Two time all American.  Cousy award finalist as best PG in the country.

Disrespected by those who don't know ball.