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#90210 - 04/07/10 08:34 PM Re: March Madness [Re: DaveS]
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Yes, Dave. That was the beauty of it. The calls and non-calls were consistent. I get irritated sometimes, mostly with NBA and not college, when what's a foul on one play is ignored on another. Over the course of a game, it may even out and maybe even favor the team that was screwed earlier. But what I've seen happen occasionally is Team A gets off to a good start and seems to be well on its way of taking control of the game. Then, as if to make sure that Team B isn't run out of the building, there's a period of 6-8 minutes when every time a Team A player touches an opponent, it's a foul. Team B becomes emboldened, because they know they can do this and that and not get called on it, and thus create turnovers that lead to easy baskets. Meanwhile, Team A becomes tentative, focusing more on the refs than doing their jobs. Within minutes, Team B, which was sluggish at the start, has a 15-point lead. By the time the calls start to even out, Team A has a 25-point hurdle to jump.
Once in a while, the Team A plays through the imbalance. And if they stick to doing their jobs, eventually the balance of calls will shift and Team A goes on to win the game or at least keep it close. More often, though, Team A becomes discombobulated and forgets to play basketball.
It doesn't happen a lot, but it does happen. I don't see it much at the college level.
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#90215 - 04/08/10 11:08 AM Re: March Madness [Re: jazzwriter]
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Way to go Lady Huskies! Sorry - just had to give them a plug! smile

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#90218 - 04/08/10 05:04 PM Re: March Madness [Re: golfwidow]
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The Lady Huskies need 10 wins!
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#90219 - 04/08/10 07:35 PM Re: March Madness [Re: TR808]
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Yeah but rumor has it that the NCAA was considering making them play the guys next year....then realized that they would probably beat 80 percent of male teams and decided against it....for fear that it would cause far to much embarrassment for the men! smile

They are one great team. It was good to see that at least Stanford gave them a good game in the final. No one else even came close to them in the tournament.

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