re: Duke committed two violations on game winning play - officials swallowed their whistles

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I re-watched it several times and encourage you to do the same,

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Nah, I’m good

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Basketball in the women’s game is pretty bad

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FIFY

They were setting moving picks all night.

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Softest rims I've noticed in a basketball game. Pretty much everything that hit the rim bounced in.

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The last shpt actually hung up on the front rim after two spins prior to dropping through.

I watched a very competitive game until about 9 minute mark on the 2nd half. The game was tied I think and for the next 2-3 minutes, Duke received every call that was made and built about a 10-12 pt lead. I couldn't help but notice a change in the officiating, especially by the ref you mentioned. Every shot Duke put up whether made or not got a foul call. I couldn't see some of them. Every drive by LSU received some serious contact, and not once in that time period was Duke called for foul.
I turned the game off at that point, expecting a 15 pt loss if the officiating remained that way to the end.
I was surprised to see replays later than LSU was actually leading with 2.7 seconds to play. I thought the same on non walking call, but those refs weren't sophisticated enough to call that, as they couldn't count to 3 on the Duke bigs, especially the blonde girl, camping out in the lane for 5-6 seconds at a time....and yes I counted the seconds.
All in all, Duke was just too big in the paint for LSU to handle. LSU has to change that if LSU has sights on an future titles. Every team left is very big. LSU has to shoot fantastice to overcome that size issue, and our best shooters had an off game. It happens.

FJ left her feet, never leave your feet in that situation

the Duke player could have easily drifted up into FJ and got a foul called, three FTs to make two for the win

just really poor defense by FJ and the shooter pulled one out of her arse

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If Flauje struck her hand as she shot and missed would it be OK not to call it because its the end of the game? If it happens you call it. Just ask Gus Rudolph.

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You never answered my question:

If Duke and LSU were reversed, would you believe those calls should be made AGAINST us???

Please provide an honest answer.

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You never answered my question:

If Duke and LSU were reversed, would you believe those calls should be made AGAINST us???

Please provide an honest answer.

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If the violation occurred the calls should be made against either team. If LSU got away with no call I wouldn't suggest they forfeit thje win , any more than Duke did. It still doesn't change the fact there was an illegal screen and travleing on one play. If its a violation in the first quarter its also a violation on the game ending play.

Thanks for breaking down the sequence of that final play.

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First, right call or not Duke deserved to win that game, we got out played and out coached .

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How can you say that when after 39 minutes and 57 seconds LSU had the lead other than you view only the negative plays the Tigers had. Would you still say the same thing if the last shot had missed? Or would you thens ay Duke got outplayed and out coached?

Those were not minor violations. Maybe the illegal screen got caught up in the mesh, but the shuffling of the feet and change of pivot foot was clear and out in the open and the kind of " minor " violation often called during the flow of the game and it should be called at the end.