This game which has no impact on anything we are doing is the perfect example of what is happening in women's basketball.
You just witnessed the exact meaning of home cooking officiating. The official who completely missed the call - likely intentionally - also calls Big-12 games. Duke won lots of games at home this exact way. On the road they were absolutely miserable.
The Duke player used her forearm to knockdown the MSU player. But this lame-head official called the foul on the MSU player. She knew if she called it correctly it would foul out the Duke player - who is rough and a bit dirty. You will likely get to see it several times today because it is not only a horrible call at an extremely critical moment - but also a very dirty play. This Duke player was doing this kind of thing all day.
When the MSU coach argued she instantly called a technical on him. Perhaps this was her plan all along. Game over.
She had to have seen what really happened. It was too obvious. She wanted to call it that way. The game was getting too close, and MSU was making a big run. She did not like that.
Officials who do those kind of things should be fined 10 games worth of pay and not allowed to call another game for a year. That would stop that kind of trash.
Even the announcers called it home court cooking. There is absolutely no excuse for not forcing such an official to sit before the media and explain why they did such a thing. It was a call that could not possibly be missed. It was out in the open. Every person in the arena knew what happened - including this official - and the other 2 officials. There is just no way to condone this as "she missed it". But in a perfect example of what is going on in our society she won't be held accountable. No one wants to take responsibility for their mistakes or to hold others responsible for their mistakes.
