Officiating

[SoonerNorm]

Officiating in the NBA is worse than college. I don't know if the refs call games the way they've been told or if they come up with this on their own but I would take the refs in NCAA women's basketball any day over those guys in the NBA.

 

[MsProudSooner]

I don't watch enough of the NBA to have an educated opinion, but it does seem very suspect. The fact that one official was convicted of manipulating the point spread a few years ago makes me very skeptical of them all.

 

[35TangoTango]

Definitely a differently called game. A post player turning around and lowering a shoulder into the defender is consistently not a charge at that level. I don't think the officiating is worse - just the guidelines are different.

Also, watching the NCAA tournament, the refs in the men's game miss abut the same number of calls as the women's refs.