Stumbled on to the women’s game at Purdue and holy living crap are the gals getting absolutely jobbed by the officiating. Just horrible officiating.
An unbelievable screw job
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Agree. Gustafson fouls out.
And then down one with 11 seconds to go and the shot clock at 5 seconds, refs call an off the ball intentional foul on Iowa. Weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.
I've never seen such bad officiating. I hope Bluder goes off in the post game interview. Take whatever fine the B1G gives you, but call out that crap.
Whenever anyone complains about officiating in a men's game, make them go watch a women's game. They have no idea how good they have it.
Bluder made the right call and Amanda did exactly what she was told to do - perfectly actually. Foul the worst shooter off the ball. Didn't use two hands. Didn't push aggressively. Really just impeded the player's progress. Unsportsmanlike ONLY because it was off the ball? That's not a thing.
It was horrendous. They even waited until time ran down so they could run a play to win.
Completely jobbed.
Completely jobbed.
Lisa tried to get cute, and it backfired. Down 1, play good D and you get the ball back with 8 seconds or so
Besides the bad calls I don't understand any of the coaches (Lisa) running the time clock down to 5 sec and taking a bad shot. In most cases it would be very easy to take a shot at about 40 sec. and then get a second one to end the quarter or half. Go two for one. Really mind boggling on this type of thought process, then they take a crap shot to end the shot clock at 25 seconds and the other team gets the last shot with plenty of time to set up a good play????
Lisa made some head-scratching moves, and the girls at times rebounded like their shoes were nailed to the floor, but the officiating was junior-high level, at best.
I thought the officiating was terrible last night and most nights at womens games. The female lastg night made very few calls. The white guy was bad but the black guy ref was terrible. He's the one who made most of the terrible calls against us down the stretch.
We should have won that game by 10. I didn't understand why the girl who Olinger fouled didn't have to be the one who shot the foul shots. The refs decided this game all 4th quarter. Making a call from the base line when another ref was 10 feet away from the foul didn't call it was wrong and then after reviewing the play on tv and huddling up they come up with 2 free throws for Purdue's best free throw shooter and then they get the ball was a game killer. Final score doesn't indicate the real game .
That man on Purdue's team (Lewis) needs to be tested just to make sure.
Lisa needs to have a couple of big girls on the bench that can play and she needs guards with some speed. We have the shortest, slowest guards you can get with Davis and Sevillian. Ideally, Meyer would come off the bench and only play when she is hitting her shots.
I really enjoy watching Gustafson play. I wish the refs would have let her play last night.
We should have won that game by 10. I didn't understand why the girl who Olinger fouled didn't have to be the one who shot the foul shots. The refs decided this game all 4th quarter. Making a call from the base line when another ref was 10 feet away from the foul didn't call it was wrong and then after reviewing the play on tv and huddling up they come up with 2 free throws for Purdue's best free throw shooter and then they get the ball was a game killer. Final score doesn't indicate the real game .
That man on Purdue's team (Lewis) needs to be tested just to make sure.
Lisa needs to have a couple of big girls on the bench that can play and she needs guards with some speed. We have the shortest, slowest guards you can get with Davis and Sevillian. Ideally, Meyer would come off the bench and only play when she is hitting her shots.
I really enjoy watching Gustafson play. I wish the refs would have let her play last night.
I thought the same thing. when did a foul off the ball become intentional/technical?????
And when was the last time you saw an intentional foul called on anyone? I think it's been years since I've seen one called, even though we all know that's what's happening at the end of tight games.
On unsportsmanlike fouls the shooting team gets to pick who shoots the foul shots.
They women definitely got jobbed for sure. Although they were up 8 late and let it get away. Something else i noticed, they really miss a jamie dixson type, a knock down shooter from outside.
I stand corrected..my bad. Although that does make that particular call last night even more of a head scratcher.
Lol my bad. Melissa was a great shooter. They don't really have that on this team it doesn't seem.
Melissa Printy? 
Didn’t see the game, but I do find women’s basketball to be tough to watch because of the bad officiating. Somehow they tend to destroy the flow of the game.
Didn’t see the game, but I do find women’s basketball to be tough to watch because of the bad officiating. Somehow they tend to destroy the flow of the game.
The 'intentional' foul for basically obstructing, or playing defense too tight made me wonder how much PurDont paid that ref in BONU$ money
Agreed, and then the announcers commented after the official explained it to them that it was because of the "distance the foul was from the ball". So had she been 5' closer to the ball the world continues to turn? Seriously?
Amanda didn't do anything dirty or cheap. It was a foul that was totally strategic which in end-of-game scenarios happen...oh, I don't know...ALWAYS! So the officials get together and chat about it for a few minutes and decide that was the call?
Which I would like to see the 5th foul on MG again....the one they tried to give to everyone including the bus driver. It appears a legal screen was set, she legally tried to get through/around it, and the girl fell. Just because someone hits the deck doesn't mean a whistle has to blow.
I understand officials are harder to find these days, but the B1G should be embarrassed that they have people like that doing games at that level.
And Bluder's coaching last night would lead to fraud charges in that same court.
Watched the whole game and they definitely were very bad and bias officials. But, the women perimeter players were inconsistent as usual. Without MG this is a very pedestrian team. Not good for the near future prospects after this year.
Scoring 57 points definitely was not Iowa's style. Not surprising that they lost. Although, they were up 6 or 8 points midway through the 4th quarter and let the game slip away. There would not have been any of the late game controversies if they could just play composed down the stretch.
These refs were just itching to call a touch-foul., and Purdue is going to have the ball in the hands of a good free-throw shooter. And IF a foul isn't called, then you have to get the rebound. If there's a scramble at all, then more seconds are lost. Fouling a terrible foul shooter (less than 50%) off the ball was absolutely the correct call. Worst-case scenario, player uncharacteristically makes both, and you still have a chance to tie. Well, I suppose worst-case scenario is ref invents a rule and Purdue's best free-throw shooter ends up shooting the free-throws anyway....I guess Bluder should have anticipated that.
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The 5th foul on Megan was BS. Oden started to flop before the contact. Megan simply turned. Purdue players coached to cheat. And the intentional foul the player was out of bounds and then runs at Amanda's outstretched arm. Final foul the Purdue player initiatives contact with Megan. Even the BTN announcer saw it
Actually I think it was the same ref that called the pass interference penalty at the end of the Iowa football game in W. Lafayette.
If you’re going to foul do it right away, not after taking the clock down. The point of fouling is to extend the game. Even if that whole scenario happens with 35 seconds left we still have a shot. With 10 seconds, not so much
