This game was rigged.You always knew it was going to happen, but this actually sucks watching this happen to West Virginia. They played incredibly hard - holding Iowa to under 60 is just WOW. Kudos to the Mountaineers.
This game was rigged.You always knew it was going to happen, but this actually sucks watching this happen to West Virginia. They played incredibly hard - holding Iowa to under 60 is just WOW. Kudos to the Mountaineers.
Agree. No way the officials were going to let Clark lose her last home game.This game was rigged.
If Women's College Basketball refs were any good, they'd be refereeing Men's gamesWomen's officiating has zero credibility. Just awful.
Totally agree. Audi is a freshman that many thought at the start of the season would see limited playing time. And here we are in the Round of 32 as a starter. And as a freshman, she was up against two Mcdonald All American's (Brink and Iriafen) who are now a senior and junior, respectively. And while Brinks was First Team AP All American, Audi joined Iriafen as an Honorable Mention All-American. But more than anything, compared to Brinks, Audi looks like she enjoys the game and loves her team. She is also a great ambassador for ISU and Iowa. Personally, I put those personal items above everything else she has accomplished. As a final point, if we had had home court advantage rather than Stanford, we would have won!!I see on Iowa boards they're all celebrating that Audi had a bad game (I guess Audi winning isn't good for the state like we've been preached/yelled at) and all you have to do is throw two All American post players at her (as if hardly any team has that). Kind of ignoring if this is the #2 pick in the WNBA draft she actually had a worse game than Audi head to head and those two were directly matched up more often than Audi and Iriafen. Brink couldn't even stay on the floor against Audi, they could have called 15 fouls on her. They kind of bothered each other and cancelled each other out, and Audi had to deal with both of them where we didn't have a second threat down low.
It was crazy to see Audi respond with smiles and the Brink girl basically having a psychotic breakdown on national tv over it.
Most Hawk fans are miserable douchebags or fair-weather followers of whatever sport seems to be peaking.
While incredibly unfair, there's no hiding the fact that Audi will always draw haters and doubters because of her unique size and skill set. There are very few successful basketball players with that combination and she's probably the best I've ever seen with it. Add in their tendency to hate minorities or people perceived to be different and you have a toxic mess spewing out of Iowa City. They like their pretty, skinny, white players and anything else is considered a thug or second-rate wanna be.
It’s just so painfully obvious the directive is to make sure the stars and teams that will bring the eyeballs keep moving forward. I understand why too because it’s just trying to strike while the iron is hot, but they make it so obvious. And nobody can convince me otherwise that there is zero chance it’s not Iowa/LSU in the Elite 8. Only way is if one just plays so bad the officials can’t save them.
Yvonne Ejim is a great player for Gonzaga. Melvin is her brother. Does anyone know if ISU recruited her out of Canada?
They need to kick the first two rounds out of the home arenas if they want more parity in the tournament.Which hurts in the long run, because WV winning a game like that is the type of upset that can gin up interest - it’s what we love about the mens tournament.
It does seem like second round upsets are happening more often in the women’s tournament, so it’s headed the right way. But that story would’ve done wonders for WV’s program, and is the kind of upset that dispels the ‘lack of parity’ knock against WBB. That gets people to keep watching.
Mostly chalk (no surprise).
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22-10 fouls and 22-5 Ft disparity. Terrible lol
They need to kick the first two rounds out of the home arenas if they want more parity in the tournament.
I was just thinking this. We have a team that can get top 4 seeds.We'll be playing a different tune next season where WE will be vying for hosting the opening games in Hilton. We should be looking to host the next three seasons just like Iowa has been.
They tried this (2003-2008), and it was a massive flop. The attendance was terrible other than the host sites where the host team played, so they moved back to the sub-regionals. In 2008, we hosted at Wells Fargo at the # 7 seed.They need to kick the first two rounds out of the home arenas if they want more parity in the tournament.
Yeah I actually like the home games for the top 4 seeds. Even some of the men's games are absolutely horrible atmospheres in the NCAA Tournament neutral sites. Games should be played in front of a crowd, and women's basketball outside of a handful of schools still needs help with getting crowds.We'll be playing a different tune next season where WE will be vying for hosting the opening games in Hilton. We should be looking to host the next three seasons just like Iowa has been.