When all sports Twitter comes together to raise concerns over something, you know it’s bad. Fans on both sides of the aisle along with prominent basketball media made it known that the officiating in the women’s national championship game was awful. Not just awful, downright atrocious. Multiple players on both teams had two fouls in the first quarter.
LSU walked away with the national championship defeating Iowa, 102-85.
While people have complained about the officiating all tournament, the level of whistles and fouls called in the championship game was on another level. The game had a sellout crowd, and the boos from both sets of fans were sometimes loud and deafening.
Even Iowa’s head coach Lisa Bluder, who is known for her calm and composure, was visibly upset on the sidelines.
Some speculated how LSU’s head coach Kim Mulkey could walk onto the court and make contact with an official and not get called for a technical. One thing is apparent, the officiating in this game was not professional and seemed to follow no rules.