The NCAA has determined the officiating in the 2023 women’s college basketball national championship game “did not meet expectations,” as reported by the Associated Press. LSU defeated Iowa 102-85 in the title game to collect its first ever women’s basketball national championship.
LSU certainly earned the trophy, but the game’s officiating drew significant criticism. There were questionable calls on both teams, and the NCAA said a review conducted by the Pictor Group proved the officiating was less than ideal.
“In the championship game itself, for example, we typically have a performance that I think is 91% historically,” Lynn Holzman, NCAA vice president for women’s basketball, told the AP. “In that game, the percentage of correct calls was below that, around 88%. That’s factually the case.”
That 88% matched the officiating from the rest of the tournament, but expectations were higher for the title game.
One of the most controversial calls…
