The contest between Boiler and UCinoe of the women’s elite eight on Monday night ended in controversy – or, if you ask a beer player, it simply ended with a big humiliating error.
After rebounding Yukon’s Kristin Williams missed a free throw with less than 20 seconds to go in regulation, Boiler called a timeout for the final play. Facing a point-loss, the Lady Bears delivered the ball into the hands of Dizonie Carrington, who leaped down the left side of the lane and was well up on the jump shot.
The live angle showed two Huskies defenders going straight and forcing Carrington into a tough effort. UConn won 69–67 and advanced to their 13th consecutive Final Four. What an incredible battle between two college basketball powerhouses.
Hey wait This angle . . . Yes, it is a lot of contact.
When asked about not making the call after the game, Carrington told reporters that there was no dispute due to injuries to his face and arm. Baylor coach Kim Mulkey disagreed with that assessment and agreed.
Asked on the “controversial” no-call on the final possession of the boiler, Diazonai Carrington said: “I personally don’t see it as a controversial call. I had already seen it on the replays. A girl put it on my face.” But it provoked me and a girl fouled me. Hand over me. “
– ESPN Women’s Hoops (@ESPN_WomenHoop) March 30, 2021
“I still got shots and videos from two angles. A child hits him in the face and a child hits him on the elbow.” – Boiler women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey https://t.co/DV4HyifqNx
– Chantel Jennings (@ChantelJennings) March 30, 2021
Carrington also sent a postgame tweet: “You can’t blow your whistle when the game is on the line. He doesn’t lie.”
You can’t blow your whistle when the game is on the line. ♀️??♀️ The film does not lie.
– dιjonaι carrιngтon♛ (@DijonaiVictoria) March 30, 2021
UCON coach Geno Auriemma said he had not seen the play again, but said he could see possible missed calls from the first half as well.
“A call is a call, and you want to be with it,” said Arimma.
“I haven’t seen it, but I would like to see all the fouls in the first half where they shot 11 free throws and we shot 2 … a call is a call”
Geno Auriemma comments on Dionoi Carrington not calling on potential game-winner pic.twitter.com/8xIEM3bRIu
– UConn Video (@SNYUConn) March 30, 2021
The focus was on the no-call (understandably so), but the boiler also gave the game a great chance of being inaccessible in the second half. The Beers held a 55–45 lead with two minutes left in the third quarter, but the Huskies scored 19 in a row to gain a 64–55 advantage in the fourth. Mulkey did not make a timeout during the entire 19–0 race, which was followed by Baylor’s DD Richards leaving the game with a hamstring injury.
There are many infallible questions from this game. What if Mulki used a timeout? What if Richards never got hurt? What if Auriamma has access to the video? (Okay, maybe that’s not the last.)
But the biggest one: What if Carrington had gone to the line for two free throws? A call is a call – and therefore not a call – and you have to live with it.
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