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Originally posted by TriggerMN
Here's a difference:
Men's regional finals:
Arizona vs. Illinois attendance: 16,957
West Virginia vs. Louisville attendance: 15,896
Wisconsin vs. North Carolina attendance: 30,132
Michigan St. vs. Kentucky attendance: 16,239
Women's regional finals:
Duke vs. LSU attendance: 5,086
Baylor vs. North Carolina attendance: 3,213
Rutgers vs. Tennessee attendance: 6,452
Stanford vs. Michigan St. attendance: 2,475
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One of the problems with female athletics in general is they don't support their own as shown in the above attendance counts. Girls will show up to watch the boys game, but not the girls game. Even at higher levels (College - WNBA), there are just as many or more men supporting the female athletes than women
I enjoy officiating a "well played" boys or girls game. I do find I call them differently. Doing a girls game I call a closer more fundamental game (which seems to be what they expect.) Refereeing a boys game, the expectation is to let a little more incedental contact go and have more flow in the game.
In general, girls and their coaches seem to want all contact called and are not as concerned about game flow.
Just MY Opinion