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Couple of random thoughts I'd like to just throw out for the discussion:
(1) Women's NCAA is very similar to pro because many officials work WNBA and college - because of the stagger of the seasons and because (I believe) WNBA officials are not full time employees. Men's officials can't really do that.
(2) The women's 'table-side' mechanic definately threw me off last year when I saw it. I asked one of the officials after a game, and he said it was an experiment. I do think it definately helps out with communication.
(3) I'm pretty sure that, when the NCAA changed to the team control rule, they forgot to put in a signal (anyone have this year's book?) and so the men started using the PC signal whereas the women went with the fist. The fist takes a bit more getting used to, especially on drives to the basket with a shot. Often times, the ball will go in, and the fist will go down - making me think "good basket" instead of "no basket; team control foul."
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