Reffing women's basketball

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Originally posted by womens_hoops
When I watch men's hoops (D1 and the NBA), I'm almost always impressed with the high-quality officiating. It's a treat to watch guys like Dick Bavetta and Danny Crawford do their job.

I beleive that's because these men have years of experience officiating NBA basketball. I beleive Bavetta is the longest tenured official in the league. If you watched the NBA Finals, then you saw the officials that the NBA considers to be the best officials in the league. Certainly, all these mean possess the same qualities as Dick and Danny.

Most WNBA officials also work either NBDL or D1 women's basketball. Many are young officials who are still growing with the game. The NBA has used the WNBA and the NBDL as developmental programs. It served them well but that's another reason that the officials you see in the WNBA aren't as seasoned as the Danny Crawfords of the world.

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