I normally have a lot of respect for the referees, but these refs deserve the criticism.

They are letting the centers elbow each other without calling it.  Then, they let one of the LSU players come over the back of the Iowa player for the rebound, pushing the Iowa player and the ball out of bounds – giving LSU the ball.

Then, they finally call a foul on LSU shooting a layup and call a deadball technical foul on Iowa’s Caitlin Clark for throwing the ball behind her back out of play.  It was foolish on Clark, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she thought she was sending the ball to a ref (there should have been one where the ball was heading).  Now, Clark has 4 fouls for something that was ridiculous.  In the classic “ball don’t lie” moment, the LSU player missed both technical FTs.

But the game is completely out of control at this point.  There is a point of letting the players play, and there is a point where you have to call a clean game.  The refs have been so inconsistent in calling touch fouls and then calling nothing.  It has been kind of awful.