I've seen some criticism of the ESPN coverage, and especially the split screen "personality packages" of Mulkey's closet, Kalani's puppy, and Caldwell's analysis of Duke. I don't care if they do that stuff, but the problem is they cut into game coverage; it would be ok if they did it during a timeout. Here's other frustrations and things they missed:
a. In 1st half, Anigwe shot the ball from the elbow, and Kalani failed to block her out. It was a terrible mental lapse, and Anigwe charged freely into the rebound scrum. Cal earned the ball after it deflected off one of our players. Mulkey had a hilarious meltdown yelling at Kalani, and they even showed a replay which highlighted her mental lapse, but Pam Ward and Carolyn Peck both talked about Anigwe's effort and missed the real story on the play, which was Kalani's fundamental lapse.
b. In 1st half, Chloe made an entry pass to Lauren on the post. The Cal defender blatantly hooked Lauren's left arm to prevent her from making the catch, and the ball went straight out of bounds. Ward and Peck missed the uncalled foul, and framed it as a bad pass.
c. Several times during the game, we had Freshmen on the floor who competed toe to toe with All American Kristine Anigwe. NaLyssa, Queen, and Aquira all were competing evenly with Anigwe, and they even outrebounded the top rebounder in the nation. That production from our Freshmen was a story worth highlighting, but they missed it.
d. They cut away when Kalani and Chloe were removed from the game and received an emotional standing ovation from the crowd in their last home game ever at Ferrell. If ESPN wanted to create emotional moments, that one was far more compelling that Mulkey's closet or Kalani's puppy, but we missed it.