Have more comments, questions? Reach out to me at bwhite1@dispatch.com. On women’s basketball Dear Sports Editor: I was disappointed when the Ohio State women’s basketball team lost to Virginia Tech. My text comment to friends was, “Maybe exhausted, and Vtech’s breaking the press effectively.” Virginia Tech was just the better team that day. Maybe LSU was the better team against Iowa on Sunday as well. But I’m skeptical when the officials seem so eager to blow the whistle and kill Iowa’s momentum every time they start coming back. It may be that no player was more crucial to their team’s success than Caitlin Clark, and saddling her with questionable foul calls early and often amounted to the officials deciding the result. Remember that recent playoff game where similar officiating put Georgia in the position to beat Ohio State? One other commonality in addition to the officiating: The broadcaster was ABC/ESPN, who owns…
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