Tennessee earned its 16th Final Four appearance by taking out Rutgers. It wasn't a pretty game, but the Vols were happy to take it. "It's fun to play, and no matter what kind of game just know that we can win it," said Shanno Zolman.

Rutgers, as Adrian Wojnarowski says, remains on the edge of the elite. Wait till next year, says Cappie, who was brilliant.

The foul disparity was large, 27 to 14, and UT went to the line 35 times compared to only 13 for Rutgers.

Some Rutgers fans, including Governor Codey and Senator Corzine, complained bitterly. Coach Stringer (to her credit) didn't say much. Cappie Pondexter said simply: "It's really frustrating, especially in a game of this magnitude."

I'm less concerned with arguing about last night's calls than with discussing the state of reffing generally. During the game, Doris made the point that women's basketball has elevated, and now it's time for the reffing to catch up.

There's something right about that; the reffing in women's hoops isn't where it should be. It's not a matter of "let 'em play" vs. "call the fouls." It's a matter of consistency, both within the 40 minutes of a game, and across the 30 games of a year.

A couple times at the refs' forum, I've seen threads about career paths, and they say that, relative to the men's game, it's much easier to get hired and to advance in the women's game. We have refs with less experience. The best refs go elsewhere.

If that's true, we should try to change it. I don't know if it's a matter of money or prestige or gender. I don't know what the solution is.

We should probably consider, however, that spending a lot of time screaming at the refs we have isn't likely to help anything.