I am an official in Oklahoma. I have not called any 5A or 6A varsity ball except preseason (of course that's only two-man). I have had the opportunity to watch several 6A varsity games during the course of the season. In my opinion the games were well officiated by the 3-man crews and certainly better officiated than they were last year with just the two-man crews. Three-man is new to the officials doing high school ball in this state. There is certainly going to be a learning curve for those officials that are use to doing two-man and for those that are doing two-man on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday for Junior High thru High School J.V. and three-man on Tuesday and Friday for High School varsity. The coaches that are whining about three-man would whine if there was an official for every player on the court.
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