[JRutledge]

You can find fans in all conferences and claim that the officials are not very good. I hear the same thing every year I attend the Big Ten Tournament. You would think no team has ever gone to a Final Four because of the refs. Well at least a few years back the Big Ten had the most Final Four appearances than any other conference in the NCAA. That might have changed, but even lately it was not unusual to see two Big Ten teams in the Final Four. Let the fans tell it, the style of play the officials allow was the hindrance of Big Ten dominance.

The fact is that officials in all the major conferences work several conferences. The top officials can be seen in many conferences in the very same week. There is no such thing as a "Pac 10 Referee." An official at that level is working many D1 conferences. I was told recently that the Big Ten got rid of officials that were only working D1 games (one or two games at least) in the Big Ten. Even if you work a couple of games in the big conference, you probably need to have some games in the lesser or mid-major conferences. It is clear that the person that started this thread has very little understanding of how this thing works.

Peace