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Originally Posted by stripes
Refereeing at that level is not so much about calling the plays (although if you cannot call the plays right most of the time you will not last there)--it is more about controlling the people involved and controling the game.
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Another myth, imo. These big time officials no more control the game than a HS official working a state playoff game. The players control the game. The coaches control the players. The facility controls the fans. The clock is going to go from 20:00 to 00:00, I don't care who referees the game because it must be played. If you work DIII NCAA Men's, you can work DI. There is no difference except the level of play is faster and better, players are bigger but, believe it or not, it's easier to call a DI game. You get media timeouts and a monitor to check any last second shot attempts. There is so many people there to help make sure the game runs smoothly that it is truly a myth to think that DI officials control the game any better than any other official.