for factual accuracy, here are the african-american officials who have worked in the Final Four going back 10 years:
2008
Ed Hightower#
Tony Greene
Verne Harris
2007
Tony Greene#
Verne Harris
Ted Valentine
2006
Tony Greene#
Ed Hightower
Ted Valentine
2005
Verne Harris#
Reggie Greenwood
Ed Hightower
2004
Verne Harris#
Donnee Gray
Olandis Poole
2003
Gerald Boudreaux#
Reginald Cofer#
Donnee Gray
David Libbey
Larry Rose
2002
Tony Greene#
Ed Hightower
David Libbey
2001
Gerald Boudreaux#
Tony Greene
David Libbey
2000
Gerald Boudreaux#
Donnee Gray
Andre Patillo
1999
Gerald Boudreaux#
David Libbey
Larry Rose
# indicates worked Championship Game
source: Final Four Record Book, pg. #25 (
http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats...nal%20Four.pdf )