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Way up here in the sticks of Minnesota, no patches are worn on officials uniforms. I was wondering for the optional patches, does that mean you have to carry that many shirts with different patches sewn on them so the officials can match on that particular night? It is a pain for me to carry three pairs of pants so I can match my partner, let alone that many combinations of shirts. I think a state tournament patch is inappropriate as well. I went to my first D1 basketball game yesterday. It was Bobby Knight and Texas Tech against the Minnesota Gophers. I wanted to see coach Knight get on the officials and how they handled him. He was a relative pussycat. Only had words for the officials twice. They were very solid officials. One guy made a foul signal by raising his knee which I don't think is a ncaa official foul signal. The strange thing is that he reported to the table using the same signal. One of the other guys (who I thought was really outstanding) pointed with his middle two fingers folded and his thumb up, index finger, and pinky pointing. I've never seen this and thought it very strange. Well, thats all I have to say 'bout that! By the way, those officials had no patches on their shirts!
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