What a great honor that is to be selected as a Final 4 ref; I can only imagine how "appreciated" those refs feel.
I have yet to be chosen to ref a state finals game; however, I would imagine that I would feel awesome/validated
as they do.
But I must admit that I did experience a huge sense of "satisfaction/validation" when my assignor gave me a few late-season high profile games--so maybe this is my Nirvana.
Looking fwd to watching some fine national semi-finals games.