NCAA Men's Tournament Officials (2016)
 

Previous Assignments:
NCAA Men’s Tournament Officials (2015)
NCAA Men’s Tournament Officials (2014)
NCAA Men’s Tournament Officials (2013)

FIRST FOUR -- DAYTON, OH

Tuesday, 3/15/2016
(16a) Florida Gulf Coast vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (16b) -- Ron Groover, Lee Cassell, Brandon Cruz
(11a) Vanderbilt vs. (11b) Wichita State -- Paul Szelc, James Breeding, Patrick Evans

Wednesday, 3/16/2016
(16a) Holy Cross vs. (16b) Southern -- Chris Rastatter, Keith Kimble, Ray Acosta
(11a) Michigan vs. (11b) Tulsa -- Kip Kissinger, Tony Jordan, Kelly Pfeifer

ROUND OF 64

Thursday, 3/17/2016
PROVIDENCE
(13) UNC-Wilmington vs. (4) Duke -- David Hall, Lamont Simpson, Tony Chiazza
(12) Yale vs. (5) Baylor -- Roger Ayers, Michael Irving, Tim Comer
(14) Buffalo vs. (3) Miami -- Ed Corbett, Antinio Petty, Tim Gattis
(11) Wichita State vs. (6) Arizona -- Terry Wymer, Ray Natili, Dwyane Gladden

RALEIGH
(9) Butler vs. (8) Texas Tech -- Doug Sirmons, John Gaffney, Matt Potter
(16) Hampton vs. (1) Virginia -- Eric Curry, Earl Walton, Bill McCarthy
(16) Florida Gulf Coast vs. (1) UNC -- Jeff Clark, Michael Greenstein, Donnie Eppley
(9) Providence vs. (8) USC -- Gene Steretore, Joe DeRosa, Olandis Poole

DES MOINES
(9) UCONN vs. (8) Colorado -- James Breeding, Karl Hess, Sean Hull
(16) Austin Peay vs. (1) Kansas -- D.J. Carstensen, Jeffrey Anderson, A.J. Desai
(12) Chattanooga vs. (5) Indiana -- Pat Adams, Tim Clougherty, Larry Spaulding
(13) Stony Brook vs. (4) Kentucky -- Pat Driscoll, Bert Smith, Tommy Nunez

DENVER
(13) Iona vs. (4) Iowa State -- Mike Roberts, Gregory Nixon, Tim Kelly
(12) Arkansas-Little Rock vs. (5) Purdue -- Brian O'Connell, Gerry Pollard, Deldre Carr
(14) Fresno State vs. (3) Utah -- Tom Eades, Bret Smith, Vladimir Voyard-Tadal
(11) Gonzaga vs. (6) Seton Hall -- Mike Reed, Don Daily, Byron Jarrett

Friday, 3/18/2016
ST. LOUIS
(10) Syracuse vs. (7) Dayton -- Mike Eades, Ted Valentine, Raymond Styons
(15) Middle Tennessee vs. (2) Michigan State -- Bryan Kersey, Clarence Armstrong, Brett Nansel
(10) Pittsburgh vs. (7) Wisconsin -- John Higgins, Lee Cassell, Kevin Brill
(15) Weber State vs. (2) Xavier -- Tony Greene, Jerry Heater, Steve Olson

BROOKLYN
(15) UNC-Asheville vs. (2) Villanova -- Mark Whitehead, Anthony Jordan, Paul Faia
(10) Temple vs. (7) Iowa -- Michael Stephens, Tim Nestor, Chris Beaver
(14) SF Austin vs. (3) West Virginia -- Ron Groover, Larry Scirotto, Brent Hampton
(11) Michigan vs. (6) Notre Dame -- Kipp Kissinger, Bill Covington Jr., Robert Riley

OKLAHOMA CITY
(10) VCU vs. (7) Oregon State -- Jamie Luckie, Keith Kimble, Tony Henderson
(15) Cal-Bakersfield vs. (2) Oklahoma -- Paul Szelc, Brian Dorsey, Les Jones
(14) Green Bay vs. (3) Texas A&M -- Verne Harris, Bill Ek, Mike Scyphers
(11) Northern Iowa vs. (6) Texas -- Bo Boroski, Chris Rastatter, Marques Pettigrew

SPOKANE
(13) Hawaii vs. (4) California -- Terry Oglesby, Darron George, Rodrick Dixon
(12) South Dakota State vs. (5) Maryland -- Tony Padilla, LaMar Simpson, Jeb Hartness
(16) Holy Cross vs. (1) Oregon -- Joe Lindsay, Dick Cartmell, Mike Nance
(9) Cincinnati vs. (8) St. Joe's -- Randy McCall, Kelly Self, Mike Stuart

ROUND OF 32

Saturday, 3/19/2016
PROVIDENCE
(11) Wichita State vs. (3) Miami -- Roger Ayers, Lamont Simpson, Ray Natili
(12) Yale vs. (5) Duke -- Terry Wymer, Ed Corbett, Michael Irving

DES MOINES
(5) Indiana vs. (4) Kentucky -- Pat Driscoll, D.J. Carstensen, Jeffrey Anderson
(9) UCONN vs. (1) Kansas -- Pat Adams, Tim Clougherty, Bert Smith

DENVER
(12) Arkansas-Little Rock vs. (4) Iowa State -- Mike Reed, Brian O'Connell, Gregory Nixon
(11) Gonzaga vs. (3) Utah -- Tom Eades, Mike Roberts, Gerry Pollard

RALEIGH
(9) Butler vs. (1) Virginia -- Joe DeRosa, Jeff Clark, Gene Steratore
(9) vs. (1) UNC -- Doug Sirmons, John Gaffney, Eric Curry

Sunday, 3/20/2016
BROOKLYN
(7) Iowa vs. (2) Villanova -- Michael Stephens, Kipp Kissinger, Bill Covington Jr.
(14) Stephen F. Austin vs. (6) Notre Dame -- Mark Whitehead, Ron Groover, Larry Scirotto

OKLAHOMA CITY
(10) VCU vs. (2) Oklahoma -- Bo Boroski, Chris Rastatter, Verne Harris
(11) Northern Iowa vs. (3) Texas A&M -- Jamie Luckie, Brian Dorsey, Keith Kimble

ST. LOUIS
(15) Middle Tennessee St. vs. (10) Syracuse -- Ted Valentine, John Higgins, Lee Cassell
(7) Wisconsin vs. (2) Xavier -- Mike Eades, Bryan Kersey, Tony Greene

SPOKANE
(13) Hawaii vs. (5) Maryland -- LaMar Simpson, Randy McCall, Terry Oglesby
(8) Saint Joe's vs. (1) Oregon -- Mike Stuart, Tony Padilla, Darron George

SWEET SIXTEEN

Thursday, 3/24/2016
LOUISVILLE
(3) Miami vs. (2) Villanova -- LaMar Simpson, Mark Whitehead, Darron George
(5) Maryland vs. (1) Kansas -- Verne Harris, Ron Groover, Don Daily

ANAHEIM
(3) Texas A&M vs. (2) Oklahoma -- Lamont Simpson, Gene Steretore, Roger Ayers
(4) Duke vs. (1) Oregon -- Bert Smith, Gregory Nixon, Bryan Kersey

Friday, 3/25/2016
CHICAGO
(4) Iowa State vs. (1) Virginia -- Randy McCall, Brian Dorsey, Tim Clougherty
(11) Gonzaga vs. (10) Syracuse -- Keith Kimble, Doug Sirmons, Mike Stuart

PHILADELPHIA
(7) Wisconsin vs. (4) Notre Dame -- Ted Valentine, Kip Kissinger, Terry Oglesby
(5) Indiana vs. (1) UNC -- Pat Adams, Joe DeRosa, Lee Cassell

ELITE EIGHT

Saturday, 3/26/2016
LOUISVILLE
(2) Villanova vs. (1) Kansas -- Jeff Clark, Chris Rastatter, Terry Wymer

ANAHEIM
(2) Oklahoma vs. (1) Oregon -- Mike Eades, Ray Natili, Tony Padilla

Sunday, 3/27/2016
PHILADELPHIA
(6) Notre Dame vs. (1) UNC -- Michael Stephens, Tom Eades, Ed Corbett

CHICAGO
(10) Syracuse vs. (1) Virginia -- Mike Roberts, John Higgins, John Gaffney

FINAL FOUR -- HOUSTON, TX

Saturday, 4/2/2016
(2) Villanova vs. (2) Oklahoma -- Mark Whitehead, Tom Eades, Tony Padilla, alternate: Brian Dorsey
(10) Syracuse vs. (1) UNC -- Jeff Clark, Roger Ayers, Mike Eades, alternate: Brian Dorsey

Monday, 4/4/2016
(2) Villanova vs. (1) UNC -- Michael Stephens, Terry Wymer, John Higgins, alternate: Brian Dorsey

Two of the officials working the WSU/Vandy game are showing very little hustle, taking their sweet time in getting to home position for the C.

Conversely, I thought the FGCU/FDU crew rotated waaaaay too much. They were hardly ever motionless. Looked like a carousel.

No, not Szelc, he is moving pretty well.

And he gets Stallings with a T that Breeding seemed to want to ignore. Stallings must have thought he was back on his court in Nashville the way he walked down the end line.

Breeding (whom I only know from seeing him the tournament every year) gives off an air as if he doesn't want to be in Dayton.

Haha I bet you're right! I too thought Szelc was moving well, there was one time where Breeding rotated early during a shot and Szelc literally ran from T to C while still marking the three point shot! I thought Breeding did get the Vandy coach though, Breeding ended up at Slot opposite after the tech shots.

Why would you even speculate on such a thing?

Cuz I didn't know who BNR was referring to? Why, is that not something I'm allowed to speculate on? AFAIK this isn't the Facebook group where the admin there would probably ban someone for saying that.

So you have no problem with picking 2 of the crew, seemingly at random, and saying they're probably the ones who look lazy.

No, I won't ban you for that, but I won't hesitate to tell you how incredibly stupid it is.

I was watching the game too, those were the guys I thought BNR was referring too. It isn't a big deal talking about who does what, I'd say the majority of D1 guys float high from the FTLE and take their time getting down there.

As I see it my guessing who BNR is referring to in his post is no different than BNR saying he thinks one of the officials looks like he doesn't want to be there. How is what he wrote any different? Neither of us are ripping anybody, are we not allowed to share our opinion?

You shared your opinion. I shared mine.

I liked the HC/Southern crew.

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PNC Arena - Raleigh, NC
 

Jeff Clark
Eric Curry
Joe DeRosa
Donnie Eppley
John Gaffney
Mike Greenstein
Orlandis Poole
Doug Sirmons
Gene Steratore

Good info!!!! I'll wait to add them until I know what games they are on.

Anyone else who has info public or private feel free to PM me.

I know who one of the refs will be for Stony Brook-Kentucky tonight, but I'll never tell

Driscoll
 

Has anyone seen Pat Driscoll this year? I haven't seen him at all and am just wondering if he is injured or something else.

Yeah he worked a Big 10 game a couple weeks ago, haven't seen him since though.

I saw him working a conference tournament game

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Pat Driscol
 

I saw him working a big east semi last week

Kip Kippinger is a good damn official.

You'll find him in Des Moines.

He's working UK-Stony Brook right now.

Providence/USC has the "big" names. 2 former NBA officials who have worked Final Fours and an NFL white hat.

And he took a fall as he was coming off the endline to signal a PC foul with about a minute or so before halftime. Looked like he slipped and caught the leg of a player and went down.

And DOWN GOES FRAZIER!!

Yep. I try to tape as many of his games as I can to watch and learn from.

Works the DLeague and has done some NBA games I believe.

Dwayne Gladden was the CC in the Wichita St. game

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Thanks BNR!

Was really hoping Winston Stith and/or John Moore would get a game this year. Both are local guys that I have met before.
Anybody know anything about them?

Kip just had a great catch on the clock starting early, Notre Dame vs. Michigan, 18:39.

Where is Doug Shows?
 

Haven't seen him

I know Winston lives in Wichita and grew up in Etterick, VA and he posts a lot of uplifting stuff on Facebook.

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Olandis Poole, not Orlandis

UNI/Texas: Marques Pettigrew

Cincy/St. Joe's: Mike Stuart

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Doug shows was in a wreck and has been out a while, should be back next season.
Tom Eads is getting around just fine and has had a great season

Oh look - he is doing the Kentucky-Indiana game with Jeff Anderson and DJ Carstensen.

I guess I didn't watch as many games as I thought this year and he probably didn't work too many AAC games.

I am at work and will not be able to update for several hours, sorry guys. I will get it done tonight!

Cleanup on aisle three.

Someone will not be around for the next week.

Stith worked the final of the western athletic conference (wac) tournament but has not worked any other postseason tournament (ncca, nit, cbi, cit) since.

Would anybody like to pick a couple first timers for this weekend (reg. semis & Finals ) or will it be the same cast of characters......

Nobody here makes those picks. [emoji6]

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Lee Cassell worked with Valentine and Higgins.

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Keith Kimble did UNI vs Tex AM
 

thought you'd like the info

No one from this crew (not even the alternate) will work this weekend games. The committee did not grade this game very well; not only play calling but administration of some penalties. The alternate was supposed to correct (assist with) a procedure but did not.

This sounds like a good learning opportunity. What was the procedure/penalty that was incorrectly adjudicated?

There were several plays from that game that I found questionable. For there to be a best crew they're also have to be crews that have off days.

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Attention haters! Tom Eades working the Elite Eight.

What is the rule regarding officials that work the Final Four or the National Championship game? I thought I had read somewhere that if you work a Sweet Sixteen or an Elite Eight game, you are ineligible to work the Final Four or the National Championship. Maybe I'm wrong, are there any such restrictions?

The 10 will come from the 36 that worked this week.

Gotcha, so maybe it's if you work a Sweet Sixteen game, you won't work an Elite Eight? In going through the names, I didn't see any duplicate names for Elite Eight and Sweet Sixteen.

I can pretty much guess at least a few of the guys that will be working next weekend. I'll be shocked if Higgins isn't. I'm hoping Kimble and Clark get a chance.

Sweet 16/Elite 8 is one set of assignments; 12 games, 36 officials.

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Here are the 10 I would pick:

Mark Whitehead
Verne Harris
Kip Kissinger
Joe DeRosa
Jeff Clark
Chris Rastatter
Mike Eades
Ray Natili
Mike Roberts
John Higgins

Just curious ...are you a Tom Eades hater yourself ???? Or was this sarcastic.

Notables left out of Sweet 16 / Elite 8
 

Jamie Luckie ..... Pat Driscoll......Brian O'Connell

Good to see Gaffney break into sweet 16 / Elite 8 pool....

After the Purdue vs ALR game, O'Connell not advancing was not a surprise.

I'm surprised in not seeing Driscoll, DJ Carstensen, and Tony Greene not working this past weekend.

Driscoll, O'Connell, and Gaffney working the first NIT semi.

And it was James Breeding, Bo Boroski and Karl Hess on the 2nd NIT Semifinal last night.

You got four right.

ATTENTION HATERZ! Tom Eades working the Final Four.

I will say

Higgins
Ayers
M Eades
T Eades
Whitehead
Simpson
Clark
Roberts
Harris
DeRosa

Does that make you a hater since you didn't put him in your prediction?

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Ratstatter
Derosa
Higgins
Natili
Simons
Poole

Nope.

I can tell you for a fact that 7 of these 10 are correct......subtract Simpson, Roberts and DeRosa.....MichBlue good job !!!!! You are missing 1/3 of the championship game a semi final official and the alternate....

If you've got the whole list, why not just spill the beans?

Got to let everybody stew over who the other three may be,.....

I hope folks here are not actually stewing over this. [emoji501]

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Just for fun
 

I am going to guess 3 of these six.
Valentine
Adams
Wymer
Natili
Corbett
Stuart

My guess is Stuart Valentine Wymer

In case some of you guys are not a part of Ben Hall's basketball referee Facebook group some guy there posted that he knows the 10 officials and said they are:

Mike Eades
Tom Eades
Tony Padilla
John Higgins
Michael Stephens
Roger Ayers
Jeff Clark
Mark Whitehead
Brian Dorsey
Terry Wymer (rumored alternate)

Wymer, Higgins, Stephens working Monday.

Dorsey's the alternate.

My understanding is that the alternate is the alternate for all 3 games. Is that correct?

And does anyone know what the pay is for the alternate compared to the floor officials?

Yes.

So did the selection committee get it right ??????

I truly believe the committee got it right. All of these guys had games where they either just had to stay out of the way or had big situations and quietly along with professionally handle them and those situations correct.

Let me break down some video and I'll get back to you.

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I see that Dorsey is the alternate, but he did not work any Elite 8 games. Does anyone know why that would be? It seems like the alternate would be the 10th ranked official from the Elite 8 games?

If I remember right, was an alternate as well during the Elite 8 weekend.

You don't have to work the Elite 8 to be eligible for the Final Four. You need to work a regional semi final or final.

The 10 are selected from all 36 that worked the Sweet 16/Elite 8.

And will I see any video of you in camp next month...good or bad.

Ok, not much to talk about so far. Relatively easy game to officiate thus far. Crew is doing well. Tom Eades almost got run over once going T to L while curling in at the endline. Glad that didn't happen.

So given the relative lack of anything to talk about in the officiating world, would anyone like to talk about the other thing I noticed in the first half, namely the glare on the court caused by the wrap-around scoreboard lights? I haven't noticed it as much in the beginning of the second half, so I'm wondering if it was a TV camera lens issue, or the court lighting was adjusted, or perhaps the high-gloss finish on the floor is becoming more dull?

I'm thinking they increased the court lighting and dimmed the wrap-around boards.

You'd think they would test this during shoot-arounds in the day or so leading up to the games.

There's an article on CBS Sports this morning about it.
LOOK: Reflections on the Final Four floor had fans' rods and cones in fits - CBSSports.com

I was actually in attendance last night and didn't notice it. Must of been the camera angles.

There is only one official that has refereed a Final Four game in four separate decades. The answer might be surprising.

Jody Silvester. I looked it up.

I shouldn't have had to, though. Silvester was local to me growing up.

Fine official. I had to look it up too. :)

Rich,


Bethlehem, PA. ??????

Question here for all those who have done games? Would you say making the call on the buzzer beater in a championship game one of the toughest(if not the toughest) because the call WILL determine a winner of the game(or have OT). Tonight's call was not that close but I'm wondering if thats a big worry, making a mistake on a call like that.

On this stage, if you think it through, not really. I'm not saying your hearth won't be beating fast but you have a gazillion angles and super-duper slow mo to get it right regardless of the call on the floor.

On another note, just think if it WAS waved off, I hoped they had some brooms handy.

Eh, it's as big a worry as any other call. Hell of a lot easier with replay though. I think we're officially done with the days of counting the bucket and running off the court. Now we gotta check the monitor even if it's obvious like this one.

I was thinking of a preventative officiating move I try to incorporate. During the last timeout, (or any chance near the end of the game) might it not be a good idea to instruct both assistant coaches, or whoever would be willing, to advise the benches to NOT rush the court on any last second play? I usually try and do that just to avoid crazy technicals, premature celebrations, etc.

Whaddya think, good, bad, stupid, smart?

The only person in Houston last night with a faster trigger finger than Kris Jenkins, was the dude controlling the confetti cannons! Ball barely went through and streamers were in the air!

Waste of energy in a situation like last night.

I'm trying to figure out why I just got a notification email for the previous post in this thread.

Posts were held in the moderation queue. I just noticed it when trying to get to the bottom of a user issue.