Can an NCAA Basketball Official Work Both Sexes?

[SWMOzebra]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

We had a JUCO assignor in our area at one time that would get officials that worked Men's to work the Women's side in a pinch.

I have experienced the opposite, but mostly due to unforeseen circumstances. When bad weather or another issue causes someone on the men's crew to be late, I have seen women's officials (myself included) start a men's game and work until the late official arrives. This would definitely be the exception as opposed to the rule and I've probably only seen it 3 times in 10 years.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by SWMOzebra

I have experienced the opposite, but mostly due to unforeseen circumstances. When bad weather or another issue causes someone on the men's crew to be late, I have seen women's officials (myself included) start a men's game and work until the late official arrives. This would definitely be the exception as opposed to the rule and I've probably only seen it 3 times in 10 years.

When I am talking about needing officials in a pinch, I was talking mostly about the day of or day before situations where you cannot find a replacement to cover a game because of many factors. Most college games are assigned months in advance and changes, of course, happen because of the effects of other levels and officials might not be available. Weather is certainly one of those situations and often when a school plays a doubleheader with the women going first, there are times when an official is asked to show up that was not originally assigned.

The last women's game I did was probably 5 years ago where I was called to work a women's game by my supervisor of that conference because he was called by the school because the game was never listed. I lived 5 miles away from the school. I was called in and a couple of other officials were called in to help out that assignor/school.

Peace