NCAA Men's Tournament Officials (2019)

[Multiple Sports]

What 1st timers are in the tournament and are there any noticeable referees who didn't work who may have in the past year or two...

[dahoopref]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

What 1st timers are in the tournament and are there any noticeable referees who didn't work who may have in the past year or two...

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I did not see Tom or Mike Eades, Anthony Jordan, or Joe DeRosa this year.

[Multiple Sports]

With respect to Billy Mac for answering my own post,
I also noticed Tim Comer and Wally Rutecki are absent Yes Mike Eades is injured and has been out for a month or so....

Originally Posted by dahoopref

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I did not see Tom or Mike Eades, Anthony Jordan, or Joe DeRosa this year.

Joe DeRosa has not worked the tournament since he lost the NCAA assigning job to JD Collins. Not sure if there is some kind of beef there or Joe being butthurt. In the four years before JD took over Joe worked 3 out of 4 Final Fours.

[mattmets]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

What 1st timers are in the tournament and are there any noticeable referees who didn't work who may have in the past year or two...

Looks like Lewis Garrison, Owen Shortt, and Chance Moore are the new guys who worked in Dayton. Also it seems like the new alternate procedure for the first round would be a way to get some newer guys the experience of being in the tournament environment.

[Kansas Ref]

Originally Posted by mattmets

Looks like Lewis Garrison, Owen Shortt, and Chance Moore are the new guys who worked in Dayton. Also it seems like the new alternate procedure for the first round would be a way to get some newer guys the experience of being in the tournament environment.

*Chance was a clinician at an officiating camp I had attended. Good guy, very helpful in sharing with us some methods to deal with overly verbal/borderline coaches comments when we happen to be positioned near the sideline area. Also Chance gave us some very helpful pointers on how be in good position and mindset/attention to recognize LGP on drives into the congested lane when working as the L--in terms of being able to separate and properly adjudicate between: 'blocks', 'charges', and the 'pass-then-crash'' type of situations; his advice has certainly helped me a lot.