NCAA Men's Tournament Officials (2023)

Previous Assignments:

NCAA Men's Tournament Officials (2022)
NCAA Men's Tournament Officials (2021)
NCAA Men's Tournament Officials (2019)
NCAA Men's Tournament Officials (2018)
NCAA Men’s Tournament Officials (2017)
NCAA Men’s Tournament Officials (2016)
NCAA Men’s Tournament Officials (2015)
NCAA Men’s Tournament Officials (2014)
NCAA Men’s Tournament Officials (2013)


FIRST FOUR -- DAYTON, OH

Tuesday, 3/14/2023
(16) SE Missouri State vs. (16) Texas A&M Corpus Christi -- Bert Smith, Bart Lenox, Alfred Smith
(11) Pittsburgh vs. (11) Mississippi State -- Kipp Kissinger, Tommy Nunez Jr, Bharat Ramnanan

Wednesday, 3/15/2023
(16) Fairleigh Dickinson vs. (16) Texas Southern -- Larry Scirotto, Bret Smith, Tim Smith
(11) Nevada vs. (11) Arizona State -- Doug Shows, Deldre Carr, Lucas Santos


ROUND OF 64

Thursday, 3/16/2023
BIRMINGHAM
(9) Maryland vs. (8) West Virginia -- Ron Groover, Darron George, Edwin Young
(16) Texas A&M Corpus Christi vs. (1) Alabama -- Rick Crawford, Larry Spaulding, Verne Harris
(9) Auburn vs. (8) Iowa -- Bill Covington Jr, Bart Lenox, Pat Driscoll
(16) Northern Kentucky vs. (1) Houston -- Terry Oglesby, Randy Heimerman, Brandon Cruz

ORLANDO
(13) Furman vs. (4) Virginia -- Michael Greenstein, Dwayne Gladden, Jerry Heater
(12) Charleston vs. (5) San Diego State -- Kipp Kissinger, AJ Desai, Todd Austin
(12) Oral Roberts vs. (5) Duke -- Mike Reed, Tony Chiazza, Steve McJunkins
(13) Louisiana vs. (4) Tennessee -- Pat Adams, Jason Baker, Justin Porterfield

SACRAMENTO
(10) Utah State vs. (7) Missouri -- Earl Walton, Tommy Morrisey, Tommy Nunez
(15) Princeton vs. (2) Arizona -- Brian O’Connell, Kevin Brill, Rob Rorke
(10) Boise State vs. (7) Northwestern -- Michael Irving, Nathan Farrell, John Floyd
(15) UNC Asheville vs. (2) UCLA -- John Higgins, Jeb Hartness, Antinio Petty

DES MOINES
(16) Howard vs. (1) Kansas -- Tony Padilla, Byron Jarrett, Brian McNutt
(9) Illinois vs. (8) Arkansas -- Bert Smith, Brooks Wells, Sean Hull
(15) Colgate vs. (2) Texas -- Joe Lindsay, Randy Richardson, Amy Bonner
(10) Penn State vs. (7) Texas A&M -- Marques Pettigrew, Courtney Green, Chance Moore

Friday, 3/17/2023
COLUMBUS
(10) USC vs. (7) Michigan State -- Roger Ayers, Steve Anderson, Scott Brown
(15) Vermont vs. (2) Marquette -- Don Daily, Greg Evans, Jemel Spearman
(16) Fairleigh Dickinson vs. (1) Purdue -- Brian Dorsey, Clarence Armstrong, Chris Beaver
(9) FAU vs. (8) Memphis -- Lee Cassell, Bret Smith, Evon Burroughs

GREENSBORO
(14) Kennesaw State vs. (3) Xavier -- Jeff Clark, Rob Riley, Chuck Jones
(11) Pittsburgh vs. (6) Iowa State -- Gerry Pollard, Rob Kueneman, Mike Nance
(11) Providence vs. (6) Kentucky -- John Gaffney, Pat Evans, KB Burdett
(14) Montana State vs. (3) Kansas State -- Lamar Simpson, Greg Nixon, Chad Barlow

DENVER
(14) UC Santa Barbara vs. (3) Baylor -- Doug Sirmons, Deldre Carr, Will Howard
(11) NC State vs. (6) Creighton -- Larry Scirotto, Eric Curry, Tim Clougherty
(14) Grand Canyon vs. (3) Gonzaga -- Paul Szelc, Bill Ek, Michael Palou
(11) Arizona State vs. (6) TCU -- Ray Natili, Vladimir Voyard-Tadal, DG Nelson

ALBANY
(12) VCU vs. (5) Saint Mary’s -- DJ Carstensen, Brent Hampton, Nate Harris
(13) Iona vs. (4) UConn -- Jeff Anderson, Olandis Poole, Owen Shortt
(12) Drake vs. (5) Miami -- Doug Shows, Anthony Jordan, Tyler Kumpf
(13) Kent State vs. (4) Indiana -- Mark Schnur, Kelly Pfeifer, Keith Kimble


ROUND OF 32

Saturday, 3/18/2023
BIRMINGHAM
(9) Auburn vs. (1) Houston -- Ron Groover, Verne Harris, Darron George
(9) Maryland vs. (1) Alabama -- Terry Oglesby, Pat Driscoll, Bill Covington Jr

ORLANDO
(13) Furman vs. (5) San Diego State -- Pat Adams, Mike Reed, Tony Chiazza
(5) Duke vs. (4) Tennessee -- Kipp Kissinger, Michael Greenstein, AJ Desai

SACRAMENTO
(15) Princeton vs. (7) Missouri -- John Higgins, Michael Irving, Jeb Hartness
(7) Northwestern vs. (2) UCLA -- Earl Walton, Brian O’Connell, Kevin Brill

DES MOINES
(8) Arkansas vs. (1) Kansas -- Joe Lindsay, Marques Pettigrew, Courtney Green
(10) Penn State vs. (2) Texas -- Tony Padilla, Bert Smith, Byron Jarrett

Sunday, 3/19/2023
COLUMBUS
(7) Michigan State vs. (2) Marquette -- Brian Dorsey, Lee Cassell, Clarence Armstrong
(16) Fairleigh Dickinson vs. (9) FAU -- Roger Ayers, Don Daily, Steve Anderson

GREENSBORO
(11) Pittsburgh vs. (3) Xavier -- John Gaffney, Lamar Simpson, Greg Nixon
(6) Kentucky vs. (3) Kansas State -- Jeff Clark, Gerry Pollard, KB Burdett

DENVER
(6) Creighton vs. (3) Baylor -- Ray Natili, Paul Szelc, Eric Curry
(6) TCU vs. (3) Gonzaga -- Doug Sirmons, Larry Scirotto, Vladimir Voyard-Tadal

ALBANY
(5) Saint Mary’s vs. (4) UConn -- Doug Shows, Kelly Pfeifer, Keith Kimble
(5) Miami vs. (4) Indiana -- Brent Hampton, DJ Carstensen, Jeff Anderson


SWEET SIXTEEN

Thursday, 3/23/2023
NEW YORK
(7) Michigan State vs. (3) Kansas State -- Jeff Anderson, Jeb Hartness, Paul Szelc
(9) FAU vs. (4) Tennessee -- Larry Scirotto, Brian Dorsey, AJ Desai

LAS VEGAS
(8) Arkansas vs. (4) UConn -- Terry Oglesby, Lamar Simpson, Ray Natili
(3) Gonzaga vs. (2) UCLA -- Kipp Kissinger, Bert Smith, Gerry Pollard

Friday, 3/24/2023
LOUISVILLE
(5) San Diego State vs. (1) Alabama -- Don Daily, Tony Padilla, Marques Pettigrew
(15) Princeton vs. (6) Creighton -- Byron Jarrett, DJ Carstensen, Pat Driscoll

KANSAS CITY
(5) Miami vs. (1) Houston -- John Higgins, Brian O'Connell, Steve Anderson
(3) Xavier vs. (2) Texas -- Roger Ayers, Courtney Green, Tony Chiazza


ELITE EIGHT

Saturday, 3/25/2023
NEW YORK
(9) FAU vs. (3) Kansas State -- Doug Shows, Earl Walton, Doug Sirmons

LAS VEGAS
(4) UConn vs. (3) Gonzaga -- Keith Kimble, Mike Reed, John Gaffney

Sunday, 3/26/2023
LOUISVILLE
(6) Creighton vs. (5) San Diego State -- Michael Irving, Lee Cassell, Joe Lindsay

KANSAS CITY
(5) Miami vs. (2) Texas -- Ron Groover, Brent Hampton, Pat Adams


FINAL FOUR -- HOUSTON, TX

Saturday, 4/1/2023
(9) FAU vs. (5) San Diego State -- John Higgins, Kipp Kissinger, Bert Smith
(5) Miami vs. (4) UConn -- Roger Ayers, Jeff Anderson, Doug Sirmons

Monday, 4/3/2023
(5) San Diego State vs. (4) UConn -- Keith Kimble, Ron Groover, Terry Oglesby

Final Four Alternates: Mike Reed and Paul Szelc

[JRutledge]

Good job for Alfred. John Adams knew what he was talking about.

Peace

[Multiple Sports]

Worked my 1st D1 Conference game with him. It is criminal that he isn't a legit P5 guy.

[Matt S.]

Teddy V
James Breeding
Randy McCall
David Hall

[SC Official]

Tony Henderson is injured.

No Breeding is quite a shock, without knowing if there's more to it.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Matt S.

Teddy V
James Breeding
Randy McCall
David Hall

The James Breeding one would be the most noticeable. But right or wrong, those other guys are a little older and might be the reason you see some new names. Not sure how many new guys, but I see a lot of names I have not seen before or recognized.

Peace

[Nevadaref]

Notice the second round crew selections this morning in Orlando. Each member of the crews came from the six officials who worked the two games NOT involving the teams to which they are assigned in the second round.

Example:
There are four games at each first round site and eight teams.
Game 1 = Team A v Team B
Game 2 = Team C v Team D
Game 3 = Team E v Team F
Game 4 = Team G v Team H

Now the second round pairs the winners and in this fashion:
Game 5 = Game 1 v Game 2 (officials from Games 3&4)
Game 6 = Game 3 v Game 4 (officials from Games 1&2)

The officials were selected such that the crew for Game 5 is composed of officials who worked Game 3 or Game 4 and those officiating Game 6 worked Games 1 & 2 in the first round. This prevents an official from seeing the same team in Rounds 1 & 2. This has not been the case in the past. I’m curious if this will continue throughout the second round.

[Nevadaref]

Note: the above selection structure is holding for the second set of Round of 32 games in Des Moines.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Note: the above selection structure is holding for the second set of Round of 32 games in Des Moines.

The pattern held for the entire day. No official saw the same team as in Round 1. Therefore, I expect this new policy to also govern the assignments for Sunday.

Personally, I like it and am glad that someone doing the assignments was sharp enough to employ it.

[dahoopref]

McCall out due to hamstring injury. Hall not selected because he just was not better than the ones who were. From what I was told, there were 3 officials selected for their first tournament appearance. Great for them.

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[frezer11]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

The pattern held for the entire day. No official saw the same team as in Round 1. Therefore, I expect this new policy to also govern the assignments for Sunday.

Personally, I like it and am glad that someone doing the assignments was sharp enough to employ it.

With KB Burdett on the Battle of the Wildcats, the trend is broken, as he had the Kentucky game Friday as well. I actually agree with NOT having this as a concrete policy. If 4 of the top 6 happened to be on the first 2 games (or the latter 2 games), then so be it, the top 6 should advance, regardless of whether or not they have a team they saw in the first round. Avoid it if possible, but shouldn't be a set policy if it doesn't allow the top 6 to advance.

[Multiple Sports]

It looks as though everyone who is working in the 2nd round worked a P5 conference tournament. Are there any exceptions?

[TriggerMN]

Paul Szelc, not Kevin Brill on the Creighton-Baylor round of 32 game.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by frezer11

With KB Burdett on the Battle of the Wildcats, the trend is broken, as he had the Kentucky game Friday as well. I actually agree with NOT having this as a concrete policy. If 4 of the top 6 happened to be on the first 2 games (or the latter 2 games), then so be it, the top 6 should advance, regardless of whether or not they have a team they saw in the first round. Avoid it if possible, but shouldn't be a set policy if it doesn't allow the top 6 to advance.

Three guys ended up seeing a team on both Friday and Sunday.

[dahoopref]

The list is out for the Sweet 16 and Elite 8

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball...16-and-elite-8