NCAA Men's Tournament Discussion (2024)

[Rich]

A tweet I saw this morning is reporting that the championship game officials are:

Anderson, Ayers, Oglesby

[JRutledge]

Game 1 - Purdue vs. NC State was Keith Kimble, Kipp Kissinger and Michael Reed

Game 2 - UConn vs. Alabama is Patrick Adams, Paul Szelc and Ronald Groover.

I did not notice the Alternate yet. Watching on small TV.

That leaves these guys as also one is the alternate for today and Monday.

Jeffrey Anderson (1) - 2023
Roger Ayres (6) - 2023
Courtney Green (23) - First Final Four
Terry Oglesby (3) - 2023
Marques Pettigrew (16) - First Final Four

Peace

[JRutledge]

I also cannot imagine the two first year guys are working on the floor and certainly not the title games.

Peace.

[TOMB]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Game 1 - Purdue vs. NC State was Keith Kimble, Kipp Kissinger and Michael Reed

Game 2 - UConn vs. Alabama is Patrick Adams, Paul Szelc and Ronald Groover.

I did not notice the Alternate yet. Watching on small TV.

That leaves these guys as also one is the alternate for today and Monday.

Jeffrey Anderson (1) - 2023
Roger Ayres (6) - 2023
Courtney Green (23) - First Final Four
Terry Oglesby (3) - 2023
Marques Pettigrew (16) - First Final Four

Peace

I believe I saw Marques Pettigrew at the table as the standby yesterday.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by TOMB

I believe I saw Marques Pettigrew at the table as the standby yesterday.

It was hard to tell by the configuration fo the court.

Peace

[TOMB]

https://twitter.com/MFinalFour/statu...abama-uconn%2F

According to this tweet, Pettigrew was the standby for the 1st game and Green for the 2nd. Standby for the championship is TBA.

[JRutledge]

Did they change that system? I thought they had one person be the alternate/standby for all of Saturday and then the other standby is there for the Championship game?

Peace

[Rich]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Did they change that system? I thought they had one person be the alternate/standby for all of Saturday and then the other standby is there for the Championship game?

Peace

I'm just listing them both. If only one is there tonight, I'll list that. I don't know why you wouldn't just keep both -- if one goes down you'd still have one at the table.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Rich

I'm just listing them both. If only one is there tonight, I'll list that. I don't know why you wouldn't just keep both -- if one goes down you'd still have one at the table.

I know that, I was just wondering if anyone noticed this was a change in practice. Maybe it was done this way, I just did not notice it or remember seeing the alternate on Saturday there for both games. But I am getting older and the memory is not as sharp on these kinds of things anymore.

Peace

[justacoach]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Did they change that system? I thought they had one person be the alternate/standby for all of Saturday and then the other standby is there for the Championship game?

Peace

Can confirm that, for at least the 4 first round games in Memphis, there was a single standby official working a very long day...

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by justacoach

Can confirm that, for at least the 4 first round games in Memphis, there was a single standby official working a very long day...

For the sites in the other rounds, the standby is for the entire session or weekend in most cases. I am talking only about the Final Four and what they do on Saturday and Monday.

Peace