Crossing Over in College Basketball

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Originally Posted by Raymond

Realize you don't just automatically get hired on the other just because you've decided to switch. You should get some feedback from your supervisor who assigns both.

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I do know that I'll have to try out again as a men's official.

To my understanding, NCAAW officials tend to call the game in a more black and white fashion. This is because they are directed to call the rules as written, both in training materials and in the published points of emphasis.

The men's points of emphasis (major officiating concerns), on the other hand, ask officials to "enforce the rules while finding a balance between the art and science of officiating". This means that some things might be called more loosely than in a women's game.

I am aware of the mechanics differences between the 2 games (walk and talk vs. stop and report, L responsibility for the corner 3, women using the 3 boxes vs men using the NFHS PCAs) and the rules differences (flopping is charged to the team in NCAAW, but to the player as a Class B technical in NCAAM, under the basket vs. painted RA, option to advance in the last minute only in NCAAW).

Are there other things I should know? Do coaches tend to behave differently at women's games vs. men's games? I'd like to hear from anyone that had experience making the transition. JRutledge did, but I suspect that there are others who crossed over to the men's game more recently.