Wonder if the official who whacked the Xavier coach will move on. He passed on a possible charge that I thought was a good no-call. He popped Coach Matta immediately after the Louisville basket, so the coach must have said something magical. :)

I hope so. Working the book for A-10 games, there are a lot of coaches I'd like to see T'd up. :p

On a serious note, though, I've never cheered that hard for Xavier in my life, and I hope I will never have to again!

Originally posted by BskBallRef:

I didn't see the game but my guess is that John Higgins is Tim Higgins

They are two separate individuals. Both John and Tim Higgins are listed on the roster of approved officials for Conference USA, Big 12, etc.

http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/...3-04/rules.pdf

maybe not an error
 

Well, then, ...
I was thinking that the website had simply flipped the first names of the two officials. I didn't think that there really were guys with those names who officiated NCAA basketball at the the tourney level.
So much for the simplest explanation rule.

Thanks aces88, I did a WebFerret search for John Higgins but didn't get any positive results. Most D1 officials will show up in a boxscore on the Internet somewhere.

Here's an interesting site.

http://www.ukfans.net/jps/uk/Statistics/officials.html

BktBallRef - There are two "Higgins" that work major D1 ball. Tim Higgins had the Georgia Tech v Northern Iowa game (Bradley Center - Milwaukee, WI). John Higgins - who lives in Omaha, NE. - worked the Duke v Alabama St. game. John works Big 12, C-USA, and Big Ten (among others).....