No Welmer?

[TriggerMN]

I haven't seen Steve Welmer once in the NCAA tournament this year. Did he have an injury or something that prevented him from working? I know he worked the Big XII championship game, and I don't remember him injuring himself during the game...

[rulesmaven]

Originally Posted by TriggerMN

I haven't seen Steve Welmer once in the NCAA tournament this year. Did he have an injury or something that prevented him from working? I know he worked the Big XII championship game, and I don't remember him injuring himself during the game...

I believe he worked the subregional at Cox arena in San Diego.

[biz]

That is correct...Steve Wellmer worked the first round at San Diego and was not selected as one of the 36 who moved on from the first and second rounds.

[jeffpea]

Welmer had the Washington v Utah St 1st round game. Was an alternate on a 2nd round game.

[TriggerMN]

Ah, of course...the one game that we got no TV coverage of in Minnesota.

[mj]

I remember someone wondering last year or maybe two years ago why they see Welmer doing a game every night on TV but yet when it comes tourney time he doesn't move on. If my memory serves me right, someone said he works in too many conferences to move on.

Can anyone remember or know why?

[rulesmaven]

Originally Posted by jeffpea

Welmer had the Washington v Utah St 1st round game. Was an alternate on a 2nd round game.

I don't know who was in the gym that day to see it, but Welmer had a rough start to the day. Not with calling the game -- it was a well called game -- but with equipment malfunctions. His whistle became dislodged from the lanyard and he lost it during the action, and then couldn't get it reattached for a while in the first half. Pretty interesting to watch how the big-time guys carry on with equipment malfunctions -- you could tell it threw him, and everything was a little off, but he carried on without a blip. Whistle-pants-whistle-pants. :0)

I'm a Welmer fan, but I guess he just doesn't fit the mold of the proto-typical big game guy.