Tomegun

[Ohioref3]

You have some great post on here and know alot of basketball. What level do you currently work, high school or college? What part of the country are you located in, someone said you are from Vegas, how is the ball where you are now compared to Vegas?

[tomegun]

I work high school and college; one pays more, but I love basketball!

Las Vegas is my adopted home, but I currently live in the Washington DC metro area (Maryland). Basketball in Vegas - on the West Coast IMO - is watered down compared to the East Coast. An example would be the Easter Classic. Las Vegas put a lot of teams in the tournament, but only one of them (that I saw in the 17-under division) could compete with teams from out of town. Now, take that one competitive "all-star" team from Vegas and they wouldn't win very many high school leagues in this area.

Another example would be the email I just got this morning. An AAU team from here, the DC Assault, just beat a team with the #1 and #2 players in the country (OJ Mayo and Bill Walker) on it. The leading scorer was a kid that plays on DeMatha and is going to Georgetown; he didn't get to the game until 6 minutes left in the first half and finished with 30 points.

A final example; a lot of people know about Oak Hill's legendary basketball program. All 5 starters from this past season's 40-1 squad are from the Washington DC area.

Hey, you are from Ohio; where exactly? I'm originally from Richmond, Indiana which is right on the boarder.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by tomegun

I work high school and college; one pays more, but I love basketball!

Las Vegas is my adopted home, but I currently live in the Washington DC metro area (Maryland). Basketball in Vegas - on the West Coast IMO - is watered down compared to the East Coast. An example would be the Easter Classic. Las Vegas put a lot of teams in the tournament, but only one of them (that I saw in the 17-under division) could compete with teams from out of town. Now, take that one competitive "all-star" team from Vegas and they wouldn't win very many high school leagues in this area.

Another example would be the email I just got this morning. An AAU team from here, the DC Assault, just beat a team with the #1 and #2 players in the country (OJ Mayo and Bill Walker) on it. The leading scorer was a kid that plays on DeMatha and is going to Georgetown; he didn't get to the game until 6 minutes left in the first half and finished with 30 points.

A final example; a lot of people know about Oak Hill's legendary basketball program. All 5 starters from this past season's 40-1 squad are from the Washington DC area.

Hey, you are from Ohio; where exactly? I'm originally from Richmond, Indiana which is right on the boarder.

I couldn't agree more with you. Now if we could only get some of the people out here who think that they are so big time to understand this...

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by tomegun

Hey, you are from Ohio; where exactly? I'm originally from Richmond, Indiana which is right on the boarder.

You aren't the Tom Raper of Tom Raper's RVs are you?

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by tjones1

You aren't the Tom Raper of Tom Raper's RVs are you?

I wish! Everybody who has driven on I-70 knows Tom Raper.

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by tomegun

I wish! Everybody who has driven on I-70 knows Tom Raper.

I live right on the Illinois/Indiana border, basically an hour from Terre Haute. So I see a lot of the Tom Raper ads on the local TV stations.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by tjones1

You aren't the Tom Raper

I would have to change my name.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

I would have to change my name.

To Mary...?

[Ohioref3]

I am from the Toledo area but was on the west coast for some time and know some refs from Cali. and Vegas. What is the deal with the Vegas officials, I was told very, very few refs even make it do Division 1 out of Vegas and that is hard to imagine with I think around 2 million people living out there. I heard that there are maybe 2 or 3 D1 refs from that area and I was wondering why so few. Maybe you can give some insight to that since you are from that area. I know that UNLV is in that area and they are right next to California and with all the basketball that goes through there the refs must have alot of exposure. I was reading in an article that Vegas is top 3 in the country that puts on high level tournaments and has NBA summer league is out there. What is the deal with the limited number of refs working D1 from Vegas?