So who do you think will work the Final Four for the men's and women's tourney.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by tomegun

I would like to put a dog in this fight and ask a question? If skill plays a part in who advances, why is the tournament the source of the NCAA video every year? A video that mostly tells us what NOT to do.

I'll take a guess...

1. Because the games are really visible and the errors may be of do-or-die importance.
2. The officials that are there have proven themselves to get there and a "review" of the best official's mistakes is not likely to harm them. It would look a lot worse to pick on the guy who didn't make it. It could destroy their career when the very same mistake which is also made by a final four official may be mostly ignored.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I'll take a guess...

1. Because the games are really visible and the errors may be of do-or-die importance.
2. The officials that are there have proven themselves to get there and a "review" of the best official's mistakes is not likely to harm them. It would look a lot worse to pick on the guy who didn't make it. It could destroy their career when the very same mistake which is also made by a final four official may be mostly ignored.

I'll throw in a couple more guesses:
3. Because it's the NCAA tourney the NCAA owns rights to the video which might otherwise be encumbered by conference's media contracts.
4. Because it's the only time all year that Mr. Nichols really is in direct charge of the refs and he feels much freer to pick out examples of things he wants done differently. It would be somewhat unfair to pick examples from the regular season where a different assigner may have wanted things done differently.