Officials whose NCAA run is over (?)

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I believe there is some sort of time constraint concerning working another game 48 or 72 hours prior to an NCAA tourney game. Working last night would not jeopardize that constraint.

For the National Championship or National Semi-Finals, you're not allowed to work any games for a period of five days prior to your assigned game.

[aces88]

I don't know how it will play out this year, but last year no officials worked an NCAA tournament game after being assigned to an NIT game. This was different from prior years, when several officials moved back and forth between the two tournaments.

Before last year, the NCAA had little control over who worked NIT games. Now that they own both tournaments, that is no longer the case.

[johnSandlin]

aces,

If your assumption is correct, then three Final Four officials from last year will not be working anymore NCAA tourney games this year because they worked NIT games tonight.

Tony Greene, Reggie Greenword, and Karl Hess all worked the Final Four last year and worked NIT games tonight.

Hopefully, this is not correct. Hess and Greenword both more then deserve a chance to work the National Championship game this year.

We will wait and see what happens and the games unfold.

I think though the following officials have a great shot at going to Atlanta---Zelton Steed, John Higgins, Reggie Greenwood, Karl Hess, Curtis Shaw, Mike Kitts, Ted Hillary, Dave Libbey, Verne Harris, Scott Thornley, and others as well.