I thought I would share some pictures

[Back In The Saddle]

It would be very cool to get to work a game in a venue like that!

Although that particular venue still gets my bloodpressure up. I guess I just need to get over the Jazz losing to the Bulls two years in a row.

[ref2coach]

You should appreciate that in your state the referees wear a Black jacket. You guys look sharp. In our state the required jacket is BLUE. So Black shoes, Black pants, Black & White Shirt, Stupid BLUE jacket. I'm jealous.

[fullor30]

Big crowd!! They must have come to see you work.........

I'm pretty sure we did a game together at O'Neil's camp last summer.

Congrats on the UC. Did you notice the court size difference to what you're used to?

[Mark Padgett]

I see the three of you talking to the players before the game. Was that your pre-game or were you selling foul insurance?

BTW - here's one of me:

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by fullor30

Big crowd!! They must have come to see you work.........

I'm pretty sure we did a game together at O'Neil's camp last summer.

Congrats on the UC. Did you notice the court size difference to what you're used to?

This was my second game at the UC. I had the privilege to work a game two years ago when Jeffrey Jordan was a junior at Loyola and they played De La Salle. The court did not seem much different than any other college floor I have worked on. The only thing is that kids kept trying to shoot 3 pointers at the NBA line all night which almost never went in. I even told both teams the white line is your line, not the red one.

The crowd was much bigger than the game I did before. There were probably about 1500 fans at the game. Both schools have to sell tickets to the Bulls game or pay for them anyway. And both schools brought buses of kids to watch the game. It was fun times indeed.

Peace

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

This was my second game at the UC. I had the privilege to work a game two years ago when Jeffrey Jordan was a junior at Loyola and they played De La Salle. The court did not seem much different than any other college floor I have worked on. The only thing is that kids kept trying to shoot 3 pointers at the NBA line all night which almost never went in. I even told both teams the white line is your line, not the red one.

The crowd was much bigger than the game I did before. There were probably about 1500 fans at the game. Both schools have to sell tickets to the Bulls game or pay for them anyway. And both schools brought buses of kids to watch the game. It was fun times indeed.

Peace

I did a game at Welsh Ryan arena (Northwestern for you folks at home). Before I boast, it was a girls feeder game with about fifty people there.

Didn't matter, to run up and down that floor was a treat.

My partner and I had pictures taken with a telephoto from up in the stands as we posed at center court with the emblem. Looked great and nobody could see the empty seats!

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by fullor30

I did a game at Welsh Ryan arena (Northwestern for you folks at home). Before I boast, it was a girls feeder game with about fifty people there.

Didn't matter, to run up and down that floor was a treat.

My partner and I had pictures taken with a telephoto from up in the stands as we posed at center court with the emblem. Looked great and nobody could see the empty seats!

Funny you said that. This summer I worked at Indiana University's Assembly Hall while working a camp. I did not bring a camera mainly because it was a camp and I had no idea I would be working on that floor. D.J. White was also one of the scorekeepers. I did not see Sampson, I am sure he was on the phone somewhere.

Peace

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Funny you said that. This summer I worked at Indiana University's Assembly Hall while working a camp. I did not bring a camera mainly because it was a camp and I had no idea I would be working on that floor. D.J. White was also one of the scorekeepers. I did not see Sampson, I am sure he was on the phone somewhere.

Peace

My daughter is at IU and when we took her down there last year, my 11 year old guy and I made a pilgrimage to the 'shrine' and since the athletic offices are there, we were able to get on the court, nobody there but us and a ball. Son drains a trey (after 10 attempts) as I recite the litany of players who have graced that court.

We then tried to find scuff marks from the chair Bobby tossed with no avail.

Pretty cool after seeing it so many times on TV. I can't believe the spring those good courts have.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Funny you said that. This summer I worked at Indiana University's Assembly Hall while working a camp. I did not bring a camera mainly because it was a camp and I had no idea I would be working on that floor. D.J. White was also one of the scorekeepers. I did not see Sampson, I am sure he was on the phone somewhere.

Peace

I worked on the court at Phog Allen Fieldhouse during a team camp last summer.

While I absolutely despise the University of Kansas and all that it stands for, it was pretty cool to call a couple games on that court.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Funny you said that. This summer I worked at Indiana University's Assembly Hall while working a camp. I did not bring a camera mainly because it was a camp and I had no idea I would be working on that floor.

I had the same experience, except it was in Cameron Indoor Arena. It was a camp, and I had no idea I'd be in the Duke gym, so no camera. It was pretty darn cool, tho.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The only thing is that kids kept trying to shoot 3 pointers at the NBA line all night which almost never went in. I even told both teams the white line is your line, not the red one.

Give 'em a break - you never know when an NBA scout is gonna be in attendance and you have to demonstrate range.

It's the same reason all those 6th grade rec league parents are always so "supportive" of their kids - there's no telling when Rick Pitino or Roy Williams or Tim Floyd might be in the corner watching the game and you could cost them, errrr, their kid, that scholarship.

[Mark Padgett]

I, of course, worked some games at the Springfield YMCA for Dr. Naismith. Boy, did I get a thrill climbing up those ladders getting the ball out of the peach baskets.

BTW - I think Dick Vitale was doing the color commentary on the telegraph.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I, of course, worked some games at the Springfield YMCA for Dr. Naismith. Boy, did I get a thrill climbing up those ladders getting the ball out of the peach baskets.

BTW - I think Dick Vitale was doing the color commentary on the telegraph.

Back in the day when he could refer to himself as a diaper dandy?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I, of course, worked some games at the Springfield YMCA for Dr. Naismith. Boy, did I get a thrill climbing up those ladders getting the ball out of the peach baskets.

BTW - I think Dick Vitale was doing the color commentary on the telegraph.

Did fans yell, "Hey, Ref! The ball's untied!"?

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

It would be very cool to get to work a game in a venue like that!

Although that particular venue still gets my bloodpressure up. I guess I just need to get over the Jazz losing to the Bulls two years in a row.

Two of the finest years in the history of the NBA.