Tournament Officials-Round 1

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Who cares?

I watch basketball on TV. Does that make me qualified to rip the officiating?

To qualify, you really should have to be in either your first year of officiating or live in California, but being a student in the stands works just as well too, Rich.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by mattmets

In case you're wondering how I know this, I go to one of the schools in that PL quarter he worked, and was at every home game this year.

What a freaking joke. Is it possible to slap somebody upside the head through the internet?!?!

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

What a freaking joke. Is it possible to slap somebody upside the head through the internet?!?!

If it were, you'd have an awfully sore head!!

Gotta love these guys who come on here to tell us how bad the officials are who were chosen to work the biggest college tournamnet in the nation...what a bunch of losers.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Raleigh:

David/Gonz: Tom O'Neill, Robert Adams, Dwayne Gladden
UMBC/G-town: Mike Littlewood, Verne Harris, Doug Sirmons
MSM/UNC: Paul Janssen, Fred Davis, Gary Prager
Ark/Ind: Ed Corbett, Rick Randall, Winston Smith

David/G-town: Tom O'Neill, Paul Janssen, Doug Sirmons
Ark/UNC: Verne Harris, Ed Corbett, Dwayne Gladden


Birmingham:
AU/Tenn: Chris Rastatter, Zelton Steed, Gerry Pollard
USA/Butler: Jeff Nichols, Bob Donato, Kyle Chambers
BSU/Louis: Gary Maxwell, Mike Thibodeaux, Bill Kennedy
St. Joe's/Okla: Mike Scyphers, Earl Walton , J.B. Caldwell

Butler/Tenn: Jeff Nichols, Mike Scyphers, Bob Donato
Okla/Louis: Zelton Steed, Gary Maxwell, J.B. Caldwell


Tampa/St. Pete:
Siena/Vandy: Steven Pyatt, Randy Mccall, Lamont Simpson
'Nova/Clemson: Mark Reischling, D.J. Carstensen, Tony Greene
WKU/Drake: Paul Faia, Jamie Luckie, Michael Stephens
UCSD/UConn: Kevin Mathis, Mike Stuart, Gene Steratore

Siena/'Nova: Paul Faia, Mike Stuart, Randy Mccall
UCSD/WKU: D.J. Carstensen, Jamie Luckie, Tony Greene


Little Rock:
Austin Peay/Tex: Rick Batsell, Frank Scagliotta, Joe Lindsay
St. Mary's/Miami (FL): Ted Hillary, Rick Hartzell, Brent Meaux
UT-A/Mem: John Hampton, Reggie Greenwood, Wally Rutecki
Oregon/Miss. St.: Steve Skiles, Mike Kitts, Pat Adams

Miami/Tex: Patrick Adams, Mike Kitts, Joe Lindsay
Miss. St./Mem: Reggie Greenwood, Ted Hillary, Frank Scagliotta

Just curious....where did you find this information?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Andy

Just curious....where did you find this information?

Andy, I'm sure someone has a website with a consolidated list but I just used the good old-fashioned keyboard along with my cutting & pasting skills while perusing the box scores on ESPN.com.

BTW, my friend I was telling you about a while back, his son played RB for Phoenix Community College. Was National JuCo player-of-the-week for one of his games.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

UT-A/Mem: John Hampton, Reggie Greenwood, Wally Rutecki

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

And look at that, the guy who ejected Seton Hall's coach and T'd up John Calhoun made it to the tournament. Guess he isn't so incompetent after all?!?

Apparently someone forgot consult UConn and Seton Hall's coaches because that incompetent Rutecki dude officiated the NIT championship game last night.

[aces88]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Apparently someone forgot consult UConn and Seton Hall's coaches because that incompetent Rutecki dude officiated the NIT championship game last night.

If I were Wally Rutecki, I'd feel pretty good because his assignment to the championship game of the NIT is a clear statement that his boss is behind him 100%.

If you look at the list of officials assigned to the final four of the NIT, they are all on the roster of the Big East. It looks to me like they were assigned by or with the input of Art Hyland of the Big East. If you look at the other eight officials, five worked the second weekend of the NCAA and two, (Burr and John Higgins), would have if they were eligible. Of the nine, Rutecki is the least experienced, so it would be surprising for him to be put on the championship game unless somebody wanted to send a message.

[ocreferee]

Originally Posted by aces88

If I were Wally Rutecki, I'd feel pretty good because his assignment to the championship game of the NIT is a clear statement that his boss is behind him 100%.

If you look at the list of officials assigned to the final four of the NIT, they are all on the roster of the Big East. It looks to me like they were assigned by or with the input of Art Hyland of the Big East. If you look at the other eight officials, five worked the second weekend of the NCAA and two, (Burr and John Higgins), would have if they were eligible. Of the nine, Rutecki is the least experienced, so it would be surprising for him to be put on the championship game unless somebody wanted to send a message.

A couple of years ago Referee Magazine did a small Q & A with Art Hyland and it stated that he assigned the officials for the NIT. This was prior to the NCAA buying the NIT but it seems that Art is still the assignor for the tournament in the fact that the Big East officials were well represented.