1st/3rd Days
 

Denver
ORU/Pitt: Dick Cartmell, Bert Smith, Don Dailey
Tem/Mich St.: Mark Whitehead, Mike Eades, Ken Ditty
Win/Wash St.: Jeff Clark, Ted Valentine, Randy Heimerman
GMU/ND: Scott Thornley, John Hughes, Antinio Petty

ND/Wash St.: Mark Whitehead, John Hughes, Ted Valentine
Mich St/Pitt: Scott Thornley, Dick Cartmell, Mike Eades


Omaha
Kent St./UNLV: William Covington , Karl Hess, Ray Natili
Port St./Kan: Leslie Jones, Mike Nance, Terry Wymer
CS-Full/Wisc: Doug Shows, James Breeding, Kelly Self
KSU/USC: Robert Staffen, J.D. Collins, Eric Curry

UNLV/Kan: Leslie Jones, J.D. Collins, Terry Wymer
KSU/Wisc: Doug Shows, Karl Hess, Robert Staffen

DC:
UGA/Xav: Mike Reed, Ed Hightower, Lamar Simpson
Bay/Pur: Ray Perone, Pat Driscoll, Roger Ayers
AZ/WVU: Mike Sanzere, Tom Eades, Brian Dorsey
Bel/Duke: John Cahill, Michael Eggers, Terry Moore

Pur/Xav: John Cahill, Ray Perone, Pat Driscoll
WVU/Duke: Mike Sanzere, Tom Eades, Ed Hightower

Anaheim:
Corn/Stan: Pat Evans, Curtis Shaw, Bo Boroski
Kent/Marq: Larry Spaulding, David Hall, Edwin Edsall
MVSU/UCLA: Anthony Jordan, Bob Scofield, Bryan Kersey
T-A&M/BYU: Tim Higgins, Brian O'Connell, Emanuel Upton

Marq/Stan: David Hall, Curtis Shaw, Patrick Evans
T-A&M/UCLA: Tim Higgins, Brian O'Connell, Bryan Kersey

2nd/4th Days
 

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

Zelton Steed posted on the forum here for a little while, and helped me out while I was trying to get into the Big South. Glad to see him moving on.

My man, Reggie!!! Hope he makes it back to the Final Four this year. Couldn't be happier for him!

Quite the l'il name dropper, aren't we, Skippy?

I know Dan_ref. Do I win anything?

Chuck, isn't it time you switched to the caffeine free diet coke? Really...

btw... I'm looking for that thread from last year about the slippery ncaa logos on the courts... can you look in your files and let me know where it is?

Yeah. You get a big cup of STFU.

I also met Zelton last year when he worked the Big Ten Tournament last year. I was fortunate to get a pass from him as a result of another poster here and was able to sit with officials and their families all weekend. It was a great time meeting that official. I am also glad to see him advance.

Peace

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

Here you go: ;)

http://forum.officiating.com/showthread.php?t=32665

I was surprised to see Rutecki make the tournament because his only conference tournament assignment was a Patriot League quarter-final.

He works games in several (Big East, A10, MAAC, NEC, Patriot and Ivy) conferences. He obviously received consistantly good ratings from his assignors or he would not have been selected.

My Good Friend, Bob Cousy ...
 

As a teenager, I once met Bob Cousy. He was at our local Bradlees department store making an appearence to drum up business for his Bob Cousy sneakers. I wore his Mr. Basketball sneakers until I upgraded to Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars.

http://espn.go.com/i/sportscentury/inline/cousy.jpg
http://sneakers.pair.com/s/bobcousy.jpg
http://re3.yt-thm-a03.yimg.com/image/25/f10/399344077

Do I win anything?

longer laces

It was a quarterfinal when he was rather inconsistent, but not as terrible as I've seen him perform before. It was one of the better games I saw him have this year, but I also saw him have one absolutely terrible game in terms of performance and game management.

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.

I've read Earl Strom's book. Does that count?

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8...rombook5sc.jpg

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.:)

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!! :p

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.

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.

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

Looks Like Hyland Has His Back
 

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.