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Originally Posted by Nevadaref

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Lonnie Dixon

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Lonnie Dixon is a NCAA Division I men’s basketball official, working in the Mountain West Conference, Big 12 Conference, Sun Belt Conference, and several other conferences.

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Dixon was suspended by the Mountain West Conference in February 2004 for "inadvertently" blowing his whistle during a BYU/New Mexico basketball game, but did not admit to it during the game. The whistle caused BYU player Mark Bigelow to believe play was stopped and stepped on the court from the bench. Bigelow was called for a technical foul, and New Mexico eventually beat BYU 65-63. Dixon was not allowed to call his next 2 games, as well as the Mountain West Conference Tournament.

In 1998, Dixon failed to blow his whistle on what University of Utah fans thought were obvious foul calls against Utah point guard Andre Miller in the final 90 seconds of a 77-74 loss, also at New Mexico.

[edit] External links

• 'Inadvertant' whistle led to technical
• Referee who blew BYU call cost Utes a game in 1998

And the problem you have with this is?

[Nevadaref]

I just think that it is amusing that the only entries for him are negative, and mostly focus on his lack of integrity with the whistle incident in that BYU game.

[Adam]

Nevada, are you licensed for that bus you're driving?

The man made a mistake, paid for it, and you get a kick out of the fact that Utah fans think he may as well be wearing a Lobo uniform?

[Nevadaref]

No, I don't think that he just made a mistake. That would be the case if he had simply blown an inadvertant whistle and said, "Sorry, guys, my fault."

But he flat lied about it and let a kid get penalized because he wasn't man enough to own up to it. He let someone else take the blame for his screw up. That's just plain wrong. IMO he shouldn't be working D1 basketball anymore. There is no place for individuals with questionable ethics at that level.

[DonInKansas]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

There is no place for individuals with questionable ethics at any level.

Fixed that for ya.