Notable absences (NCAA officials)

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

How do you know that one particular official is done for the tournament?

That leads to my question. Are officials who only worked the 1st round still in consideration for the Sweet 16/Elite 8?

[kwv001]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

How do you know that one particular official is done for the tournament?

My assumption was that if you didn't advance from Round 1 to Round 2 you were done. Is that not the case?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by kwv001

I think the list of names that ended their tournament after the first round is also interesting - most notably Ed Hightower. Maybe the theatrics finally bit him. If that's the case though, you have to wonder how Teddy V managed to get a second round game though.

You need to realize that officials are informed if they are working one game or two for the weekend. Then no matter how many games you worked, you may or may not advance. I believe those people are informed today if they are working this coming weekend. By this list we have no idea who is going to work further or not work.

Peace

[Rich]

Originally Posted by kwv001

I think the list of names that ended their tournament after the first round is also interesting - most notably Ed Hightower. Maybe the theatrics finally bit him. If that's the case though, you have to wonder how Teddy V managed to get a second round game though.

I think Valentine is in a different class than the others TODAY. Teddy is theatrical, yes, but he is a damned solid (and still fairly young) official who runs the floor well and isn't afraid to make a nutcutter call when needed.

(The one I saw this past weekend was when he called a throwin violation (and an obvious one, too) as the C when the thrower-in ran the line when he wasn't entitled to and the official administering the throw-in didn't realize it or didn't see it. Deer in the headlights look on the administering official's face was pretty obvious, but he went with what Teddy had right away.)

Ted seems to be in much better shape than he was 5+ years ago, too.

[GoodwillRef]

Teddy V. has worked the Final Four is the past couple of years.

[Raymond]

So no Jim Burr nor Ed Hightower past the 1st weekend.

Any other big dawgs who didn't advance that usually do?

[Jay R]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

So no Jim Burr nor Ed Hightower past the 1st weekend.

And other big dawgs who didn't advance that usually do?

Dave Libbey and Tim Higgins.