2009 Final Four Officials
 

Who will get the call for this weekend? Will the ones that called last weekend be the ones that will be called to work this weekend?

I asked a similar question about "pool of available officials" in another thread and this is what BNR said:

I do know of one official. I cannot speak for the others.

Peace

I have asked not to be considered for officiating the Final Four, since baseball season has started.

Might not mean anything anymore with Adams in charge now, but the last two years (2008, 2007) 5 of the 9 worked the Sweet Sixteen Round. In 2006 4 worked the Sweet 16.

I agree.

lol...ditto. I'm going to dinner at my in-laws this weekend and cannot make it either.

Tim Higgins and Jim Burr worked the NIT Semis last night in NYC.

As did 3 officials from the Sweet 16.

Based on performance so far, I think Tony Greene and Jamie Luckie are in.
Possibly Dick Cartmell, Mark Whitehead, Doug Shows, John Cahill, John Hughes.

Dave Hall, Randy McCall & Verne Harris next Monday night.

Officials who have stood out to me are Jamie Luckie and Les Jones.

Tony Greene is about as steady as you can get so I wouldn't be surprised to see him there again.

No Denver bias there. :D

Just a tad bit :D
Gotta support our Big Dogs, they rep well for the City!

I know the line-up for sure and those are not the officials.

Peace

Not going to have 3 West Coast guys on the game. Hall has worked 106 games this season...#1 for men's officials.

Have you sworn not to tell us?

Especially since it will be 2 East coast teams competing... just wishful thinking I guess :)

Jamie Luckie is one of the best officials working. Once his name catches up with his ability he will be a final four regular. Les Jones is also solid and could get the call.

Rut, is it a secret or can you tell us?

You are kidding right? For one of those officials...him or Welmer...Hmmm

Luckie is solid...works a crap load of big games all season.

I can confirm that JRut knows the Monday night crew.....

2 of the 3 officials from the Pitt/Vill game are working the FF....1 on Mon and 1 on Sat.

Driscoll for Saturday and McCall for Monday would be my bet.

yes and no....(in that order)....

Don't ask him and Jeffpea shouldn't have posted names either.
It can only get those guys in trouble for someone to find out they let the word out. Jeff wasn't even supposed to know.

I dunno -- which one isn't east coast?

My college friends from Montana thought that Ohio was east coast, so maybe East Lansing would count as well!

Not really true. I just am not going to tell everyone here until an appropriate time.

Peace

People who do business in NV would be very happy to know ahead of time. :D

If the West guys are getting plugs I'll plug a few East guys who I think should be working this weekend in Detroit.

John Cahill, Ed Corbett, and the aforementioned Jamie Luckie.

If global warming continues, Montana will be on the west coast.

In this part of the country, some people think that from Chicago on east is all one big continuous city and anything east of the Twin Cities is "east" in a cultural and geographical sense.

Of course, in NYC and other parts nearby, they think nothing west of the Hudson is important.

That's another friend: a Manhattanite once said to me (direct quote): "Lake Erie? That's out west by Colorado, isn't it?"

And according to "real" midwesterners (from big flat states) Ohio is not in the midwest either.

Go figure.

Ed Corbett, John Hughes, and Mike Stephens are working the NIT Championship game tonight.

If the NCAA still has a regulation that Final Four officials cannot accept any assignments in the five days previous to their FF game, then these three are out.

Kind of a stupid rule. We have officials who worked every day from November 14 until December 24 but they can work on Thursday and then again on Wednesday. Supid.

I would have bet money of Corbett.

You make an excellent point. I believe that the NCAA should have such a rule in force all season.

My money is on Sirmons and/or Luckie. I still don't know which one of them made that call from the Lead to help out Mike Stephens in the MSU/KU game, but that guy is going IMO.

Shaw, Greene and O'Neil in the final. Mike Stewert is working a semi final

That would be Stuart.

So 6 of the officials would be:

Curtis Shaw
Tony Greene
Tom O'Neill
Pat Driscoll
Mike Stuart
Les Jones

????

Or is it still too early to ask that question?

if Cahill did not work the NIT final (which he didn't) I'll make him my "lock of the day."

I think he's been the best official in the country for the last 3 years.

Rumor has it that Pat Driscoll will be working.

Since they are already in Detroit for meetings, you can add Thornley and Cahill to your list.

LOL!! That's a whole PAC 10 crew, that would be pretty cool. Thornley is working right now, so there's one from the PAC in the final 4

Unfortunately, none of this is correct. :D

Peace

I've gotta ask. Is the identity of these guys something y'all were that anxious to find out?

Tonight:

Curtis Shaw
Tom O'Neill
Tony Green/Vern Harris

Just my guess.

Alternate?
 

Anybody see who the alternate on Saturday was?

It was me. I dressed out in full uniform, scalped a ticket from some local Louisville fans, and sat at the scorer's table. :cool:

The alternate was John Higgins.

Do the officials that work on Sat have to leave after their games are finished?

Yes.

Peace

Didn't Tony Greene do the NIT final?

Most definitely not; I believe that was Mike Stephens.

You are correct it was Stephens.

Anybody see who the alternate on Saturday or Monday was?

Your question for Saturday was already answered. :p

Peace

Guess my answer wasn't good enough either. :p

Officials Names
 

As long as I can remember CBS always used to show the officials names in the bottom left hand corner before the tip-off. I noticed this year that they didn't. I went out to sports bars a lot this year, and the volume would be turned down, so I could't hear the names all the time. That's one of the exciting things to do. Make sure you get in front of the tube before tip to see who's working the game. Congrats too all the officials who got a chance to work in March. No matter what level we officiate, we should all aspire to get our name called to work in March.

Did you skip over post #32? ;)