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Ref Ump Welsch Wed Jul 22, 2009 06:59pm

Interesting Tip-Off Time
 
Was browsing my alma mater's (Doane College in Nebraska) website for their basketball schedule when I noticed they will be traveling to Omaha to take on Nebraska-Omaha at a game that tips off at midnight local time. You enter the gym on Saturday, and leave it on Sunday. Cool! I'm gonna be there! :D

Mark Padgett Wed Jul 22, 2009 07:51pm

Is this going to lead in to something like one of those questions about reffing a game on a cruise ship that crosses the International Date Line while you're administering a 10 second back court count? :p

Ref Ump Welsch Wed Jul 22, 2009 08:02pm

Nah, unless someone else is going to play that joke. This apparently is serious business. I would love to see who the officials are for this. How many of us would try working a game at this time? Remember this is NCAA Div. II (Nebraska-Omaha) vs. NAIA Div. I (Doane).

Mark Padgett Wed Jul 22, 2009 08:31pm

I once worked a kids tournament in which the championship game didn't tip off until almost 10:30 on a Sunday evening. It was the fifth game I worked that day starting at 10:00 am. I hope whoever works your game takes a really good nap that afternoon. http://www.runemasterstudios.com/gra...ages/sleep.gif

bob jenkins Thu Jul 23, 2009 08:02am

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Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch (Post 616299)
Nah, unless someone else is going to play that joke. This apparently is serious business. I would love to see who the officials are for this. How many of us would try working a game at this time? Remember this is NCAA Div. II (Nebraska-Omaha) vs. NAIA Div. I (Doane).


Is it, perchance, on the first day that games are allowed? That would make some sense as a promotional event.

Raymond Thu Jul 23, 2009 08:35am

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Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch (Post 616299)
Nah, unless someone else is going to play that joke. This apparently is serious business. I would love to see who the officials are for this. How many of us would try working a game at this time? Remember this is NCAA Div. II (Nebraska-Omaha) vs. NAIA Div. I (Doane).

D2 pay, somewhere between $175-225? I think I would do it. :cool:

rockchalk jhawk Thu Jul 23, 2009 09:39am

wow, NAIA D2 pay in down south a bit in KS is only $160/game...

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Thu Jul 23, 2009 09:57am

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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett (Post 616297)
Is this going to lead in to something like one of those questions about reffing a game on a cruise ship that crosses the International Date Line while you're administering a 10 second back court count? :p


Mark:

The game on the cruise ship would have to use FIBA rules and it is an eight (8) second count in the backcourt.

MTD, Sr.

Smitty Thu Jul 23, 2009 09:59am

I am pretty sure a lot of D-1 schools have a "Midnight Madness" game to tip off the season on the first day they are allowed to have games. It's not really that unusual.

mbyron Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:50am

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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. (Post 616402)
Mark:

The game on the cruise ship would have to use FIBA rules and it is an eight (8) second count in the backcourt.

MTD, Sr.

Did you know that seconds are the only common unit between the metric and English systems? :p

Hugh Refner Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:50am

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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. (Post 616402)
Mark:

The game on the cruise ship would have to use FIBA rules and it is an eight (8) second count in the backcourt.

MTD, Sr.

You realize you just spoiled Padgett's entire day. Oh well, he can cross the dateline and live it all over again. :p

Raymond Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:52am

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Originally Posted by rockchalk jhawk (Post 616396)
wow, NAIA D2 pay in down south a bit in KS is only $160/game...

I think N-Omaha is NCAA D2, not NAIA.

budjones05 Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:53am

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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef (Post 616424)
I think N-Omaha is NCAA D2, not NAIA.

They are. The are in the MIAA conference

Hugh Refner Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:19pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by bob jenkins (Post 616383)
Is it, perchance, on the first day that games are allowed? That would make some sense as a promotional event.

I looked on their website. It's their fourth game of the season.

BTW - the TV show "Leverage" last night was about a gym in Nebraska. It made the state seem like it was populated by a bunch of hillbillies stuck in the 1800s. It was about a crooked fight promoter. Of course, the good guys won in the end.

Raymond Thu Jul 23, 2009 01:36pm

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Originally Posted by Hugh Refner (Post 616428)
I looked on their website. It's their fourth game of the season.

BTW - the TV show "Leverage" last night was about a gym in Nebraska. It made the state seem like it was populated by a bunch of hillbillies stuck in the 1800s. It was about a crooked fight promoter. Of course, the good guys won in the end.

Yeah, there aren't any hills in Nebraska.


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