Final Four Officials
I saw this list posted elsewhere:
Pat Adams, Roger Ayers, Joe DeRosa, Tom Eades, Verne Harris, Les Jones, Jamie Luckie, Doug Shows, Mike Stuart, & Mark Whitehead |
People will certainly have differing opinions, but my take is that isn't a bad list.
I'm pleasantly surprised to not see Hightower, Valentine, or Hall. Time for others to have the big stage. |
One has to be the standby official, and of that list I believe the only two who were never an on-court or standby official for a Final Four are Roger Ayers and Joe DeRosa (of course he has done quite a few NBA Finals games).
I would think the most well known active official who has never done a Final Four is Bryan Kersey. |
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One of the articles which I read attributed this to the fact that John Adams doesn't favor guys who work so many games. Welmer worked 124 one season and Kersey took over doing the most after Welmer stopped, working 100 games. Here are a couple of articles on the selection of the officials to the tournament and the Final Four: ?It was a dream come true? - NCAA.com College basketball referee at the top of his game | Kansan.com From Sweet 16 to Elite Eight: What Teams and Officials Advance | Bleacher Report |
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Of course the list of those going aren't a bunch of guys who haven't gone before -- seems from an above post (which I do't care to check) that 8 of 10 have been there before and DeRosa is a special case (since he's worked in the NBA Finals). I'm sure there are a lot of officials who have never been who would do a fantastic job. Too bad more of them haven't gone. |
Tom Eades is one of my favorites to watch. I sat on the first row right behind the table at a game a couple of years ago. He is pretty funny.
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zm: You got it all wrong. Eades: He's a big boy. He knows what he said. Funny, how? zm: Just, you know. You're funny. Eades: Let me understand this. Maybe I'm a little fu**ed up. But I'm funny how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I'm here to fu**ing amuse you? What do you mean, funny? How am I funny? zm: You know, how you tell a story. Eades: I don't know. You said it. You said I'm funny. How am I funny? What the f**k is so funny about me? Tell me what's funny. |
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I think Michael Stephens is worthy of making that list. Has Pat Adams been to the final four before? James Breeding would be a good one too.
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It is entirely possible that the NCAA observer missed it. Did someone send an email? Do you think that those folks read this site? Have you seen an article in the press mentioning it? |
Terry Wymer deserves his first final four!
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Eades or Ayres
Mike and Roger kinda came up together via Fred Barakat in the late 90's....
Who do you guys think is better......... |
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Eades by a nose.... |
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