2013 NCAA Tournament Officials
 

We usually have a thread to list all the year's NCAA Tournament officials, so here we go!
Officials who moved on to the next round

Tuesday, March 19 (1st Round)
Dayton, OH
Liberty/North Carolina A&T: Tony Crisp, Les Jones, Mike Eades
Middle Tennessee/Saint Mary’s: Mike Roberts, Glenn Mayborg, Mike Stuart

Wednesday, March 20 (1st Round)
Dayton, OH
James Madison/LIU Brooklyn: Antinio Petty, Deldre Carr, Pat Adams
Boise State/La Salle: Jamie Luckie, Patrick Evans, Gregory Nixon

Thursday, March 21 (Round of 64)
Auburn Hills, MI
Michigan State/Valparaiso: Chris Rastatter, Tom O’Neil, Raymond Styons
Memphis/Saint Mary’s: Gene Steratore, Roger Ayers, Dwayne Gladden
Michigan/South Dakota State: Mike Reed, Mike Roberts, Earl Walton
VCU/Akron: Mark Whitehead, Jeffrey Smith, Edward Edsall

Lexington, KY
Butler/Bucknell: Bill McCarthy, Jeffrey Anderson, Les Jones
Marquette/Davidson: Michael Irving, Randy McCall, Eric Curry
Louisville/North Carolina A&T: Mike Sanzere, Mike Stuart, Kurt Walker
Colorado State/Missouri: Chris Beaver, Brian O'Connell, Lamont Simpson

Salt Lake City, UT
Pittsburgh/Wichita State: Verne Harris, Rod Dixon, Brian Dorsey
Gonzaga/Southern: James Barker, Ted Valentine, Mark Schnur
Arizona/Belmont: John Gaffney, John Higgins, Donnie Eppley
New Mexico/Harvard: Sean Casady, Tony Padilla, Jeb Hartness

San Jose, CA
Saint Louis/New Mexico State: John Cahill, Mike Nance, Brett Nansel
Oklahoma State/Oregon: Brian Kersey, Tim Nestor, Bill Ek
UNLV/California: Bo Boroski, Don Daily, Tim Kelly
Syracuse/Montana: Mike Scyphers, Robert Staffen, Bert Smith

Friday, March 22 (Round of 64)
Philadelphia, PA
Duke/Albany: Larry Spaulding, Gregory Nixon, Lee Cassell
Creighton/Cincinnati: Doug Sirmons, Darron George, Tommy Nunez Jr.
Georgetown/Florida Gulf Coast: Terry Moore, Jamie Luckie, Rick Randall
San Diego State/Oklahoma: Ron Groover, Ed Corbett, Lamar Simpson

Kansas City, MO
Wisconsin/Ole Miss: Wally Rutecki, David Hall, Tim Gattis
Kansas State/La Salle: Robert Riley, Larry Scirotto, Mike Eades
North Carolina/Villanova: Deron White, Michael Greenstein, Pat Adams
Kansas/Western Kentucky: Tim Clougherty, Frank Harvey, Mike Kitts

Dayton, OH
NC State/Temple: Kipp Kissinger, Pat Driscoll, Terry Oglesby
Indiana/James Madison: Bret Smith, Karl Hess, Jose Carrion
Ohio State/Iona: Scott Thornley, Kevin Brill, Randy Heimerman
Notre Dame/Iowa State: D.J. Carstensen, Anthony Jordan, Tony Greene

Austin, TX
Miami (FL)/Pacific: Kelly Self, Byron Jarrett, Antinio Petty
Illinois/Colorado: Doug Shows, Gary Maxwell, Joe Lindsay
Florida/Northwestern State: Jerry Heater, Jeff Clark, Terry Wymer
UCLA/Minnesota: Ray Natili, Rick Crawford, Gerry Pollard

Is Tommy Eades hurt? I have not seen him work for several weeks???

Several "big names" shut out of this years NCAA tournament:

Name - # games worked 2012-2013

Paul Faia 69 games
Tom Eades 61 games (injured)
Joe DeRosa 61 games
Rick Hartzell 59 games
Dick Cartmell 58 games
Bernard Clinton 54 games
Paul Janssen 52 games
Ed Hightower 46 games
James Breeding 39 games (injured)

Those are also not a lot of games based on some past numbers.

I have been seeing a lot of guys I have not seen before before the tournament started, so that is not totally surprising.

Peace

Jim Burr is another one. He worked 60+ games inluding the Big East tournament final. I believe he has worked a couple of NIT games. If I remember correctly he missed the tournament a couple ofyears ago too, because of some paper-work mix up.

Why is Michael Stephens not working?

Saturday March 23 (Round of 32)
Auburn Hills, MI
Michigan/VCU: Chris Rastatter, Mark Whitehead, Mike Reed
Michigan State/Memphis: Roger Ayers, Mike Roberts, Dwayne Gladden

Lexington, KY
Louisville/Colorado State: Randy McCall, Brian O’Connell, Les Jones
Marquette/Butler: Mike Stuart, Jeffrey Anderson, Lamont Simpson

Salt Lake City, UT
Arizona/Harvard: Verne Harris, Ted Valentine, Tony Padilla
Gonzaga/Wichita State: John Gaffney, John Higgins, Brian Dorsey

San Jose, CA
Saint Louis/Oregon: John Cahill, Mike Nance, Bo Boroski
Syracuse/California: Mike Scyphers, Bryan Kersey, Don Daily

Sunday, March 24(Round of 32)
Philadelphia, PA
San Diego State/Florida Gulf Coast: Jamie Luckie, Lamar Simpson, Gregory Nixon
Duke/Creighton: Ed Corbett, Doug Sirmons, Darron George

Kansas City, MO
Kansas/North Carolina: Mike Kitts, Michael Greenstein, Pat Adams
Ole Miss/La Salle: Tim Clougherty, David Hall, Mike Eades

Dayton, OH
Ohio State/Iowa State: Scott Thornley, Karl Hess, Terry Oglesby
Indiana/Temple: Anthony Jordan, Pat Driscoll, Tony Greene

Austin, TX
Florida/Minnesota: Richard Crawford, Terry Wymer, Ray Natili
Miami (FL)/Illinois: Doug Shows, Antinio Petty, Gary Maxwell

current and past assignments
 

Officiating assignments for men from 2005 (ncaa, nit, cbi and cit) and women from 2007 (ncaa, wnit) through current games are available at Philadelphia Basketball Referee - college Men Postseaon and Philadelphia Basketball Referee - College Women Postseaon .

Detail includes:

• results with box sore links
• official photos and statistic links for men
• ncaa seeds and current tourney records by conference

For men, a final four history is also available with brackets, results, officials, coaches and mvps from 1939

Thanks for this. Never realized that Burr worked 7 championship games in his career. Or how many final fours Hightower, Cahill, Tim Higgins and many other officials worked.

Joe DeRosa officiates the Big 12 Championship and doesn't get an NCAA tournament game, that is amazing. I guess somebody doesn't like retired NBA officials officiating in the NCAA tournament.

MTD, Sr.

Doubt that. I believe he worked a regional final last season.

Check that. He worked the Final Four last year (Lou/UK).

Paperwork again?
 

I heard that a number of Div. 1 officials had paperwork issue again, including DeRosa and Stephens.

Maybe Joe DeRosa who does not need a tournament resume to get games in future seasons decided that getting 1/3 of your regular fee for Round 1 does not cut it.

Paperwork ??????
 

Can we just make the assumption that they didn't turn the necessary paperwork back in Oct / Nov by the deadline????

And I think he is a great official. Either way someone said awhile ago, these are not "their assignments" to only have. Someone is always going to be left out for some reason.

Peace

Can you shed some light on this? What type of paperwork needs to be turned in as it relates to the tournament?

A background check must be performed via the arbiter......

Interesting stuff.

If what others are posting in another thread about Adams's thoughts about mobility on the court, I'm not surprised about Burr and especially Hartzell, if that's the reason they're not in. Great officials with great careers, but Hartzell in particular looked actually severely injured the two times I saw him work in person this year.

Your Teachers Were Right, You Do Have A Permanent Record ...
 

Here in Connecticut, all high school officials, for all sports, must pass a criminal background check. You can't even apply to join my local basketball association without signing a waiver for a criminal background check, it's actually a part of the application. Schools don't want guys, or gals, that stick up liquor stores, or hijack eighteen wheelers with cigarette shipments, officiating their basketball games. Go figure?

From 1985 to 2004, Burr and Higgins basically made the Final Four almost on a yearly basis. I do not think you will ever see that again.

Interesting that two of the three officials who worked the Illinois/Miami game that had the incorrect out of bounds call in the last minute of the game are working the Iowa/Virginia NIT game tonight.

Just means they can't work tomorrow. Will probably see them later this weekend.

West Regional Officials
 

Thursday:
Les Jones
Lamont Simpson
Brian O'Connell
Terry Wymer
Ed Corbett
Ron Groover

Saturday:
Jamie Luckie
Ray Natili
Pat Adams

This is a fact? And how come you have "Adams or Evans"?

I think dahoopref knows what he is talking about...all six on his Thursday list worked.

Ron Groover
 

I noticed Groover worked last night's regional game even though he didn't work a second game last weekend. I was under the assumption officials were paired down by weekend, so when he didn't work last weekend I figured he was not going to advance. I guess this isn't how it works?

The rounds of 64 & 32 officials are determined before the tournament starts. Sweet 16 and Elite 8 officials get chosen based on their performance the first weekend, whether they worked 2 games or 1 game.

Thursday, March 28 (Regional Semifinals)

Washington, DC
Miami (FL)/Marquette: Mark Whitehead, Gregory Nixon, Dwayne Gladden
Indiana/Syracuse: David Hall, Doug Sirmons, Michael Reed

Los Angeles, CA
Ohio State/Arizona: Ed Corbett, Brian O'Connell, Les Jones
Wichita State/La Salle: Ron Groover, Terry Wymer, Lamont Simpson

Friday, March 29 (Regional Semifinals

Indianapolis, IN
Louisville/Oregon: Don Daily, Brian Dorsey, Mike Eades
Duke/Michigan State: Mike Scyphers, Mike Stuart, Pat Driscoll

Arlington, TX
Kansas/Michigan: Karl Hess, Lamar Simpson, Gary Maxwell
Florida/Florida Gulf Coast: Duke Edsall, Tom Nunez, John Gaffney

Duke Edsall and Tommy Nunez Jr. didn't work a game last weekend, yet worked a regional. That is rare, but not unheard of. I remember that happening to Tom O'Neill and Steve Welmer in previous years.

Duke worked VCU game last weekend.......

I would safely anticipate Roger Ayers...Tony Greene...John Cahill...Mike Roberts..Doug Shows..Scott Thornley...Vern Harris...Doug Shows....and Terry Oglesby to work over the next two days.

Ayers & Cahill will work in Arlington on Sunday.

Saturday, March 30 (Regional Finals)

Washington, DC
Syracuse/Marquette: John Higgins, Verne Harris, Randy McCall

Los Angeles, CA
Ohio State/Wichita State: Jamie Luckie, Patrick Adams, Ray Natili

Thought today's crews were more experienced than yesterday's crews.....

Would like to see Kersey / Cahill / Greene work final......

Sunday, March 31 (Regional Finals)

Arlington, TX
Florida/Michigan: John Cahill, Roger Ayers, Bryan Kersey

Indianapolis, IN
Louisville/Duke: Doug Shows, Scott Thornley, Tony Greene

What happened to guys like:

TV Ted Valentine, Mike Kitts, Dick Cartmell, Tom O'neill, Hartzel

They either only worked first 2 rounds or did not appear at all

Only 3 out of the 9 officials who worked elite 8 are based out of the Rockies or West..2/3 East Coast or Midwest guys

So 1/3 came from the west 3rd of the country?

Doh!

ANyone got a lead on who's working the NIT Semis and Final?

Big Jake has that info.

Final four officials
 

John Cahill, Tony Greene, Karl Hess, Les Jones, John Higgins, Randy McCall and Mark Whitehead have all officiated previous Final Fours, while Mike Eades, Doug Sirmons and Terry Wymer will make their first Final Four appearances.

Is this official?

DAHOOPREF...Does this sound right to you??:)

Per an NCAA announcement today...the names listed by BktBallRef are correct and confirmed.

Congrats to these guys for this honor.

Yeah, it sounds about right. :D

List of referees who are working the 2013 Final Four - CBSSports.com

Really? You think I made it up?

I do not think I inclined that or hinted towards that.

I think he thought maybe you were speculating rather than posting what was announced by the NCAA today.

Thank you Adam. You hit the point dead on.

I do not think I inclined that or hinted towards that.

You inclined nor hinted towards nothing. ;)

Exactly. I stated who they were. :D

Semifinal #1

Less Jones
Karl Hess
Terry Wymer

Terry Wymer is from Findlay, Ohio, and a friend.

MTD, Sr.

Semifinal #2

Mark Whitehead
Randall McCall
Doug Sirmons

Mike Eades is the alternate for both games tonight.

So that leaves John Cahill, Tony Greene, and John Higgins for the final?

Where are Big East guys?
 

No Higgins, Burr or Kal (Cahill)? Have they fallen out of good graces?

Keep Your Friends Close And Your Enemies Closer (Michael Corleone) ...
 

We won't hold it against him. It's not is fault that you befriended him.

Cahill has the final. John Higgins, too. I love watching Cahill work. Wymer, too.

If you're referring to Tim Higgins, Ace, he retired in November.

I'm with you Cahill is awesome. He and Higgins are my two favorite college guys.

Which means Mike will be the alternate on Monday night also.

Do they still have the game officials leave town immediately after doing their game? That never made much sense to me.

OFD

Yes officials once done with their game, head home right after words. It is due to the NBA gambling issue with one of their (NBA) former referees. The NCAA shortly after that situation instituted a new stricter policy for their tournament officials.

That policy was in place before the Donaghy betting incident.

Thanks for the clarification BadNewsRef. I thought it was instituted because of Donaghy. I was not aware of that is was effect before hand.

The NCAA has been dealing with betting issues long before that case even was known by the public. Remember the NCAA had betting scandals with Northwestern, Arizona St. and Boston College before Donaghy.

Peace

Thanks for the info JRutledge. I did not know those situations happened until you mentioned them.