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Originally Posted by Rich

Ratings are subjective. One could argue that those same officials are rated highest because Adams subconsciously makes the criteria fit those officials that he likes the most.

By definition, criteria are ENTIRELY subjective (not only the actual judgement of each play, but the criteria itself is subject to whomever determines criteria selection).

For the record, John Adams determined the crew that officiated the Duke v Butler Championship game was 70% accurate for the entire game.

If you are comparing the NCAA D1 Tournament assignments to your local HS state association assignments, I think you're confusing two entirely different set of assignment criteria. The NCAA actually records/measures every call (for accuracy) in every game of the tournament. Those officials advance based on call accuracy (among other criteria).

Generally speaking, HS officials are selected/assignment based on metrics that have nothing to do with call accuracy (coaches ratings, other officials ratings, or simply "assignors choice"). Like college, the HS assignments for state tournament games shouldn't be "lifetime achievement awards" or based on a "give a 'new guy' a chance"-theory…..simply assign the BEST official (unfortunately that doesn't happen often).