Playoff Prep

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

... maybe even have lunch or dinner together earlier in the day. Shoot the breeze, get to know each other, talk about basketball. It works wonders for being on the same page come tip-off time.

Originally Posted by johnny d

This part made me laugh. Other than Saturdays, most of the guys I know go directly from their jobs to their games. If it wasn't for that pesky need to actually make a living, I would agree there could be some merit in this approach.

For regional playoffs in my area, officials assigned to the tournaments are assigned about a month in advance, but several on the crew are coming from hundreds of miles away, if not flying in. There is usually a designated "crew chief" responsible for the assigning. Game assignments are given the night before the first day at a local watering hole. Sometimes we get to know some of our partners a little better than we'd really like to.