NCAA Men's Tournament Officials (2015)

[The_Rookie]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Wow, Kersey finally got in. He was the first college official I ever interacted with. There are things I heard from him in my first 2-3 years of officiating that are still part of my basic foundation of officiating.

Sounds LIke Kersey is a solid guy who helps others out and has paid his dues and made an early impact on your officiating career

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by The_Rookie

Sounds LIke Kersey is a solid guy who helps others out and has paid his dues and made an early impact on your officiating career

When I first got into officiating he used to hold 2 high school camps every summer. It was rather informal, but I for one soaked up what he used to say. First thing I remember him doing was showing a fight from one of his CAA games and explaining why the Center and new Lead have to be engaged with off-ball coverage during transition.

[jpgc99]

Originally Posted by CNYREF

Derosa is on the final.... Does anyone else think maybe this means he got the national coordinator job? Goes out on top....when will they announce that?

That was my first thought when I saw the post saying he would work the final. To a lesser degree, the same thing happened to Curtis Shaw several years ago before he took the supervisor position. At this point, I'd be surprised if Derosa isn't named JA's replacement. But, I've been surprised before...

[refinks]

Was hoping Keith Kimble would get a Final Four.

Not surprised Higgins got another one, him and DeRosa are 2 of the best. I'd love to see DeRosa get the national coordinator position.

Also not surprised that Oglesby didn't work past the first weekend, since he had such a bad couple of games

Originally Posted by big jake

Wonder if the crew that had the Kentucky-W Va game will get anymore games? I watched those guys call all year and they called more fouls in that game than they did all season.

Incorrect. You might have "watched those guys all year" but apparently you didn't see the 8 games where they also called 50 or more fouls.

Originally Posted by CNYREF

Derosa is on the final.... Does anyone else think maybe this means he got the national coordinator job? Goes out on top....when will they announce that?

According to what I have heard they are holding off the announcement because one of the candidates (DeRosa obviously) is still working this season.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by big jake

Wonder if the crew that had the Kentucky-W Va game will get anymore games? I watched those guys call all year and they called more fouls in that game than they did all season. No more games in the tournament called that close?

Well, 2 of them got their first Final Four assignments ever.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by AremRed

According to what I have heard they are holding off the announcement because one of the candidates (DeRosa obviously) is still working this season.

There are also holding off the announcement until they get all the conference supervisors together, which is what happens at the Final Four.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

There are also holding off the announcement until they get all the conference supervisors together, which is what happens at the Final Four.

I've heard Adams initially wanted to do the announcement before the start of the tournament so his replacement could shadow him, but obviously DeRosa working deep changed that.

[tmagan]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

Final Four:

DI Men's Basketball Committee names game officials for 2015 Men's Final Four | NCAA.com

The NCAA has notified these 10 individuals selected to work the 2015 Final Four, which will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis:

• Pat Adams, Mobile, Ala.;
• Jeff Clark, Cheltenham, Pa.;
• Joe DeRosa, North Canton, Ohio;
• Pat Driscoll, Syracuse, N.Y.;
• Mike Eades, Princeton, W.Va.;
• Verne Harris, Denver, Colo.;
• John Higgins, Omaha, Neb.;
• Bryan Kersey, Carrollton, Va;
• Doug Sirmons, Virginia Beach, Va.; and
• Michael Stephens, Providence, R.I.

Odd that Sirmons works conferences furthest away from his home.

On my way to Indy, will be signing off till next season, have a good summer and spring. Haters will hate and skaters will skate!

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by big jake

... Haters will hate and skaters will skate!

and Jakes will jake you.

Originally Posted by big jake

On my way to Indy, will be signing off till next season, ...

Which season, Chaos, Discord, Confusion, Bureaucracy, or The Aftermath?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord...endar#Jake_Day

Did you just admit you got Jaked???????

In case anyone forgot, back in December Duke played at Wisconsin during the ACC/Big 10 challenge. Gene Steratore, Lamont Simpson, and Terry Oglesby worked the game and Duke won by 10. I was told a couple days after that nobody wanted to be assigned that game.

[Rich]

Different time. Dekker was just coming back off a major injury and only scored 5 points in 24 minutes.