NCAA Men's Tournament Officials (2015)

No Tony Greene, who worked a regional final last year.

No Bo Boroski who took the year off after losing all his Big 10/MAC/Summit games.

No Karl Hess for obvious reasons.

No Ted Valentine.

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by AremRed

No Ted Valentine.

Was just about to post this. Ted chose to sit out the tournament this year due to his ailing brother.

http://www.postandcourier.com/articl...PC20/150319312

His brother has passed away since this article was written, I believe.

[SC Official]

Tony Greene is the one that caught my attention. I'm would think there's a legitimate reason he's not working (not anything performance-based).

[crosscountry55]

Was Bo Boroski the official who got caught up in the DI assignment software access "breach"?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Was Bo Boroski the official who got caught up in the DI assignment software access "breach"?

Correct.

Also, Les Jones is a tournament regular who was injured during the season.

[Raymond]

Ole John Higgins had it nice, working all weekend in his hometown, plus getting a MVC/Big 12 matchup.

[Lcubed48]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Correct.

Also, Les Jones is a tournament regular who was injured during the season.

I was wondering about him because I hadn't seen him any on TV this season.

[actuary77]

And among the former NBA refs, only Joe DeRosa is getting the love. Maybe Olandis and Tommy need a few more years back in D1 to get more assignments?

Also, is Lamont Simpson (not to be confused with Lamar) the only D1 Men's official also on the WNBA staff?

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Was Bo Boroski the official who got caught up in the DI assignment software access "breach"?

Yep, he's the next top dog in the Big 10 having worked the tournament semifinals the past two years.

Pretty sure that's Terry Oglesby on the WVU-Maryland game with Tom Eades and Terry Wymer. So I guess John Adams didn't think his tech on the Providence coach was all that bad.

PS: I'm predicting a regional for Oglesby, I think Adams is gonna pick him cuz Adams is going out.

[CNYREF]

That assignment would have already been given to him before the tech.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by AremRed

Pretty sure that's Terry Oglesby on the WVU-Maryland game with Tom Eades and Terry Wymer. So I guess John Adams didn't think his tech on the Providence coach was all that bad.

PS: I'm predicting a regional for Oglesby, I think Adams is gonna pick him cuz Adams is going out.

The assignments for the Round of 32 games were predetermined. They are not based on the Thursday/Friday games.

That technical foul, even if John Adams were not happy with it, would not be nearly enough to get a game pulled.

Originally Posted by SC Official

Tony Greene is the one that caught my attention. I'm would think there's a legitimate reason he's not working (not anything performance-based).

Yeah, he worked the SEC tournament final seven days ago and doesn't even get a game??

[Rich]

Originally Posted by SC Official

Was just about to post this. Ted chose to sit out the tournament this year due to his ailing brother.

http://www.postandcourier.com/articl...PC20/150319312

His brother has passed away since this article was written, I believe.

His brother passed the day after the article was posted.

[crosscountry55]

Let's talk about Gene Steretore. The guy is a Big Ten fixture. Every other major conference game, he's assigned. I follow WI. Wisconsin/Duke? Check. Wisconsin/Ohio State? Check. Wisconsin/Michigan St.? 2 x Check (including the Big Ten title game). I didn't go back to last year, but I know that he got most of the big assignments unless they happened to fall on Saturdays and Sundays during football season.

And this is why I am surprised that his NCAA footprint is so meager. Last year he got a first four game. This year he got a round of 64 game: Virginia/Belmont (no offense, but whoop 'de do). And that's it. Didn't even get assigned past Friday.

The guy has impeccable mechanics and he's a game management wizard.

So why John Adams no seem to respect him very much?