NCAA Men's Tournament Officials (2015)
 

Previous Assignments:
NCAA Men’s Tournament Officials (2014)
NCAA Men’s Tournament Officials (2013)

FIRST FOUR -- DAYTON, OH

Tuesday, 3/17/2015
(16a) Hampton vs. (16b) Manhattan -- Doug Shows, Pat Adams, Marques Pettigrew
(11a) BYU vs. (11b) Ole Miss -- Ray Natili, Brian O'Connell, Paul Faia

Wednesday, 3/18/2015
(16a) Robert Morris vs. (16b) North Florida -- Alfred Smith, Michael Stephens, Mike Eades
(11a) Dayton vs. (11b) Boise State -- John Higgins, Tony Padilla, Tim Kelly

SECOND ROUND

Thursday, 3/19/2015
PITTSBURGH
(14) Northeastern vs. (3) Notre Dame -- Ed Corbett, Michael Irving, Bret Smith
(11) Texas vs. (6) Butler -- Chris Rastatter, Brian O'Connell, Rick Crawford, alternate: Joe DeRosa
(16) Lafayette vs. (1) Villanova -- Pat Adams, Byron Jarrett, Anthony Jordan
(9) LSU vs. (8) NC State -- Joe DeRosa, Darron George, Dwayne Gladden

LOUISVILLE
(14) UAB vs. (3) Iowa State -- Ray Natili, John Gaffney, Brett Nansel
(11) UCLA vs. (6) SMU -- Antinio Petty, Larry Spaulding, Sean Hull
(9) Purdue vs. (8) Cincinnati -- Mike Stuart, Gerry Pollard, Earl Walton
(16) Hampton vs. (1) Kentucky -- Paul Szelc, Tim Comer, Mike Greenstein

JACKSONVILLE
(14) Georgia St vs. (3) Baylor -- Jamie Luckie, Gary Prager, AJ Desai
(11) Ole Miss vs. (6) Xavier -- David Hall, Burt Smith, Bill Ek
(13) Harvard vs. (4) North Carolina -- Don Daily, Lee Cassell, Mike Sanzere
(12) Wofford vs. (5) Arkansas -- Mike Roberts, Chris Beaver, Jose Carrion

PORTLAND
(15) Texas Southern vs. (2) Arizona -- Terry Moore, Lamar Simpson, Rodrick Dixon
(10) Ohio State vs. (7) Virginia Commonwealth -- Mike Reed, Tony Henderson, Kevin Brill
(12) Stephen F. Austin vs. (5) Utah -- Roger Ayres, Jerry Heater, Mark Schnur
(13) Eastern Washington vs. (4) Georgetown -- Verne Harris, DJ Carstensen, Eric Curry

Friday, 3/20/2015
OMAHA
(15) New Mexico State vs. (2) Kansas -- Greg Nixon, Deron White, Tony Padilla
(10) Indiana vs. (7) Wichita State -- Dougs Shows, Kipp Kissinger, Jeb Hartness
(9) Oklahoma State vs. (8) Oregon -- Tim Nestor, Pat Driscoll, Bill McCarthy
(16) Coastal Carolina vs. (1) Wisconsin -- William Covington, Clarence Armstrong, John Higgins

CHARLOTTE
(10) Georgia vs. (7) Michigan State -- Joe Lindsay, Donnie Eppley, Michael Stephens, alternate: James Breeding
(15) Belmont vs. (2) Virginia -- Gene Steratore, Keith Kimble, Mark Whitehead
(26) Robert Morris vs. (1) Duke -- Larry Scirotto, James Breeding, Steve Olson
(9) St. John's vs. (8) San Diego State -- Bryan Kersey, Lamont Simpson, Thomas O'Neill

SEATTLE
(12) Wyoming vs. (5) University of Northern Iowa -- Mike Eades, Tim Gattis, Brent Hampton
(13) UC Irvine vs. (4) Louisville -- Randy McCall, Dick Cartmell, Robert Riley
(10) Davidson vs. (7) Iowa -- Bob Staffen, Mike Scyphers, Doug Sirmons
(15) North Dakota State vs. (2) Gonzaga -- Tim Clougherty, Olandis Poole, Jeff Anderson

COLUMBUS
(13) Valparaiso vs. (4) Maryland -- Tom Nunez, Brian Dorsey, Vladimir Voyard-Tadal
(12) Buffalo vs. (5) West Virginia – Ron Groover, Raymond Styons, Wally Rutecki
(14) Albany vs. (3) Oklahoma -- Jeff Clark, Terry Wymer, Tony Chiazza
(11) Dayton vs. (6) Providence -- Tom Eades, Terry Oglesby, Mike Nance

THIRD ROUND

Saturday, 3/21/2015
LOUISVILLE
(14) UAB vs. (11) UCLA -- Mike Stuart, Gerry Pollard, John Gaffney
(8) Cincinnati vs. (1) Kentucky -- Antinio Petty, Michael Greenstein, Ray Natili

PORTLAND
(10) Ohio State vs. (2) Arizona -- D.J. Carstensen, Mike Reed, Roger Ayers
(5) Utah vs. (4) Georgetown -- Lamar Simpson, Verne Harris, Jerry Heater

JACKSONVILLE
(14) Georgia State vs. (6) Xavier -- Lee Cassell, Don Daily, Jamie Luckie
(5) Arkansas vs. (4) North Carolina -- Mike Roberts, Bert Smith, David Hall

PITTSBURGH
(8) North Carolina State vs. (1) Villanova -- Michael Irving, Ed Corbett, Chris Rastatter
(6) Butler vs. (3) Notre Dame -- Joe DeRosa, Pat Adams, Brian O'Connell

Sunday, 3/22/2015
CHARLOTTE
(7) Michigan State vs. (2) Virginia -- Bryan Kersey, Mark Whitehead, Joe Lindsay
(8) San Diego State vs. (1) Duke -- Michael Stephens, James Breeding, Keith Kimble

OMAHA
(7) Wichita State vs. (2) Kansas -- John Higgins, Kipp Kissinger, Greg Nixon
(8) Oregon vs. (1) Wisconsin -- Pat Driscoll, Doug Shows, Tony Padilla

COLUMBUS
(11) Dayton vs. (3) Oklahoma -- Jeff Clark, Ron Groover, Brian Dorsey
(5) West Virginia vs. (4) Maryland -- Mike Eades, Terry Wymer, Terry Oglesby

SEATTLE
(7) Iowa vs. (2) Gonzaga -- Randy McCall, Tim Clougherty, Mike Eades
(5) Northern Iowa vs. (4) Louisville -- Doug Sirmons, Jeff Anderson, Mike Scyphers

SWEET SIXTEEN

Thursday, 3/26/2015
CLEVELAND
(7) Wichita State vs. (3) Notre Dame -- Terry Wymer, Michael Irving, Mike Greenstein
(5) West Virginia vs. (1) Kentucky -- Bryan Kersey, John Gaffney, Jeff Clark

LOS ANGELES
(4) North Carolina vs. (1) Wisconsin -- Brian O'Connell, Randy McCall, Lamar Simpson
(6) Xavier vs. (2) Arizona -- Roger Ayres, Keith Kimble, Ron Groover

Friday, 3/27/2015
HOUSTON
(11) UCLA vs. (2) Gonzaga -- Ray Natili, James Breeding, Bert Smith
(5) Utah vs. (1) Duke -- Mark Whitehead, DJ Carstensen, Don Daily

SYRACUSE
(8) NC State vs. (4) Louisville -- John Higgins, Tony Padilla, Mike Reed
(7) Michigan State vs. (3) Oklahoma -- Ed Corbett, Antinio Petty, Jamie Luckie

ELITE EIGHT

Saturday, 3/28/2015
LOS ANGELES
(2) Arizona vs. (1) Wisconsin -- Pat Adams, Michael Stephens, Mike Eades

CLEVELAND
(3) Notre Dame vs. (1) Kentucky -- Chris Rastatter, Joe DeRosa, David Hall

Sunday, 3/29/2015
SYRACUSE
(7) Michigan State vs. (4) Louisville -- Doug Shows, Verne Harris, Pat Driscoll

HOUSTON
(2) Gonzaga vs. (1) Duke -- Mike Stuart, Doug Sirmons, Jeffrey Anderson

FINAL FOUR -- INDIANAPOLIS, IN

Saturday, 4/4/2015
(7) Michigan State vs. (1) Duke -- Bryan Kersey, Pat Adams, Mike Eades, alternate: Jeff Clark
(1) Wisconsin vs. (1) Kentucky -- John Higgins, Doug Sirmons, Verne Harris, alternate: Jeff Clark

Monday, 4/6/2015
(1) Wisconsin vs. (1) Duke -- Joe DeRosa, Michael Stephens, Pat Driscoll, alternate: Jeff Clark

Tony Greene
 

Where's Tony Greene?

Several names not on the list this year, they might have took the test or filled out the security info ?

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.

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.

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).

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

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

Correct.

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

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

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.

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

Yeah but he could always get it pulled.

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.

Why not?

Seriously, you think that would be egregious enough to get a game pulled? I couldn't comprehend such.

I think that if John Adams wanted to pull a game for any reason at all he could do so. Your response indicated that the Round of 32 games were entirely predetermined and Adams couldn't make a change even if he wanted to.

No, my response was to the fact that your post implied Olgesby would or wouldn't have received today's game based on what happened Friday.

John Adams can do what he wants. But why would a reasonable man in his positions make such irrational and arbitrary decision based on that technical foul, even if he didn't like the call?

What basis do you have to think John Adams would pull an NCAA tournament game over that call?

His brother passed the day after the article was posted.

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?

Judgment?

He could still work next weekend. Not all regional officials work 2 games on the first weekend.

He's not the greatest play caller but coaches love him which is why he will continue to get games, but not necessarily advance far in the tournament.

Supervisors love him. I rode in an elevator one time with him and a few upper East Coast supervisors.

What happened?

Nothing, but a lot of groupism....LOL They were fawning over him. His football status makes him a rock star.

There's a lot of good stuff to pick up from Gene. Confidence, mannerisms, the like.

Brb, joining an NFL crew.

First notification via Tapatalk. Cool!

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

Former NBA Refs
 

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?

Tommy has been back for a couple of seasons now (maybe 3?). This was OP's first season back.


No, there are a few. I worked a couple of D3 games with one of them this past season.

Nope, Cameron Inouye, Kurt Walker, Tyler Ford, Byron Jarrett, Tony Dawkins, Tommy Nunez, Jeffrey Smith, Don Hudson, Jeff Wooten, and Aaron Smith are all active Men's D1 officials. I would wager that all the female WNBA officials work D1 too.

She switched over?

No doubt...he knows how to work a room. I'm sure I could learn a lot from him in regards to handling coaches.

SHE is Married to D1 Women's Official Bryan Enterline:)

Does Gene work the Basketball Camp Circuit as an instructor?

Gene probably should work deep. Adams knows that nothing is going to phase an official who's gotten one step away from being a Super Bowl white hat.

Yeah I've seen him at the Big 10/MAC/Summit camp in Indianapolis.

I was really surprised he didn't get the nod this year. The divisional round guys were getting reviewed for that assignment, and of the four Rs, I thought by far his game ran the smoothest. Even the Dez Bryant (non-)catch, like the rule or not, he handled superbly.

The first weekend is scheduled in advance. Gene (and anyone who worked one game last weekend) could still work this week.

I sure hope he does. I love the way he's able to interact with coaches and still stay focused. When he's tableside C, he spends more time with the whistle out of his mouth than in, but still gets the job done. I like to watch and learn from that; it is so much easier said than done.

Okay, I'll be the one. I think Steratore appears extremely lazy on the floor. He doesn't hustle into position, gets straight-lined too often, and often looks disinterested. Perhaps the reason he doesn't move deep into the tournament is simply because the other guys are better than him?

I agree about the hustle and that he looks disinterested at times.

Jeff Anderson is working the Region Final in Houston on Sunday.

How about Winston Stith? I noticed he doesn't seem to work the NCAA tournament. I would think he's worthy of a game or 2? Just asking

Mark Whitehead had a very poor game today, I doubt he moves on.

Guess Burr and Greene are out this year. Why

Was he the guy that called that foul that Vegas hated?

Or.....not.

I'm tellin' ya, I just think JA isn't a big fan of GS. I respect his judgment, but I also respectfully disagree. Was sad not to see GS working in the regional semis.

Things could change next year, though.

Burr hasn't worked the tournament since 2010 2011 season 5 years ago....

I'm pretty sure Big Jake knows that.

Didn't know he was being sarcastic

It wasn't obvious, and I think you'd only pick it up if you had read enough of Jake's posts to realize he's fully aware of who works and when.

That was actually a double whistle between Whitehead and Carstensen but Whitehead took it to the table.

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?:)

I do not know, guess you are a mind reader so tell me if you know anything or are you just a soothsayer?

I'm sure John Adams will take your expert opinion into consideration.

If I cared enough about who works what games, I'm sure I could find out. Seems you care, so I figured you actually made the effort to ask someone who knows, since you seem to have connections on this information. The fact that they haven't worked the tournament in a couple of years tells me you're not surprised.

Why do folks answer ole Jake every March? :eek:

I'm still waiting for him to ask where Tim Higgins is this year.

Who we didn't see this weekend ???
 

Based on the last few years was there anyone who you expected to see but didn't get the call...For me it is Tom Eades and Dwayne Gladden. I'm thinking that Eades paid for the physicality of the MD / WVU game.... Thoughts ???

Honestly, sometimes I just can't help myself. I thought I held off quite well this year, though.

I saw a tweet that he was at a table for a regional. I do not know if they assign regionals the same as the FF, but it wouldn't surprise me if they did. 3 crews, 1 alternate.

Interestingly enough, at the B1G Tournament, Carstensen was the alternate for the championship (with Lamont Simpson, Steratore, and Wymer working). Interesting how perceptions change from assigner to assigner.

He called last night and asked me about a few and I gave him your name so expect a call very soon!:):):):):)

Per Jeff Goodman's Twitter account...

Final Four Officials

Semis:

Bryan Kersey
Mike Eades
Doug Sirmons
Verne Harris
John Higgins
Pat Adams

Title Game:

Joe DeRosa
Michael Stephens
Pat Driscoll

Alternate:

Jeff Clark

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.

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.

I doubt DeRosa will work the final given he worked the final last year.

The finals officials were listed on Twitter: Stephens, DeRosa, Driscoll.

Clark's the alternate.

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?

With the tournament being in Indy, and with John Adams being an Indy guy, I'm guessing they will announce it at the conference coordinators meeting this week.

Here's a good article on Bryan Kersey

Bryan Kersey earns first Final Four officiating assignment - Daily Press

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.

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...

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

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.

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

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

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.

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!:):):)

and Jakes will jake you.

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???????:mad:

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.

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

I think with Driscoll and Stephens the game could get very physical....I think that is great myself. They were mentored by Jimmy Burr. I'm hoping they put the whistle away...

???
 

Nobody wanted the game? I have a hard time believing that officials at that level are shying away from marquee assignments (that pay about $3K to boot).

Why? That's just an empty assertion without additional information.

I would have took that game, so I do not know who qualifies as "nobody".

Just repeating what I've heard. :)

The two man-eating coaches might have something to do with it...

I doubt it, not at that level.

No word on national coordinator of officials job? Thought we would hear by now.

I do not remember Adams ever saying much either way about the officiating at the Final Four. He might talk about situations, but not the overall job of the officiating.

Peace

No. I meant we haven't heard who's replacing him. The new coordinator.