[NCAAB] Final Four officials announced

[davegabike]

No Jim Burr.

I'm no fan of Doug Shows (I saw him rain down technicals in a Kansas-Texas game I saw in Allen Fieldhouse this year, and seemed to make the game more about him). But the rest I either like a good deal (John Higgins, Mark Whitehead, etc) or don't know much about.

gary-parrish.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/28141873?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB

[zcr57]

I haven't followed Final Four assignments, but are officials ever assigned to both a semi-final and the national championship game?

[Deleted]

I would assume not since the finals consist of the same teams from the semis and I doubt they want the same official working 2 straight games of a certain team.

[FredFan7]

Mar 29, 2011 20:22:26 GMT -5 zcr57 said:

I haven't followed Final Four assignments, but are officials ever assigned to both a semi-final and the national championship game?

I believe they used to, but not now. Officials only work one game in the final four. The 10th official is the alternate for all games.

They also used to have a third place game before championship game too.

[howard63]

As I understand it, the reason for officials only doing one game at the Final Four was so they wouldn't have to deal with the pressure of competing for a spot in the championship game. I believe this started in 1986.

[timdaye]

I have seen a few timing issues in the tournament. Does anyone know why the NCAA does not have the refs use the belt-packs?