NCAA Tournament Games on 3/26

[soonerstar]

A college official (mens game) told me a story a few weeks ago about a game they were calling this year. They were in their dressing room at halftime and the phone rang. It was their coordinator or supervisor or whatever title he was. He was watching the game from another state and told them some things they need to look out for the second half and one thing in particular they needed to call. Draw your own conclusions.

 

[badger]

How about UCLA? According to the s-curve that the NCAA uses for placement of teams in the tourney, UCLA was the first-placed of the 3-seeds.

tee hee, ucla got screwed. but really, they had lots of bad basketball karma going after canning their men's coach.

 

[MsProudSooner]

A college official (mens game) told me a story a few weeks ago about a game they were calling this year. They were in their dressing room at halftime and the phone rang. It was their coordinator or supervisor or whatever title he was. He was watching the game from another state and told them some things they need to look out for the second half and one thing in particular they needed to call. Draw your own conclusions.

Interesting. I've often wondered why some games are called so differently from half to half. Sometimes, it seems a simple as the officials decided things were going to get out of hand if they didn't clamp down a little.

 

[SoonerNorm]

I would sort of expect refs to make half-time adjustments, just like coaches do even without calls from supervisors.

 

[sybarite]

Jessica Morrow's uncle was an official. Although mostly working as a MVC official, he often worked Big Twelve games. They didn't let him do Baylor games.

They weren't exactly "hired." It was more like a contract labor thing in which they had been "approved" by a conference. There were a given number of officials who had been approved for Big Twelve games. Some were regulars. Others worked a lot of games in other conferences and filled in where there were conflicts.

If you watched some of the games in the east this weekend, traveling was almost a non-existent call. Two or three steps might be taken before dribbling without a call. One team looked more like they were running with a pitchout, not dribbling until they turned the corner.

 

[SoonerNorm]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/s...kloads-attract-comment-and-scrutiny.html?_r=0

http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/coaching/yell-at-refs.html

 

[MsProudSooner]

I would sort of expect refs to make half-time adjustments, just like coaches do even without calls from supervisors.

I wonder if they have access to replays at halftime.

 

[SoonerNorm]

I wonder if they have access to replays at halftime.

I don't know but I kinda doubt it. I would think they would certainly discuss how the game was being played and what adjustments they might need to make in the second half, such as watching for the 3 second violation more, pushing/shoving inside, their positioning, etc.

 

[35TangoTango]

Actually, from a player or coach's standpoint, the worst thing the officials can do is change the way they call the game at halftime. What players and coaches want is consistency. Once they adjust to the way the refs are calling the game, they don't want the refs to change.

 

[SoonerNorm]

Actually, from a player or coach's standpoint, the worst thing the officials can do is change the way they call the game at halftime. What players and coaches want is consistency. Once they adjust to the way the refs are calling the game, they don't want the refs to change.

I think you are exactly right. However, if the refs realize their positioning hasn't always been the best or they haven't particularly paid attention to the 3 second rule, it seems they would want to correct that in order to do the best job possible.