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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 248348, member: 285"]
John Adams National Officiating Coordinator on choosing the officials to work this season's NCAA tournament.
 
   “We’re trying to deliver a product from an officiating point of view that will pass any test or any scrutiny with regard to impartiality, fairness, knowledge of the rules and trying to end the games in a fair manner,” Adams said. “It’s important that everybody who leaves the arena — even the team that lost — to think they had a fair game.”     [URL='http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2012-03-13/it-was-dream-come-true?hpt=hp_c2']Article on the Process[/URL] 
 
  Seems like there have been a lot of poorly officiated games in the Tournament this year.   Maybe they need to head back to the drawing board in terms of the selection process, because by the standard above I'd say the process has been an EPIC FAIL.
 
 
  "The process is thorough, Adams said, in order to protect the integrity of the game. Adams and his team spend months in airports, arenas and in front of televisions to ensure that the highest-caliber officials work the 67 games that decide who will be crowned national champion."
 
    Does anyone here feel like that crew they gave us on Saturday was composed of the highest caliber officials available??   One of four Elite 8 games, in theory the officials should have been 3 of the best 12 doing games.
 
 
    I especially enjoy this quote...     “The key to calling plays right is being able to get in position to see them,” Baab said. “If you are not fit enough to get in position to see them, more than likely you’re out of position and guessing.”   
 
     Yet they continue to run a high number of guys out there that look like the next salad they eat will be the first.
 
     Yeah, I'm still bitter over Saturday.
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