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Basketball is regarded by many fans as among the most difficult sports to officiate. [2] Usually basketball officials have only split seconds to determine if an infraction has occurred, due to the speed of play of the game and the officials' proximity to the action. Especially difficult are the "charge/block" call and shooting foul/block attempt.
Che Flores (born July 18, 1979) is an American referee in the National Basketball Association who wears uniform number 91. [1] In 2021, they became the first official to work National Collegiate Athletic Association, NBA G League, and Women's National Basketball Association championship games in the same year.
One of the few basketball game officials to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, Rudolph was the first league referee to work 2,000 games. [1] and officiated 2,112 NBA games in all, a record that he held at retirement. He was also selected to referee eight NBA All-Star Games and made 22 consecutive NBA Finals appearances. [1]
Female basketball officials, from left, Jara McCoy, Brook Farris and Katelynn Hall were the first all-female referee crew to call an Oklahoma high school state tournament game.
Kyle Neddenriep followed a veteran officiating crew as they refereed three tournament games at three venues. Believe it not, refs are people, too. Basketball referees are human.
For the NCAA, Kantner has been a referee in over twenty Final Four rounds since 1992 and over ten championship games in women's basketball. [18] [19] Outside of the NCAA, Kantner has also worked as a referee for the Continental Basketball Association. [15] At individual events, Kantner was a referee during the National Sports Festival held in ...
In the fall of 1969, while at Duke, Nichols started his officiating career with six freshman Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball games. In 1970, Nichols became assistant professor in the Department of Education and Human Services at Villanova, where he would remain for the next 33 years.
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