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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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 December 2024. American football and college basketball official (born 1963) Gene Steratore Born Eugene Joseph Steratore (1963-02-08) February 8, 1963 (age 62) Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S. Education Kent State University Occupation(s) Rules analyst for CBS Sports and CBS/Turner NCAA March Madness NFL ...
Valentine worked his first NCAA Division I basketball game in 1981 at the former Baptist College, now Charleston Southern University. [5] He was paid $150 for the game, and received speeding tickets both on the way and returning from the game. [9] In 1986, he was hired by Bob Wortman, who was then the Big Ten Conference's director of officials.
The sequence began with Tennessee forward Tobe Awaka draped like a poncho over college basketball’s most immovable big man. Awaka was trying in vain to keep someone who stands 7-foot-4 and ...
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“It's what you're taught to bring to the game,” he said at the time, a year or so before the San Antonio Spurs made the French star the No. 1 pick in last year's NBA draft.
In the Men's leagues, such as the NBA, men's college basketball, and high school, they use a size seven basketball. This is a ball with a 29.5 inch circumference weighing 22 oz. [7] In the Women's basketball leagues, such as the WNBA, women's college basketball, and high school, they use a size 6 ball.