Referee tony greene biography
Referee tony greene biography
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Having done hundreds of college basketball games in their officiating careers, a pregame walk-through usually is no big deal for NCAA Division I men’s basketball officials James Breeding, Tony Greene and Mike Reed.
They just like to get the lay of the land before a contest begins — check where the scorer’s table is situated, where the clocks are positioned, etc.
But this time, it was different. Really different.
They were about to be part of history, being involved in a contest so unique that the match-up between perennial powers North Carolina and Michigan State was probably the least-talked about aspect of the entire evening.
The three highly regarded officials — all with military backgrounds — had been chosen to do a game in which the court was positioned on the deck of a 1,092-foot-long aircraft carrier, played outside in late afternoon with mostly military personnel among the 7,000 in attendance.
Oh, and the President of the United States was going to be there