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Referee selections, 4th ref and referee coaches ?

Mayberry has done 500 games. I guess he has improved but in the early days he was terrible.

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36ers-Hawks Semi-Finals

Referees
Game 1
Michael Aylen
Matt Townsend
Matt Beattie
(Durant reserve)

Game 2
Vaughan Mayberry
Michael Aylen
Matt Townsend
Matt Beattie

(1 of Townsend and Beattie to be reserve)


Taipans-Wildcats Semi Finals

Referees
Game 1
Vaughan Mayberry
Chris Reid
Brett Hogan
Emergency Toni Caldwell

Game 2
Michael Aylen
Vaughan Mayberry
Chris Reid
Brett Hogan
(1 of the 4 will be the reserve)

There is usually a 4th ref at most games.

Thank you anon(s).

clears a few things up for me.

happy to read more from others. particularly re the rostering, I used to know by sight and name almost every panel and fringe panel ref in most states, and just realised i hardly knew even the regular ones now, so wanted to see if I could start matching names to faces, as , believe it or not, it was a part of the game that I mow miss, seeing the clear development ( or sadly not see) of the new refs over the season(s)

1. Does it matter? What does the NBL have to gain by announcing the referees? Seems all that will happen is people will complain.

2. NBL will no doubt try and have a local at the venue in case of injury or other issues. May be a Finals Panel referee, may not depending on the location of the game. Cairns will be their biggest issue IMO.

3. As above Butler appoints Referee Evaluators/Coaches but would also review every Finals game himself. Those making the decisions for future finals will all see the video. The Referee Coach at this level is far less important now thanks to the ease of access to video by those at the top.

1. The NBL may list them, but I highly doubt it based on transparency from this year so far

2. I don't believe there has ever been a 4th backup official rostered during the regular season, however there usually is during the finals series - at least the grand final series. It is more often than not a local, they won't usually fly in an extra from interstate to sit and watch

3. Obviously each state is different, they are all rostered by Scott Butler and Sean Sean Gottliebsen. Generally there is a referee coach and an assistant, which is usually one of the state development panel referees. The development panel ref will normally do the bunn sheet or the running sheet as you call it. There is usually 2 or 3 in each state, sadly they are getting rid of the better ones and mostly have yes men who are too scared to point out errors in the officiating apart from glaringly obvious ones.

Pretty amazing that the guy has moved KG aside with the most consecutive double doubles for Minny.

What is even more astounding is that he only has another 209 to go to match Wilt's record of consecutive double doubles.

Really puts into context how dominant Chamberlain was.