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On the TBS broadcast, rules analyst Gene Steratore said Smith was experiencing lightheadedness and was being tended to in the locker room. Brendan Quinn (@BFQuinn) March 20, 2022. It probably won't be. The doctors convinced Smith to sit on the stretcher for just a moment. Chris Williamson (@CWilliamson44) March 19, 2022, Baylor UNC game refs are a clown show. My iPad was plugged into the TV and I was binge-watching Netflix. His wife has seen it once . His test had come back positive for COVID-19, and a second test was going to be required. A Look Back at March Madness In A Bubble By Referee - March 9, 2022 J.D. As one of several officials who worked the Big Ten Tournament prior to the NCAA version, he got a double dose of the Indianapolis officiating bubble. It saved his life. Its an obvious officiating error which should never happen. Meanwhile, Ayers had to figure out how to deal with the immediate aftermath. The referee had no chance to call a foul or a backcourt violation. Marriott hotel to freshen up, Smith went to IU Methodist Hospital. Had Green been selected to work the Big Ten title game, he would have had no choice but to remain in Indy following that game Sunday afternoon and immediately enter the NCAA bubble. He said, Were going to take care of you. It took a huge burden off of me. The infected official must be placed in isolation, and the other officials must be placed in quarantine. A stretcher came out. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Don't forget the last time we had a college hoops postseason, when CBS couldn't unglue its camera from a screaming and crying Ben Ahrens. Subscribe to get irreverent and incisive sports stories, delivered to your mailbox every morning. Reaching a new personal milestone on college basketballs biggest stage allowed Green, an 11-year D-I veteran, to put a positive spin on an otherwise challenging situation. No symptoms. TBS replayed official Bert Smith collapsing. #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/HmL6o5QaYH, Tyler Roney (@TylerJRoney) March 30, 2021, Patrick Everson (@Covers_Vegas) March 30, 2021. Dillon Essma (@Essma_Dillon) March 30, 2021. As seen in Bellino's Twitter clip, Smith was sitting up awake on the stretcher and briefly flashed a smile. NCAA has some things to fix for next year #IUB, Barstool IU (@IUBarstool) March 19, 2022, Eddie Gonzalez (@bansky) March 19, 2022, https://twitter.com/ActionNetworkHQ/status/1505258117411442688, Chris Milholen (@CMilholenSB) March 19, 2022. It was later reported that Smith was awake in the locker room and was stable, but he was undergoing additional evaluations. So glad the referee is okay, but there was no need for TBS to replay his collapse! Chuck Gonzalez didnt necessarily need the dance steps. So glad the referee is okay, but there. The decision was made to lease Victory Field the home ballpark for the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians minor league baseball team for four one-hour periods. I wanted to make sure that I kept myself and everybody happy.. The second hard call I had to make was to call those five guys.. The best insights from the ultimate insiders, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, hit the floor and stayed down for several minutes, Arizona fires scandal-marred basketball coach, Patrick Kane well worth struggle to bring him to Broadway, PGA Tour becoming like LIV Golf after latest schedule changes, The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast, The Show with Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman, Amazin' But True: A NY Mets Baseball Podcast, Gangs All Here: A NY Jets Football Podcast, Kanye West and 'wife' Bianca Censori look surprisingly happy on dinner date, Canadian teacher with size-Z prosthetic breasts placed on paid leave. pic.twitter.com/gnX82nowdD. Six referees have been sent. Referees have a very difficult job keeping up with kids half, to one-third, their age with 10 times more athletic ability. The whole way home I felt fine. Nope. Early in the West Region final between Gonzaga and USC at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Smith hit the floor and stayed down for several minutes. Purdue earned probably 36-38 of its 46 free throws. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This year, so much of what makes the event special has returned to the forefront. Referee Bert Smith's fall in men's NCAA Tournament game didn't kill him. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". Mike Reed, Brian OConnell, Courtney Green were the refs in the game. STATE COACHES INFORMATION State Championship policies and procedures, deadlines, required forms, resources and more. 1 Kansas (33-6) and No. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS. When he got to his room he placed his cell phone in Do Not Disturb mode and went to sleep. The mens tournament would ostensibly be held in Indianapolis, while using arenas throughout the Hoosier State, from West Lafayette in the northwest and Bloomington to the south, for early round games. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Referee Burt Smith looked like he was struggling seconds before he collapsed in the #USC #Gonzaga game. Immediately after his fall, fellow officials, coaches and medical staff rushed to his aide. March Madness Referee collapses on court at Gonzaga-USC March Madness game Bert Smith was alert and sitting up with his arms crossed as he was taken off the court. On one hand, it might seem hard to believe that a group of men and women chosen to work on the biggest stage afforded by their chosen avocation would need any type of psychological or physical intervention or enhancement. In a close NCAA Tournament game, handing out a technical for hanging on the rim is a hugely punitive decision. His first shot atofficiating anational championship game came the following year, when No. Reporters Ross Dellenger and Jeff Borzello later tweeted that, according to the NCAA, Smith was in stable condition. We really enjoyed just getting that freedom more than anything. Only later when they returned to the hotel and took COVID-19 tests did they discover that one of the officials tested positive for the virus. We've received your submission. The referee who collapsed during Gonzaga's matchup against USC in the NCAA men's basketball tournament had a blood clot in his lung, The Indianapolis Star reported Friday. However, a persistent emergency room physician had one lingering question. March Madness = The Big Dance. INDIANAPOLIS - Bert Smith hasn't seen the moment that made him famous. Referee Jeffrey Anderson has a March Madness history Anderson was one of 11 people chosen to officiate this year's Final Four, which is being played at the Caesar's Superdome in New Orleans.. Bradley coach Brian Wardle yells at the referee on Sunday, March 10, 2019, during the championship game of the Missouri Valley Tournament that was won by Bradley over Northern Iowa 57-54. Illinois couldnt afford to have such a dumb call go against them in a close game the Cougars are too good for that. Thank you Board 60 officials for the special honor tonight as our basketball team won the Sportsmanship award. At that point, Smith was strapped in and taken off the court, with a now indelible image of him on the stretcher, arms crossed, a scowl etched across his face. To know I had an influence on those guys not working, and it was not their fault, mentally, thats been the toughest part of this whole thing, Ayers said. Officiating In Perspective with Barry Mano, Longtime referee to be honored as puck drops on Minnesota boys state hockey tournament, Referee gets crushed by rolling thunder KO at Brave FC, finishes match, Next Level Softball Umpiring Free Email Series. As seen in the video shared on Twitter by reporter Anthony Bellino, Smith abruptly collapsed early in the first half of the game in front of the Gonzaga bench at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Smith was able to get to his feet on his own, but was placed on a stretcher as a precaution. Because whennot ifthe next injury comes, be it a twisted ankle or a shinbone out of a leg, they'll tell you that you want to see it. While Ayers health issue provided a troublesome start to the 2021 tourney on an officiating front, it was another tourney veteran, Bert Smith, who became the center of attention just two weeks later. Underwood wondered if the call was personal., Brad Underwood on RJ Melendez's technical foul. "Horrible. There was nothing normal about 2021, Collins said. Scary video shows the ref falling backwards and hitting his head on the hardwood floor just four minutes into the March Madness game as other officials pause the match and run to his aid. 1 I want to know why you fell.. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. In a normal year, each would reward approximately 100 officials with tournament assignments, such large numbers necessary as crews were needed in eight different regional locations spread across four time zones and thousands of miles. 6-keys: media/spln/collegebasketball/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. And I look and I go, Whats that for? he said with a laugh. When he wasnt busy putting one foot in front of the other, he was employing a variety of techniques to pass the time. Those 120 officials faced stiff restrictions before even stepping on the floor at their tournament sites. That was probably the scariest part of this whole ordeal. Anderson has gone viral on social media for his reffingstyle, specifically the way he runs up and down sidelines with his knees to his chest, whichsparked the name of his Twitter fan page, @highkneesref. Smith reportedly stayed on the floor for about five minutes before standing up and moving to a nearby stretcher. 1 in 9.2 quintillion. You go on Google and pop pulmonary embolism in there, and you spend 10-15 minutes reading about it, and you sort of go, Whoa! Baylor will play Houston on Saturday evening, while UCLA will face-off with Gonzaga later that night. Some people watching from home quickly pointed out that, yesshowing the replay the same way you'd show a dude chucking up a buzzer-beater was fucked up. 3 min read. Anderson moved up the chain, calling Section V, junior college and NCAA Division III games before getting his first Division I shot reffing Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference games in 2002. J.D. March 30 (UPI) -- NCAA referee Bert Smith collapsed early in the first half of Tuesday night's Elite Eight game between Gonzaga and USC. Bert Smith was alert and sitting up with his arms crossed as he was taken off the court. Smith was alert and stable as he was placed on a stretcher and transported off the court at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Houston made a Final Four run last year. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 05: Associate head coach Jon Scheyer of the Duke Blue Devils looks on behind head coach Mike Krzyzewski during the second half of the game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 05, 2022 in Durham, North Carolina. I had to make two hard calls that morning, he said. We got time in the yard. Hearst Magazines and Verizon Media may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below.. Dont think anyone needed to see him collapse. Bert Smith, veteran NCAA . Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. The referee anticipated TCU driving to the basket, but Arizonas double-team prevented that. The idea was to allow the officials to break up the monotony of Netflix binge sessions in their hotel rooms with some fresh air and exercise. The game was stopped with 15:44 to go in the first half after he fell onto . Almost as long as the in-color sportscast has existed, obsessive replays of ribs and ankles and arms breaking have been a part of them. Congrats Jeff! There might not be a more unforgivable call the rest of March Madness. Southern California head coach Andy Enfield reacts to a referee's call during the second half of a college basketball game against Miami in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Friday, March 18, 2022, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) About 90 minutes later, he discovered it wasnt. I brought so much stuff, like I was going to camp. Six of the most high-profile NCAA Tournament officials have been removed from this year's March Madness after a positive COVID-19 test and subsequent contact tracing efforts, the NCAA confirmed. You know, it almost goes without saying, but given those who felt pressed to rush out headlines like "Referee Burt Smith Collapses During USC-Gonzaga (VIDEO)" last night, let's say it outright: Showing a video of a man with, you'd assume, a family at home with their hearts in their guts, suffering what was likely a concussion, is fucked up. There is gratitude for good health, with Ayers and Smith having rounded back into shape, and the knowledge that in the midst of a pandemic, tournament games were played and champions were crowned. At first, everything checked out. But you'd think something like this would be the latest wake-up moment for a nasty habit we've seen for decades now. Based on tournament protocols and contract tracing with local public health authorities, these officials may not participate in the tournament. Upon arrival in either Indianapolis or San Antonio, they were required to take initial COVID-19 tests and quarantine in their hotel rooms, unable to even venture to the hotel pool, gym or lobby until receiving clearance from local health officials and the NCAA. March 22, 2022 8:25 am ET This is the online version of our daily newsletter, The Morning Win . As USC pushed the ball up the court, there he was, in the very top-left of your screen: referee Bert Smith, collapsed on the sideline. Let's provide bracket picks for the #Pac12WBB Tournament. Shotgun Spratling (@ShotgunSpr) March 18, 2022. UNC led with 67-42 when UNC star Brady Manek unintentionally hit Baylors Jeremy Sochan with his elbow. Medical personnel from both teams surrounded Smith on the court as players, coaches and staffers moved toward their respective bench areas. To acknowledge that you would like to subscribe iPad was plugged into the TV and I,! 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