NBOSTRIPES

The referee schedule for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday’s Fall Hoops Challenge, sponsored by Elkhorn Attack/Elite, has been released. Please text your confirmations to Brent at 402-618-2859 or Jim at 402-215-1740.

Games will be played at Union Bank and Trust Sports Complex2 South on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. Games will be played at Elkhorn West Bay Elementary and Elkhorn West Dodge Station Elementary on Saturday and Sunday. Addresses for the elementary schools are listed on the referee schedule. If you have any questions, please contact either Brent or Jim.

Looking ahead we wanted to have you mark your calendar for two large tournaments the weekend of December 1, 2 and 3, including a cash tournament that weekend.

Here are the weekends we will be assigning through Christmas:

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 17, 18 and 19

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 1, 2 and 3

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 8, 9 and 10

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 15, 16 and 17

Friday, Saturday, December 22 and 23

Friday, Saturday, December 29 and 30

All,

I want to bring a couple key dates to your attention!

Today, October 31, is the final day for previously registered NSAA officials to pay their NSAA registration fees and not be charged a late fee. You must be registered by midnight tonight by going onto the NSAA website and paying your fees. You have until November 14 to view the online rules presentation and you have until November 17 to take the Part 1 (50 questions) Open Book test.

We will be having our NSAA Part 1 test review on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 6 pm in the Omaha Burke High School cafeteria. Please mark down this date to meet as a group and go over the questions and answers with our Nebraska Basketball Officials Board members.

Also, if you haven’t already done so, you should pay your $75 NBO registration fee for the 2023-24 season. We have begun assigning games, but we are only about 1/5th of the way through the schedule. Many of you still need to register. Please contact myself or Brent Robinson if you still plan to register.

Our emails are monaco.nbo@gmail.com or robinson.nbo@gmail.com.

Thank you,

Al Monaco

We get a rare weekend off next Friday, Saturday and Sunday November 3, 4 and 5, but then have multiple tournament opportunities, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 10, 11 and 12. Please plan ahead for that weekend (Nov. 10,11,12) and text your availability to Brent at 402-618-2859 or Jim at 402-215-1740.

Games the weekend of November 10, 11 and 12 will be played at Union Bank and Trust Sports Complex2 South, as well as Elkhorn West Dodge Station Elementary School and Elkhorn West Bay Elementary School. Games Friday night will be played only at UBT2 South.

Thank you!

The referee schedule for the Elkhorn Attack/Elite Halloween Havoc tournament this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 27, 28 and 29, has been released. Please confirm your assignments to either Brent at 402-618-2859 or Jim at 402-215-1740.

Games will be played at UBT2 South, Elkhorn Middle School and Elkhorn Grandview Middle School, and Iowa West Fieldhouse.

If you haven’t already done so, please also include your email address with your confirmation so you can set up the new Elkhorn Attack/Elite payroll procedure.

Feel free to reach out to either Brent or Jim if you have any questions. Thank you!

Elkhorn Attack and Elite will be having their Halloween Havoc Youth Basketball Tournament for Girls and Boys on Friday night, and all day and evening Saturday and Sunday, October 27, 28 and 29. Please text your availability for this tournament to Brent Robinson at 402-618-2859 or Jim Sauer at 402-215-1740.

Games will be played at Union Bank and Trust Sports Complex2 South, as well as Elkhorn Grandview Middle School and Elkhorn Middle School on Friday night; UBT2 South, Elkhorn Grandview Middle School and Elkhorn Middle School on Saturday; and the Iowa West Fieldhouse, UBT2 South, Elkhorn Grandview Middle School and Elkhorn Middle School on Sunday.

Referee schedules for the tournament will be posted by Monday evening October 23, with confirmations obtained by Tuesday October 24.

Please text your availability as soon as possible to either Brent or Jim.

The Tip-Off Classic opens the season for the Elkhorn Attack and Elite Youth Basketball programs this Saturday and Sunday, October 21 and 22 at the Union Bank and Trust Sports Complex2 South. Referee schedules have been released for this small tournament. Please text your confirmations to 402-618-2859.

The following weekend, October 27, 28 and 29, Elkhorn Attack and Elite will host the larger Halloween Havoc tournament. There will be more games available for officials that weekend.

If you are looking for a local store for in-stock officiating apparel and equipment needs, Jim Sauer of Primetime Sports now has added Smitty NSAA basketball officiating shirts, pants and just received a shipment of Fox40 whistles and lanyards.

You can email Jim at Jimmy@primetimesportinggoods.com or call the store at 402-596-2900 and ask for Jim Sauer. The store address is 14101 Q Street in Millard.

A preseason meeting for Nebraska Basketball Officials will be held on Wednesday, September 20 at 6 pm in the Little Theatre at Omaha Westside High School. All officials, both lower level and varsity, should attend this meeting. This will be the second meeting for the upcoming 2023-24 Metro Conference Basketball season.

Officials wishing to sign up for the discounted rate of $70 for NBO fees need to attend and register at this meeting. Officials were given the option of attending one of the first two meetings to pay the $70 rate. If you do not attend one of these meetings, you will be required to pay the $75 rate thereafter.

Assigning for varsity games has begun with all games being loaded into Arbiter. You must attend a meeting to be assigned for these games. Lower level games are now being loaded into Arbiter. Those games will begin being assigned in mid-October.

There are some new procedures and rules for the 2023-24 season. Those will be discussed at the meeting. Varsity assignor Al Monaco and lower level assignor Brent Robinson will both be at the meeting and will discuss procedures and answer questions. New members of the NBO Board of Directors will also attend.

If you have any questions, please contact Monaco at Monaco.nbo@gmail.com or Robinson at robinson.nbo@gmail.com.

The Premier Grand and Premier Aftermath Girls Basketball tourneys, as well as the Adidas 3SSB Girls Gauntlet Series will be played in Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday through Tuesday, July 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. These NCAA Live period events will bring some of the best girls high school players from across the country to the Union Bank and Trust Sports Complex and the Iowa West Fieldhouse. These events will run much like the Adidas boys event that was held here in April. If you are interested in working these events, please email Brent Robinson at robinson.nbo@gmail.com or text him at 402-618-2859.

Be as specific as possible when sending your availability. A majority of these games will use 3-person crews and will pay $35 per game. Games will begin at 9 am on Friday morning, July 7 and will go into Friday evening. Saturday’s games on July 8 will also begin at 9 am, with final games scheduled for 7 pm. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday schedules will be announced later this week, but they should be very similar to the the first two days.

We are especially going to need to be able to fill the daytime games on Friday, and then Monday and Tuesday. But, please also keep in mind how important the night games are when providing your availability. Please send availability as soon as possible so we can start putting together preliminary schedules.

Thank you!

The 2023-24 Nebraska Basketball Officials Pre-Season Meeting and Sign-Up will be held at 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 24, at the Omaha Burke High School Cafeteria. We will go over plans for the upcoming season and also discuss summer camp and clinic opportunities. We will also take early sign-ups and offer a discount for those that pay fees early.

NBO varsity assigner Al Monaco and lower level assigner Brent Robinson will go over plans for the next school year. The meeting will also introduce new NBO board members and clinicians who will be supervising and training at summer camps and clinics. All previous officials registered with NBO should have received an email from Rod Suggitt. He will be leading the organization in setting up the summer training.

Officials who sign up Wednesday, May 24, will pay $70 for their 2023-24 fees. If you attend this meeting, or the next meeting that will occur in the early fall, there will be no increase in fees. After that, the fee will increase to $75.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting on May 24.

Al Monaco, monaco.nbo@gmail.com

Brent Robinson, robinson.nbo@gmail.com