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There are over 100 Metro Holiday Lower Level Tournament games scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 27, 28, 29. And, there are another 14 games on Monday, December 31. Rather than do all the scheduling on Arbiter and wait for turnbacks, I would like you to text your availability for these days to 402-618-2859.

The games start as early as 9 am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and they continue into early evening. Most games are in the morning and early afternoon. If you want to take Thursday and Friday off work, or if you are on vacation, I should be able to get everyone games.

Feel free to designate an area of town you would like to work. There are large tournaments at Millard West, Omaha North and Omaha Northwest. But there are also games in Bellevue and at Westside and the Papillion Schools. As soon as I get your availability, I will start plugging names into games, so first come-first serve.

Thank you!

Brent Robinson

There was some confusion due to an NBO member’s calendar announcement, but tomorrow night’s (Nov. 6) NSAA Part 1 (Open Book) Test Review is ON as scheduled at the Omaha Burke High School Library at 6 pm. Nebraska Basketball Officials will also be taking registrations. OSA Officials are also encouraged to attend the meeting to review rules, ask questions, etc. Please print out and bring your own copy of the test from the NSAA website.

If you have any questions, you can contact Brent Robinson at 402-618-2859 via text, or via email at robinson.nbo@gmail.com.

Nebraska Basketball Officials has schedule a meeting and NSAA Part 1 test review for Tuesday, November 6, at 6 pm, in the Omaha Burke High School Library. The meeting will go over any rule changes and points of emphasis heading into the season. It will also allow all NBO and OSA basketball referees to go through the entire NSAA Part 1 test.

Officials are asked to print out and bring their own copy of the test.

Any officials still wishing to sign up for the NBO Metro Conference season may still do so at the meeting. NBO fees are $50. Checks can be made out to Nebraska Basketball Officials or NBO.

An opportunity to signup and pay dues for the upcoming Metro Conference basketball season will be held Wednesday night, October 3, from 6 to 7 pm in the Omaha Sports Academy lobby at 11726 Stonegate Circle, Omaha, NE, 68164. Both Al Monaco and Brent Robinson will be in attendance and will be available to answer questions for the upcoming season.

Officials who have not paid their $50 NBO dues wishing to work lower level and varsity basketball games in the Metro Conference this winter should plan on attending. Varsity scheduling has begun and lower level (Freshman, Reserve, Junior Varsity) will begin in the next week. All officials wishing to work in the Metro Conference need to pay their dues in order to access Arbiter and obtain their schedules.

The preseason meeting for the Metro Conference will be held in late October or early November. A meeting to go over the NSAA Part 1, Open Book test, will also be scheduled.

OSA assignor Brent Robinson is encouraging all officials to consider working lower level games in the Metro, especially those who wish to move up and work varsity games in the future.

If you want further information, you can contact Monaco at monaco.nbo@gmail.com or Robinson at robinson.nbo@gmail.com.

The Boys Metro Varsity Fall League, to be held Saturday mornings at the Iowa West Fieldhouse, will tip off on Saturday, September 15, and run five straight weekends. Games will be played at 9 and 10 am on all eight courts. If you are interested in working these games, please text 402-618-2859.

The dates for the league will be September 15, September 22, September 29, October 6 and October 13. You can give availability for one weekend or all weekends. Current Nebraska Basketball Officials varsity officials are encouraged to try to work one of the weekends.

If you would like more information, please text Brent Robinson at 402-618-2859.

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Boys and Girls Varsity Leagues begin Monday night, June 4, at the Iowa West Fieldhouse and Papillion LaVista High School. Schedules for the two leagues are included in this post. Please text your confirmations to 402-618-2859.

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your scheduled game time. Give yourself time to familiarize yourself with the league rules. They are different for both leagues.

I will be assigning different people each week. Everyone turned in different availability. I will try to assign games accordingly.

The entire month of June will feature Varsity Basketball Leagues for Boys and Girls in the Metro on Monday nights. Varsity Boys League will be played at the Iowa West Fieldhouse as games will be played at 6 and 7 pm on all courts. Varsity Girls League will be played at Papillion-LaVista High School. Game times will be 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 with two games played in the North gym and one game played in the Auxiliary gym.

Game dates will be June 4, June 11, June 18 and June 25. Please text your availability for these dates to 402-618-2859. Please be specific with your requests. I will schedule you according to your requests, but there may be times I have to move people from one venue to the other in order to fill games.

All of the games are running clock games. Some special rules are used, including shooting one free throw for two points, in order to get more actual playing time for everyone.

While these are primarily Varsity Leagues, these games provide excellent opportunities for Lower Level officials. If you are a JV or Lower Level official, get me your availability and if I can work you in, I will. We use 2-person crews for these games, but you might want to work two games and volunteer and run 3-persons in another game. Or, if you’d like to let me know and volunteer to work a 3-person game at the Fieldhouse, that can be arranged, as well.

Thank you.

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Nebraska Basketball Officials, the organization which assigns lower level and varsity officials for the Metro Conference, will have its organizational and sign up meeting for the 2018-19 season, tonight, May 9, at 7 pm in the Cafeteria at Omaha Burke High School. NBO Assignor Al Monaco will go over the group’s two-year contract extension and some structure changes for the upcoming season. This will be the only meeting before assigning begins this summer, so officials are encouraged to attend and pay dues so they are ready to be entered into Arbiter for assignments.

Annual dues remain unchanged and will be $50 and includes being registered with Arbiter, NBO’s online scheduling software.

Officials working varsity contests in the Metro will need to be registered with the Nebraska School Activities Association ($45 fee) and NBO ($50 dues). No additional fees will be charged by NBO. Officials do NOT need to pay additional fees or be registered with the Nebraska High School Officials Association (NHSOA) to work varsity or lower level Metro contests.

The meeting will last approximately one hour and will include varsity and lower level assigning discussion.

NBO is once again assigning the Omaha Bryan Varsity Summer Tournament, Saturday and Sunday, June 2 and 3. NBO will be conducting a 3-person clinic on Saturday, June 2. Limited spaces are available for the clinic, which is intended to help officials gain experience in 3-person mechanics. Monaco will conduct the clinic. Officials can register for the clinic at the May 9 meeting. Veteran officials will also be used to work the tournament. NBO is also assigning the Metro Varsity Boys League on Monday nights at the Iowa West Fieldhouse in June. We are also assigning the Metro Varsity Girls League on Monday nights at Papiliion-LaVista High School. These league nights are June 4, 11, 18, 25.

Officials wishing to write checks for their dues may do so to Nebraska Basketball Officials. Receipts will also be available for those wishing to pay with cash. The registration form is attached to this email. You can print it, fill it out, and bring it to the meeting to save time. Officials will not be registered with Arbiter this year until 2018-19 dues are paid. This includes all lower level officials.

Anyone with questions can contact Monaco at monaco.nbo@gmail.com. Or, they can call him at 402-525-0699.

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Nebraska Basketball Officials, the organization which assigns lower level and varsity officials for the Metro Conference, will have its organizational and sign up meeting for the 2018-19 season, Wednesday night, May 9, at 7 pm in the Cafeteria at Omaha Burke High School. NBO Assignor Al Monaco will go over the group’s two-year contract extension and some structure changes for the upcoming season. This will be the only meeting before assigning begins this summer, so officials are encouraged to attend and pay dues so they are ready to be entered into Arbiter for assignments.

Annual dues remain unchanged and will be $50 and includes being registered with Arbiter, NBO’s online scheduling software.

Officials working varsity contests in the Metro will need to be registered with the Nebraska School Activities Association ($45 fee) and NBO ($50 dues). No additional fees will be charged by NBO. Officials do NOT need to pay additional fees or be registered with the Nebraska High School Officials Association (NHSOA) to work varsity or lower level Metro contests.

The meeting at Omaha Burke will last approximately one hour and will include varsity and lower level assigning discussion.

NBO is once again assigning the Omaha Bryan Varsity Summer Tournament, Saturday and Sunday, June 2 and 3. NBO will be conducting a 3-person clinic on Saturday, June 2. Limited spaces are available for the clinic, which is intended to help officials gain experience in 3-person mechanics. Monaco will conduct the clinic. Officials can register for the clinic at the May 9 meeting. Veteran officials will also be used to work the tournament. NBO is also assigning the Metro Varsity Boys League on Monday nights at the Iowa West Fieldhouse in June. We are also assigning the Metro Varsity Girls League on Monday nights at Papiliion-LaVista High School. These league nights are June 4, 11, 18, 25.

Officials wishing to write checks for their dues may do so to Nebraska Basketball Officials. Receipts will also be available for those wishing to pay with cash. The registration form is attached to this email. You can print it, fill it out, and bring it to the meeting to save time. Officials will not be registered with Arbiter this year until 2018-19 dues are paid. This includes all lower level officials.

Anyone with questions can contact Monaco at monaco.nbo@gmail.com. Or, they can call him at 402-525-0699.

One of the largest high-quality AAU Basketball tournaments of the off-season is scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 20-21-22 at multiple courts in Omaha and Council Bluffs. If interested in working games, please text your availability for all three days to 402-618-2859.

Games are scheduled for Friday night at Omaha Sports Academy and the Iowa West Fieldhouse. Saturday and Sunday, games will be held at OSA (4 courts), Iowa West Fieldhouse (8 courts), Millard North High School (3 courts), Genesis Health Club (2 courts), Northstar Foundation (2 courts) and Liberty Middle School in Papillion (2 courts). There are close to 300 games on Saturday alone.

This tournament is during an NCAA Live period, meaning NCAA coaches are invited and encouraged to attend for the purpose of recruiting high school players. The quality of play should be high, especially at the high school level. The tournament has divisions from fourth grade to high school.

This is a CASH tournament!!! Please be as specific as possible with your availability.

Thank you!

Brent Robinson