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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

We will have the final sign-up meeting for Nebraska Basketball Officials on Wednesday night, November 16, at 6:30 pm, in the Omaha Burke High School Cafeteria. We will go through the NSAA’s Part 1 Open Book Test and also discuss and answer any questions you might have concerning the new shot clock guidelines or any other subjects as the season approaches. Please bring a copy of the NSAA test with you to the meeting.

I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, November 16, at 6:30 pm. If you have not signed up yet for NBO, you can do so at the meeting. NBO dues are $70 and you can pay with cash, check or Venmo.

Brent Robinson

robinson.nbo@gmail.com

402-618-2859

This is just a reminder that tonight at 7 p.m., we will be having another Nebraska Basketball Officials Shot Clock Clinic and NBO sign-up opportunity. This is open to all NBO Varsity and Lower Level officials. If you haven’t signed up yet and paid your dues, tonight would be an excellent opportunity.

You can look at the announcement that was published two weeks ago at osarefs.com or nbostripes.com for more information.

This is just a reminder that Nebraska Basketball Officials will be hosting a pre-season meeting to go over the new Class A Shot Clock Guidelines Tonight at 7 pm in the Omaha Burke High School gym.

The meeting is open to ALL officials registered with NBO. We are ready to begin assigning Varsity Metro games to officials who have paid their dues for the 2022-2023 season and have attended one of the two upcoming Shot Clock clinics.

Registrations will be accepted at tonight’s meeting for both varsity and lower level NBO officials.

A second Shot Clock meeting for NBO members will be held on Wednesday August 24 at Omaha Burke at 7 pm.

NCAA official John Higgins will be at tonight’s meeting to assist and give input and pointers on use of the Shot Clock.

Those needing to register tonight should arrive between 6:30 and 6:50 so the meeting can begin at 7 pm.

The Shot Clock will only be used in Class A varsity games this season, but lower level NBO officials are welcome to attend and learn the procedures directed by the National Federation and NSAA.

Referee schedules for Monday Night Boys Varsity League have been released. Please text your confirmations to 402-618-2859.

Here is the referee schedule for the opening night of the Boys Prep Varsity League at Union Bank and Trust Sports Complex, Monday, June 6. Please text your confirmations to 402-618-2859.

We wear regular summer referee attire for this league, predominately black shorts with stripes tucked in. I am happy to announce that this league will be a CASH league this year. Please see a site supervisor after your last game of the evening to pick up your pay.

I have most of your availability for the entire month of June, but if you want to give me more, or if you know of other high school officials that would like to work Mondays, or even Tuesday nights in the Millard Summer League for Lower Level teams, please text your availability to 402-618-2859. The Tuesday night leagues are played at Boys Town/Millard North, Omaha Skutt and Millard West. They are CASH, as well.

Nebraska Basketball Officials (NBO) has once again lined up a number of Summer opportunities for officials looking to keep active and sharpen their skills during the off-season. We will also once again conduct our annual 3-person mechanics clinic at the Omaha Bryan Varsity tourney. All this tips off Memorial Day Weekend with the Nebraska Basketball Development Association’s (NBDA) Freshman State Tournament, which will include a Girls’ division for the first time, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 27, 28 and 29 at Lincoln Northeast High School. We will then officially kick off our Metro portion of Summer activities, Wednesday, June 1 at 6:30 pm, with our pre-season sign up meeting at Omaha Westside High School in the small auditorium next to the main gym.

Let’s start with a list of the opportunities NBO has lined up for our officials this Summer.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, May 27-28-29 — NBDA Freshman State Tournament for Girls and Boys at Lincoln Northeast High School, Times TBD

Saturday, Sunday, June 4-5 — Omaha Bryan Varsity Boys Tourney, including 3-person Mechanics Clinic to be held on Saturday, Times TBD

Monday, June 6 — Boys Varsity League at Union Bank and Trust Sports Complex in Elkhorn, Times TBD

Monday, June 6 — Girls Varsity League at Papio South High School, Times TBD

Tuesday, June 7 — Boys Frosh, Reserve and JV Leagues at Millard North, Omaha Skutt and Millard West, Times TBD

Monday, June 13 — Boys Varsity League at UBT, Times TBD

Monday, June 13 — Girls Varsity League at Papillion Liberty Middle School, Times TBD

Tuesday, June 14 — Boys Frosh, Reserve and JV Leagues at Millard North, Omaha Skutt and Millard West, Times TBD

Monday, June 20 — Boys Varsity League at UBT, Times TBD

Monday, June 20 — Girls Varsity League at Papillion Liberty Middle School, Times TBD

Monday, June 27 — Boys Varsity League at UBT, Times TBD

Monday, June 27 — Girls Varsity League at Papillion Liberty Middle School, Times TBD

NBO had an excellent 2021-22 season and we are happy to announce we are locked in for continuing our association with the Metro Conference through the 2023-24 campaign. The Metro will be adding two more schools in 2022-23 and another in 2023-24. We are also preparing to introduce the use of the 35-second shot clock in varsity games this upcoming season. Please plan to attend the June 1 meeting at Westside at 6:30 and get your dues paid for the 2022-23 season. We plan to start assigning games as soon as possible after the signup meeting. We are excited to announce there will be NO increase in fees this year. They will remain at $70. Pay will be $60 per game for all lower level contests and $85 for varsity contests this winter.

I would like to compile an availability list for the summer events as quickly as possible. You may look at the dates provided and text or email your availability to me at either 402-618-2859 or robinson.nbo@gmail.com. Please be as specific as possible with your availability. I will do what I can to accommodate everyone, but especially on Mondays and Tuesdays I may need to move people from Papio to UBT, and vice versa. Tuesday night there will be two courts each at Millard North and Skutt, and three courts at Millard West.

This is one of the best summer schedules we have ever provided to NBO officials. But it doesn’t end there! You will also still have the ability to work all Omaha Sports Academy tournaments, including some excellent AAU-style tournaments like the Omaha Crusaders’ River Cities Classic around the Fourth of July, and other quality events put on by Prep Hoops, RecruitLook, Midwest Live! We will also be assigning officials for some Lincoln events, including the Nebraska Attack No-Zone tourney in mid July. We will conclude with the season-ending MAYB Girls North National Tournament set for Omaha, July 29-30-31.

We are expanding a new training program for beginning officials, as well. If you would like to volunteer to work with some of the high school, college and inexperienced older officials we have showing interest, please contact Brent Robinson at 402-618-2859 or email me at robinson.nbo@gmail.com.

Please feel free to refer any one you may know that wants to become a basketball official. We do basketball only!

If you have any questions, feel free to email Al Monaco at Monaco.nbo@gmail.com or Brent Robinson at robinson.nbo@gmail.com. We will also try to answer any of your additional questions on Wednesday night, June 1, at Omaha Westside.

NSAA Officials should bring a copy of the test to tonight’s meeting for the review.