NBOSTRIPES

We are two days from our first games and I wanted to send out a few quick reminders. No. 1, if you have been assigned games this Thursday, Friday or Saturday, you should be emailing the home team athletic director to confirm your game. This applies to both lower level and varsity officials. You should confirm at least two days before your scheduled contest. It doesn’t hurt to make contact with your partners, as well. Even if you are working lower level games, communication is vital to us doing a good job. No. 2, please ask for a return email from the athletic director, confirming that they received your email. Let’s make communication a priority this season.

I have watched a few of the Hall of Fame preseason games and I am seeing some things I felt we should address. I do not want us to become the uniform police, but the NSAA directive on matching under garments is something we should be prepared to handle in game situations. If you see players with contrasting color undergarments, I would like you to have your Referee take it to the head coach. Do not go to the players. If you are an Umpire, go to your Referee and inform him of the players that have contrasting sleeves, tights, etc. Remind the head coach of the NSAA directive and let him handle the situation. He can make the decision of who wears what, and who has to remove the items. If a team has on long warmup pants and you do not notice the situation until teams are ready to go on the court, let’s allow the teams to change at halftime. Do not hold up a game to do this! Let’s be proactive early in the season so this is not an issue after the first weekend.

We are doing a good job with the new hand check and contact rules. Our board members went to every Metro school this preseason and made presentations with every team. They should be educated with the new directives. Try to talk players through contact. Tell them to get their hands off and move their feet. If they cannot do this, call the foul. We want to do a good job with this and most of all, be consistent. Discuss it in your pregames. Make sure you are all on the same page when you walk on the court.

I’m excited for another great season of basketball in the Metro Conference. Nebraska Basketball Officials is here to help you if you have any questions, concerns or issues.

It’s time to play!

Al Monaco

Nebraska Basketball Officials and the Omaha Sports Academy officials group will be hosting a review for the NSAA Part 1 Open Book test tonight at 7 pm at the Omaha Burke High School Cafeteria.

NBO President Al Monaco will go over National Federation and NSAA rule changes and points of emphasis. OSA Officials Assignor Brent Robinson will then go thru the 100-question Part 1 test. Everyone is encouraged to print out and bring a copy of the test.

Applications to officiate for Nebraska Basketball Officials are available on this website. They will also be available at the meeting tonight. Dues for NBO are $50 per season. NBO lower level assignor Justin Albrecht will also be at tonight’s meeting.

If you have further questions, please feel free to contact Monaco at monaco.nbo@gmail.com or Albrecht at albrecht.nbo@gmail.com.

Nebraska Basketball Officials will be hosting two meetings early in November to prepare for the upcoming season.

The first meeting, Wednesday, November 5, will be held at 7 pm in the Omaha Burke High School cafeteria and will serve as a rules meeting where Omaha Sports Academy Director of Officials Brent Robinson will lead a group discussion and go over the Nebraska School Activities Association Part 1, 100-question, open book test. Officials will also have the opportunity to pay NBO dues and register in preparation for the upcoming Metro Conference season. NSAA registered officials are encouraged to bring a printout of the 100-question, Part 1, test.

The second meeting, Thursday, November 13, will be held at 7 pm in the Omaha Burke High School cafeteria and will be the final organizational meeting before the season starts. NBO Director Al Monaco and lower level assignor Justin Albrecht will go over expectations and procedures for all Varsity and Lower Level contests. Once again, officials will have the opportunity to pay NBO dues and register in preparation for the upcoming Metro Conference season.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either Monaco or Albrecht at monaco.nbo@gmail .com or albrecht.nbo@gmail.com.

If you haven’t joined Nebraska Basketball Officials, here is the application form. Fill it out and send your membership check for $50 to Al Monaco at the address listed on the application. You can contact Al Monaco at monaco@nbo@gmail.com or Justin Albrecht at albrecht.nbo@gmail.com for more information.

NBO Application

Welcome to NBOSTRIPES, the new website for all communications concerning Nebraska Basketball Officials. We are excited to introduce you to the NBOSTRIPES site and hope you will click on the Follow button at the bottom of the page and register your email with us. This will allow you to automatically receive all information we post on the site via a convenient email. You will not need to check back to the site from time to time (even though we invite you to visit anytime). If we post it, you receive it! Keep up to date with all the happenings with basketball officiating in the Metro Conference. If there are weather postponements, you can hear it here first. If there is a last minute lower level game scheduled, we can let you know with the click of a button and an email is sent out.

We are excited to have this new communication tool with all our officials in the Metro Conference. Welcome to NBOSTRIPES!