Both Gary Parrish and Jeff Goodman reported this week on the 10 officials who could work the Final Four in Houston this weekend.
Parrish’s list is here. Goodman’s is here. They’re exactly the same.
SEE RELATED:Now, what can be added to that? Maybe how each of the remaining four teams have fared with the 10 refs who might just step onto the floor in Reliant Stadium at various stages Saturday and Monday (data courtesy of officials’ schedules on statsheet.com):
JOHN CAHILL
Butler: 0-0; last worked a Butler game in 2010 NCAA title game (L-vs. Duke)
Connecticut: 4-2 (W-Coppin State, Rutgers, Tennessee, vs. Pittsburgh; L-Syracuse, at Louisville
Kentucky: 1-0 (W-vs. Notre Dame)
VCU: 1-1 (W-at Wake Forest; L-vs. Tennessee)
PAT DRISCOLL
Butler: 0-0; last worked a Butler game on Nov. 24, 2006 (W-vs. Gonzaga)
Connecticut: 3-1 (W-Villanova, Georgetown, at Cincinnati; L-Notre Dame)
Kentucky: 2-0 (W-vs. Princeton, vs. North Carolina)
VCU: 0-1 (L-vs. Tennessee)
VERNE HARRIS
Butler: 0-0; last worked a Butler game in 2010 NCAA regional final (W-vs. Kansas State)
Connecticut: 0-0; has not worked a Connecticut game in the last five seasons
Kentucky: 1-0 (W-vs. North Carolina)
VCU: 0-0; has not worked a VCU game in the last five seasons
JOHN HIGGINS
Butler: 2-1 (W-UW Green Bay, vs. Pittsburgh; L-at Louisville)
Connecticut: 1-0 (W-at Texas)
Kentucky: 0-0; last worked a Kentucky game in 2010 NCAA round of 16 (W-vs. Cornell)
VCU: 0-0; has not worked a VCU game in the last five seasons
LES JONES
Butler: 1-1 (W-vs. Wisconsin; L-vs. Duke)
Connecticut: 1-0 (W-Harvard)
Kentucky: 0-0; has not worked a Kentucky game in the last five seasons
VCU: 0-2 (L-at South Florida, vs. Old Dominion)
JAMIE LUCKIE
Butler: 1-0 (W-vs. Florida)
Connecticut: 0-1 (L-at St. John’s)
Kentucky: 4-3 (W-vs. Notre Dame, Penn, Mississippi State, vs. West Virginia ; L-at North Carolina, at Alabama, at Vanderbilt)
VCU: 1-0 (W-Wofford)
ANTINIO PETTY
Butler: 1-0 (W-vs. Pittsburgh)
Connecticut: 1-0 (W-vs. Arizona)
Kentucky: 3-1 (W-Indiana, South Carolina, Florida; L-at Georgia)
VCU: 0-0; has not worked a VCU game in the last five seasons
DOUG SHOWS
Butler: 0-0; last worked a Butler game in 2007 NCAA first round (W-vs. Old Dominion)
Connecticut: 2-1 (W-at Texas, vs. Arizona; L-Marquette)
Kentucky: 5-1 (W-East Tennessee State, Penn, Auburn, Georgia, vs. Florida); L-at Alabama
VCU: 0-0; last worked a VCU game Nov. 16, 2007 (L-vs. Miami)
MICHAEL STEPHENS
Butler: 1-0 (W-vs. Florida)
Connecticut: 3-3 (W-Tennessee, Georgetown, vs. Syracuse; L-Louisville, Syracuse, at West Virginia)
Kentucky: 1-0 (W-at Louisville)
VCU: 0-1 (L-vs. Tennessee)
MARK WHITEHEAD
Butler: 0-0; last worked a Butler game in 2010 round of 16 (W-vs. Syracuse)
Connecticut: 0-0; has not worked a Connecticut game in the last five seasons
Kentucky: 3-1 (W-Indiana, Coppin State, Tennessee; L-at Arkansas)
VCU: 0-0; has not worked a VCU game in the last five seasons
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