Be the Referee: Sliding in Basketball
January 3, 2019
This week, MHSAA assistant director Brent Rice clears up misunderstandings of the rule regarding sliding in basketball.
Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.
Below is this week's segment – Sliding in Basketball - Listen
Moment: Officiating Message Unchanged
May 15, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A segment on recruiting officials was broadcast as part of coverage of the MHSAA's 1988 Boys Basketball Finals.
Had that segment run this season, the messages would have been just as relevant.
Officials Ernie Cryer and Tom Hoffman spoke for the report, providing an inside look at officiating and reasons to consider the avocation.