NCAA removes game official at halftime because of background conflict
Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. — The NCAA changed one of the officials at the half of the Chattanooga-N.C. State game Saturday because of a background conflict. “There was a switch of game officials at halftime of the Chattanooga-N.C. State first-round game because it was learned after the game had started that Umpire 2 Tommi Paris had a background conflict that, if known, would prevent her from working that assigned game,” the NCAA said in a statement after an inquiry from The Associated Press. But this one, I’m not really sure.” Suffren, who worked the earlier Green Bay-Tennessee game, was on the court for the second half of Chattanooga-N.C. State game. The decision to send Suffren back out to the court came “because it provided the most on-court experience and allowed the game to maintain a full officiating crew, plus standby,” the NCAA’s statement said.
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