I was there as well. Best about that trip was that Dolph Schayes and Larry Costello sat behind me the first game. The other most notable experience is that all the referees were in the same hotel I used. It was interesting to see one of them check out Friday morning, cut from continuing. He was pissed. Ed Hightower, Sam Lickliter and one from the Big 8 did our first game. I saw them in the restaurant and sort of eaves dropped their conversations. They all spoke very highly of Gene Keady. That was the game Mel McCants was ejected and I asked them how they would look at him if he played the next game. I got a very professional answer and appreciated that they didn't seam the type to hold grudges. Hightower remembered me in the dome after our game with Florida and one other time in Mackey the next year, so I felt he was a standup person of high estem. Licktliter, however, was pompous. But what do I know as he is in the Ohio HOF and was the Coordinator of Officials for the Summit League.
