Suspension rumors

There are rumors that two of the officials involved in Tim Floyd's ejection at East Carolina have been issued suspensions. That is what they are and all they are because no conference office makes announcements about dealings with officials.

Jeb Hartness, the official who was directly involved with Floyd — and who seemed to instigate the situation — was rumored to have been suspended for the remainder of the year by C-USA. A second official was rumored to have received a two-game suspension.

Hartness works Conference USA and the Ohio Valley Conference. He worked the UTEP-East Carolina game last Wednesday, worked the Morehead State-Murray State game Thursday night and worked the UAB-Houston game on Saturday.

Hartness officiated the Tennessee State-Memphis game on Jan. 2. Memphis won that game 91-86 and four technical fouls were called — and 40 fouls.

Rumors are rumors. Perhaps true, perhaps not. We can only check this week and next to see if Hartness is working any more Conference USA games.

 

Comments

[miner3223]

thanks for the update Mr. Knight, may you disclose where these rumors are coming from? or does anyone else have an idea where they may be coming from, such as another blog or website out there.

[MinerMike]

Mr. Knight, I understand if you can't disclose the source of your "rumor mill", but needless to say, I trust what you're reporting is a from a trusted source close to the situation. Regardless, thanks for the update.

[JAT]

Are the C-USA tourney refs all from C-USA or do they exchange officials here too?

[UTEP fan in SA]

I wish ESPN could get ahold of this information. They've been bashing Floyd and UTEP as of late. I even went as far as writing to ESPN about this. They fail to mention UTEP beating a "bubble team" in Memphis but are quick to take up a whole segment in the C-USA section to bash Floyd.

[chris lopez]

Rumors have been floating via Twitter with no factual information to back them up; good post from Bill to address and give us info. on how suspensions work in context to conferences. Thanks Bill.