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Basketball Referee - StayOnTheCourt.Com
Basketball referees are in high demand. There are a lot of opportunities out there for this profession. As more youth teams organize with the rise of AAU basketball the opportunities grow for professional basketball referees.
Basketball referees are responsible for officiating games and ensuring that basketball rules are followed. These professionals must have excellent communication skills and the temperament to be assertive during games. The best are physically fit, able to move around quickly and wear the required equipment and maintain a professional appearance.
This guide to becoming a basketball referee is an excellent resource whether you are looking to make some extra money on the side doing something you enjoy or want to referee at a high level such as high school, college, or even in the NBA.
The basic steps on how to become a basketball referee are below, and we will go into more depth on each of these items:
Learn the Game
Take Courses
Work Youth Basketball Games
Register With Local Basketball Organizations
Get Certified With Your State Through National Federation of State High School Associations
Get Additional Experience
Join the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO)
Register with the NCAA and take the officiating exam
Apply to referee the NBA and WNBA
“People make fun of me,” Bavetta said. “I have thin legs. I don’t have an imposing figure. But I always would say to these young officials coming in, ‘A racehorse has thin legs, a greyhound has thin legs, and they’re running forever.’ I’ve just been blessed.”
Dick Bavetta, NBA record 2,635 consecutive games officiated and inductee to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Vice.com
Basketball Referee Training and Courses
It isn’t a prerequisite that you have to have played the game but you absolutely need to learn the game to become a good basketball referee.
To become a certified basketball referee, you must achieve a passing grade on a written rules exam. In many cases, you must also pass a floor test during which you officiate live action. This is to show that you also understand how to apply the rules in a game situation.
Here are some free or low-cost online courses to get started with your basketball officiating journey.
Officiating Basketball by National Federation of State High School Associations
Ultimately, if you want to referee basketball at the high school level you will need to take this course created by the National Federation of State High School Associations. In many states, this 2-hour training is free.
Officiating Basketball is an online course brought to you by the National Federation of State High School Associations. It is designed as a tool to assist you in becoming a better official to make the game better for you and the student-athletes. The course covers the areas of fouls against the ball handler, screening, post play, block charge, intentional fouls, and technical fouls. In addition, it has a general overview of characteristics that help to make a person a better official. When completed you will have gained more insight into the mechanics of making a correct call and learn pointers to take to the basketball court.
Ed Rush Club Court Elite
Former NBA official Court Club Elite is a course led by former NBA Director of Officials, Ed T. Rush Sr. and his son, former F-18 fighter pilot, Ed Rush Jr. It also includes basketball officials currently working at the men’s and women’s NCAA Division I level, as well as instructors from several collegiate conferences from across the country.
They offer a free email course that is limited that will lead you into a $1 30 day trial membership into their referee educational program. The monthly membership after the trial is 29.95.
Udemy.com courses
Basketball Referee 101 on Udemy.com
Udemy is a peer-to-peer training platform that had an entry-level course on it. The video on this course didn’t seem to follow the content. But, the verbal content was useful.
Referee Training Center
The Referee Training Center is a marketplace with general referee information and basketball-specific officiating books and digital training resources.
YouTube Basketball Referee Training
You may have to hunt and peck a little bit but you too can be a great resource to find training on officiating basketball. We pulled one out below that teaches two-person mechanics.
Basketball Oficiating Books
Here are 3 books you will need to reference to officiate at most high school levels.
2021 NFHS Basketball Official Rules
This is the flagship official NFHS book that goes through the rules in detail by topic.
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2020-21 and 2021-22 NFHS Basketball Handbook
If you can afford a second book this handbook has been developed for use by players, coaches, officials, and others interested in the game.
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2020-21 NFHS Basketball Case Book
This book complements the other two books and contains the official case plays for basketball and is designed to explain all aspects of the sport.
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Basketball Referee Signals
One of the most difficult things to master is all of the basketball referee hand signals used in the game. We found this visual signal resource to be helpful as a good overview of all of the signals.
In addition, there are some good youtube tutorials similar to the one you see below that can be helpful.
Basketball Referee Gear and Uniform
If you are refereeing youth leagues you may not need as formal of a uniform. But if you want to break into higher levels such as high school or even high profile AAU events you will need the appropriate uniform and equipment. We have created a list below:
Black socks
Black slacks
Black belt (if pants are not beltless)
Black and white striped shirt
Fox 40 whistle
Smitty or Lanyard
Pre game jacket
Black court shoes
Basketball Referee Shoes
Basketball Referee Pants
Pants
Basketball Referee Shirts
How To Be A High School Basketball Referee
This may be the easist path to follow to become a compentent referree. Most states have a prescibed set of steps to referee basketball at the high scholol level. I am in Nebraska so we will follow that as a model. To find your state’s steps to certification you can use this resource.
1. Register with the Nebraska School Acitivities Association
To become a referee in Nebraska you must first register with the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA). The registration fee is currently $45.
2. Complete the “Part 1” test for basketball
You must acheive an 80% or better score on the “Part 1” of the test. You will then be classifed based on your test score:
Registered (80%)
Approved (85%)
Certified (90%)
3. Complete the “Part 2” test for basketball
This test is more advanced and requires more in depth officiating knowledge. In order to maintain your classification youm ust score the following:
Registered referees must pass the test every 5 years with a 65% or above
Approved referees must pass the test every 5 years with a 75% or above
Certified referees must pass the test every 3 years with a 80% or above
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Satisfy yearly requirements
All classifications of officials must view an online, pre-season rules meeting to be eligible to referee games during the current season.
How To Be A College Basketball Referee
The path to officiating in the NCAA is extremely competitive. With hundreds of officials trying to break into the ranks, only a few can make it.
You can start your officiating career in the NAIA or NCAA Division III conferences, then move to Division II. From there, it’s possible to become a referee in a smaller Division I conference, and eventually work up to officiating Division I basketball. Attending camps is an important step you can take to improve your officiating skills. They allow you to learn from experienced veterans and network with other officials.
These are the governing bodies in college basketball:
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
How To Be an NBA Referee
The NBA and WNBA are two of the world’s most successful sporting organizations. They provide excitement to millions of basketball fans all over the world.
The NBA and WNBA recruit officials from all over the world. These officials are observed and evaluated to see if they have the necessary skills to officiate at a professional level.
Prospective officials normally already have high school and college-level experience. Candidates are evaluated by the NBA Scouting Group and should have been officiating in the following organizations.
NCAA & Conference Camps
Junior College
High School
Intramurals
RDP
Pro Am
International
National Try Out
If you make it into the candidate pool you will still have at least a year timeline to make into the NBA that will look like this:
1. Officiating Candidate Pool
NBA Scouting Group determines the Top 100 candidates list for evaluation events and proceeds to the next phase.
2. Traing and Evaluation
The NBA uses the 5 performance standards for advancement to the G League hiring phase. If a candidate doesn’t advance they may remain on a the list for the following year.
3. Hiring G League
If you make it out of the evaluation round then you will be placed in the G League and participate in Summer League Training and/or an additional New Hire Orientation Session.
4. Development
G League referees attend preseason meetings, work games (preseason – playoffs). They also get access to the NBA Officials Interactive Website for memos and testing and receive direct instruction from the NBA referee staff to help hone skills and master more sophisticated basketball games.
5. Hiring NBA and WNBA
Once you reach the G League you are evaluated and recommended for NBA and WNBA officiating positions. The site nbaofficials.com has more detailed information and you can register here.
Conclusion
We would recommend focusing on your state’s high school certification. If you can reach that level you shouldn’t have any issues getting work at lower levels.
You can check out some of our posts on basketball rules such as carrying, traveling, or charging.
How much are NBA refs paid?
Entry-level NBA referees earn $600 per game or $250,000 per year and the most experienced referees make an average of $3,500 per game or a salary of $500,000.
Who is the youngest NBA referee?
JB DeRosa, born April 14, 1991 is the youngest official currently in the NBA at age 30.
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How To Become a Basketball Official
Basketball officiating is great if you are interested in being constantly active and closely involved with the game action. Basketball is also a sport you can officiate nearly year-round via school, club, AAU and amateur contests and therefore has a higher earning potential than many other sports.
Why Real Officials Love What They Do
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You Meet All Types
You meet just about every type of person there is and you have to learn to deal with all of them in a manner that shows that you deserve to be called an “official.” You meet cheaters, schemers, geniuses and idiots. You meet talented, mediocre and middle-of-the-road people. No matter who you meet, you have to deal with them as people who deserve the best from you. No matter what age, talent, salary, race or sex, you must give your all. You are expected to be perfect and improve after that.
Rick EberhardtBuffalo, N.Y., a 36-year basketball official
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It is the Best Seat in the House
I love officiating because of the challenge. It is by far the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. Unfortunately, we miss plays every night, but the challenge of trying to be perfect and get every play right is why I love it so much. There is no better feeling then walking back into the locker room with your partners and knowing that we worked together as a team and that we gave everything we had for those 48 minutes.
Ed MalloyNBA referee from Aston, Pa.
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It Has Toughened Me Up
Because of officiating I see clearly that life moments often are not about winning or even losing. It’s about being the best you can be in that moment and accepting the outcome. Sometimes I may not like the outcome, but I accept it knowing I did my best and move forward. I’ve learned how to deal with difficult crowds; I have been called things my mother did not name me. I have watched winners lose and losers win. Each year I learn something that makes me a better official and a better person. Each year I meet people that inspire me and people who serve my life no purpose, but I learn from all of it.
Bertha MooreHigh school basketball official from Baltimore, Md.
Things To Consider
Physical Demands
Basketball officials are moving constantly. There are no opportunities for rest while play is ongoing because basketball officials need to adjust their positions constantly to see the action as player positions shift. You will run between 1 and 4 miles during a competitive basketball game. Most basketball games take place indoors, but because of the activity level, hydration is something basketball officials take seriously. As the players you’re officiating get older and the competitive levels increase, the physical demands also increase.
Mental Demands
Basketball officials work with one or sometimes two or three partners. You will shift between the lead position and the trail or center position many times per game, and thus, your responsibilities will change constantly. Basketball officials are also closer to the players, coaches and the fans than in other sports and must be able to focus and ignore distractions. You will also need to be able to handle hearing verbal criticism from the stands and sometimes communicate with coaches. Teamwork and support for and from your partners is crucial to success in basketball officiating.
Training
Basketball requires officials to move to different positions around the court, and be responsible for watching different parts of the action depending on where they are. To maximize your success, you’ll have to learn all these positions well. You can train yourself with rulebooks and manuals from the Referee Training Center, but you should also join a local officials association where you can expect lectures, demonstrations and exercises that will prepare you for what you’ll face.
Different organizations have different requirements, but most require at least attendance at a meeting to go over any current rule changes. Additional requirements may be a written test with a minimum passing score, payment of fees for the upcoming season and association meeting attendance.
Equipment
Polished, black, athletic shoes.
Black socks.
Black beltless slacks.
A striped V-neck shirt no collar.
A whistle and a lanyard.
Estimated cost: $200. Once you join a local officiating association, there may be veteran officials who are willing to give or sell you “hand–me–downs” to help you get geared up at a reduced cost.
Game Fees
Game fees vary widely based on the players’ age group, competitive level and the state you officiate in. The fees range from $20-$35 for youth games and $45-$150 for competitive high school games. To maximize your income, you can work a combination of levels several days a week, including weekend tournaments where you can work games all day. You can also work adult amateur, club and AAU basketball year-round to make reliable income. A basketball official working youth, high school and adult amateur games, with a full schedule, can make several hundred dollars per week outside their normal jobs. College officials make more and game fees increase with the level of competition. Many high level college officials and professional officials do not have other jobs, and live on their officiating income.
Certification
Here’s the path for starting and continuing your officiating career:
Youth Level
Many officials start at the youth level. Contact your local recreation department leaders. Your local association should also help you make contacts to get games. Parks & Rec departments offer youth and adult games in many cities and you can potentially work multiple games per day on the weekends for schools and independent organizations, enhancing your earning potential.
High School
After working youth games, you may feel you have the skills and confidence to work higher levels of competition. You may also start at this level if you have a good grasp of the rules and/or experience as a player. For jr. high games, ask your association leader or contact your school district. For high school games, you’ll need to work with an assigner through your local association. Any work with sanctioned school games requires you to be registered through your state, to prove you’re competent.
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is the nation’s governing body for high school athletics. Through them you can get all the information you need from your state to register and start the process to work High School sports.
Begin your high school basketball officiating journey at highschoolofficials.com
In most cases, your state association can put you in contact with a local officials’ association. Local associations assign games, many times offer mentoring programs and assist in training.
High school athletic directors, association assigners and other officials can also get you games.
Plan to attend local camps and clinics. They are focused on helping officials learn and improve.
College
College basketball officiating is highly competitive. Officials with one year of youth experience would most likely not be a candidate even though there isn’t a designated number of years of experience to reach the college ranks. Obtaining a conference schedule and advancement within a conference is based on the league or conference. When first trying to enter a college conference, talk with officials who are currently in the conference. They can give you valuable information such as the conference commissioner and officiating camps to attend. College athletic directors or sports information directors can also be helpful.
You may start your career in the NAIA, work a NCAA Division III conference, advance to a Division II schedule, then on to a smaller Division I conference and culminate with a major Division I schedule. Attending officiating camps is an important tool to improve your officiating. Not only can you learn from experienced veterans, you can be seen by those who assign games at that level, most often conference commissioners or officiating supervisors.
The collegiate national governing bodies:
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) PO Box 6222 Indianapolis, IN 46206-6222 317-917-6222
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) 120 W. 12th Street Suite 700 Kansas City, MO 64105 816-595-8000
National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) PO Box 7305 Colorado Springs, CO 80933- 7305 719-590-9788
Professional
The NBA and WNBA are two of the world’s premier sports and entertainment enterprises; a diverse group of high performing individuals delivering joy and excitement to hundreds of millions of basketball fans all over the world. It should be no surprise that much of our success depends on the Referees who ensure the integrity of the game and a forum where player’s skills, team dynamics, passion and dedication determine game outcomes.
The NBA and WNBA recruit referees from around the globe to become part of our team, but also to provide those who want to pursue this exciting career with insight into how they can develop their skills to achieve professional-level officiating excellence.
The NBA and WNBA review candidates based on expertise of officiating in live events. Prospective officials should contact any of these organizations to begin their professional journey. Candidates are evaluated by the NBA Scouting Group.
NCAA & Conference Camps
High School
Intramurals/Recreation
College (all Levels)
Pro Am
International
National Try Out
Please refer to nbaofficials.com for further information.
National Association of Sports Officials
You may also consider joining NASO, the only nation-wide officials support organization. As a member-driven community; NASO exists to unite, celebrate, develop and protect all officials so that they can reach their goals and take pride in their contributions to the benefits that sports provide society.
Learn more about NASO at NASO.org.
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This season, 8 Russians play in the NCAA. How are they? - The Interception - Blogs
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Before the start of last season, I wrote this text. Then I talked to almost all the Russians who were preparing to compete in the NCAA - there were 11 of them at that time - and tried to understand why Russian youth began to leave more massively for American universities. There have never been such a number of Russians in the NCAA.
A year and a half has passed since then, and half of the guys have parted ways: Konstantin Dotsenko is now playing in the Loko farm club, Zakhar Vedischev plays at the base of Krasnodar, Mark Tikhonenko signed a contract with Astana, Andre Toure recently played in Maykop in the second Super League, and Samson Ruzhentsev moved to the Serbian "Mega".
But some remained in America. They were joined by a few more guys who either just left Russia or got into the NCAA from American schools or the NJCAA. In this text, I will talk about all the Russians who play in the first division of the main student league in the world. If last season I wanted to explain why exactly they are leaving, now I have focused on their career.
If you prefer reading, then below is a large text with comments from the players themselves; but this time you have the opportunity not only to read, but also to watch a video about all of our in the NCAA. Inside is my story and a video interview with the guys.
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And now - the promised text about our guys in America.
What is the NCAA
The NCAA, or NCDA, is the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States and Canada. It includes almost 1300 schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions. The teams of these universities are represented not only in basketball - the NCAA also has competitions in American football, wrestling, fencing, bowling, softball, gymnastics, tennis and God knows what else.
But basketball is a very popular sport in the association. Both guys and girls have three divisions, which are ranked by strength. This text is only about those Russians who compete in the first, strongest, division.
The NCAA has a playoff called March Madness. When knockout games start, the whole country switches from professionals to students. Although during the season, the teams also have enough attention from fans: the clubs play in large and good arenas, many people come to the matches, the games are shown on television, and sometimes on national television. There are even universities whose fans spend the night in front of the arena in the hope of having time to buy a ticket.
So the NCAA is a really serious tournament, albeit a student one.
How many Russians are there
I have spent an hour and a half of my life checking the composition of all the colleges that are represented in the first division. There are 358 of them. I broke my eyes, learned about the existence of several countries and even about the presence of basketball in these countries, but still I counted all the Russians.
I got eight people, and now we will get to know them better. The sequence on my list doesn't mean anything, it's just that way because I talked to the guys in that order.
I hope I haven't missed anyone. Please write in the comments if you know someone whom I have overlooked.
Evdokimov is the newest member of the NCAA Division I. He joined the Charleston Cougars - the name of the team of the University of Charleston from South Carolina - in early December last year.
This university belongs to mid-major. In the American system, there is a gradation of universities by strength - from low-major to high-major. Mid-major is the middle level. Most Russian guys perform at universities that fall into this category.
Before moving to the USA, Nikita played for the youth team of Lokomotiv-Kuban and for the national team. Last summer, the defender represented the Russian under-20 team at the Euro Challenger, although he himself was only 18.
Evdokimov has an interesting story about how he fell in love with basketball. In fact, it is strange that he did not go to handball, because his dad is the famous Russian handball player Yegor Evdokimov. Six-time champion of Russia, champion of Spain, champion of Belarus, champion of Ukraine, participant of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. At the dawn of his career, Yegor Viktorovich played in his homeland, in the Chelyabinsk region, the city of Snezhinsk. Nikita was born there.
- I fell in love with basketball when I was 9 or 10 years old. My cousin and grandmother and I went on vacation to the Crimea. There was a playground where I constantly ran and played. Grandma suggested trying to sign up for basketball. And before that, I didn’t consider basketball as a sport at all ... But I went to a training session and instantly fell in love. Didn't miss it at all. Then Lokomotiv saw me at the Russian Championship. Together with a team from my city, from Chekhov, we took fourth place, and everyone was very surprised. I was seen by coach Petar Marinkovic, who called me to Loko, ”recalls Evdokimov.
He says that he could have been in the red-green system even earlier. He was invited to the Yug-Basket camp - this is a camp organized by the club and within which it looks for players in its youth system - but then Evdokimov was with relatives in the United States and could not come.
He ended up in the Loko system in 2017. True, Evdokimov says that, even while playing for Krasnodar, he often thought that he actually wanted to try his hand at American basketball. He has relatives living in the USA, he has been there more than once, and when the chance to move to the university appeared, he did not hesitate for a long time.
Evdokimov learned about the university's interest in him in advance, so he spent the summer with benefit: he trained individually with personal trainers in Moscow and Cyprus, where his father plays handball. There, the defender, at the request of the university coach, worked hard on three-pointers and performed at least 500 long-range shots a day.
Evdokimov will be coached at the College of Charleston by Pat Kelsey, a strong specialist who is widely known in college basketball. He once worked with Jeff Teague and Chris Paul.
Alex is not short for Alexander, but his passport name. He was not born in Russia, but in Canada, his parents went there to give birth to Alex. In this country, he lived the first year of his life, after which he left for Moscow. In memory of Canada, Alex has citizenship (he has a double one).
But he started playing basketball in Russia.
— I started playing basketball at Gloria when I was 10-11 years old. People came to my school - and I studied at an ordinary secondary school - who were looking for young guys who were ready to play basketball. They came into my class, saw that I was tall, did a couple of tests, asked me different questions and invited me to practice. I studied at Gloria for a long time, then I got into the MBA Junior Junior League, from there I was taken to the Super League. I played there for literally a year, and after graduating from high school I decided that it would be wise to go to the United States. I contacted Skryagin (Alexander Skryagin, ProFuturo Sports, - note "Interception"), because he was the only person who knows more about moving to the USA than me. We talked to him, I dropped my highlights to him, and he helped me find a school, - says Kotov.
Alex arrived in the US in 2017 and entered the Montverde Academy. This is a very famous program that prepares players for the NCAA. Kotov spent a year in Montverde and won the championship with this team, the result for the season is 35-0. Alex's partners then included, for example, RJ Barrett, who now plays for the New York Knicks in the NBA, and Turkish Efes center Philip Petrushev.
Alex left Montverde not immediately for the NCAA, but for the NJCAA. It is an association of junior colleges and is also often referred to as Juko. A common story for those who feel like they're not ready for the NCAA yet, but want to play hard and improve. Kotov spent two years in this association, after which he moved to the NCAA, to the Illinois State Redbirds team. This is also a representative university of the mid-major category.
Alex has six months left to study at the university, but he can play in the team for another two and a half years. This happened because the players have the right to use the redshirt option. In fact, this is the right of the player to extend his career at the university, even if he has already graduated from the university. Plus, there's also the "cancellation" of the season due to the coronavirus (this happened last year), which also doesn't count, as well as the "cancellation" of the season due to injury (this happened to Alex in his second year in the NJCAA).
In general, these rules are very complicated.
- Due to an injury in my second year at the NJCAA, I opted to save the year. That's plus one season. In addition, this year I had a lot of misunderstandings with the coach, it all started last year. I thought that it would be possible to influence it somehow, to establish relations with him in the summer, but it turned out to be much more difficult than I thought. Therefore, after a huge number of meetings, we came to the conclusion that this year it would be easier for me to also take the option to save the year. So this year I'm graduating from university, getting an education, but I still have, roughly speaking, two seasons to play in the NCAA, - says Kotov.
Lakhin is the only Russian who represents a high-major university. This means that the university where Vitya plays often goes to the "March Madness" and has a tangible chance of winning the NCAA.
And the story of Lakhin began in Anapa. The parents wanted to send their sons - Vitya and his brother Vasya - to some kind of team sport so that they would play together. And chose volleyball. But because of the coach, they did not last long in the volleyball section and eventually went to basketball.
Lahin started in fourth grade but quickly rose to the city team. And in the Krasnodar Territory, if you play for the city team, then you are in full view of the Lokomotiv scouts. Vitya did not play Loko on a permanent basis, but by the 7-8th grade he was regularly on the team to participate in the Russian championships. The Railroaders took him as a reinforcement player - this is a common practice in children's competitions.
Further - a matter of chance. Loko juniors played in the final stage of the Russian championship and met CSKA twice - in the group stage and in the semi-finals. Lakhin gave two good games and ... received an invitation from the "soldiers".
At first he did not think of moving anywhere and stayed to finish the season in the south. But summer came, and he still went to see it. He was offered to stay after the first practice. Vitya talked to his parents and a month later he arrived at CSKA.
- The first season was probably the most emotional, full of some moments, memories. Because my brother and I arrived for the first time in a big city. On the one hand, this is a great freedom, because there are no parents nearby, but, on the other hand, this is also a great responsibility. Because you have never done the things that your parents did for you before, like laundry, cleaning, all sorts of small things. Even a waste of money: you never thought about it before, you were given - you spent it. And here you have money, and you know that if you spend everything, then at the end of the month you won’t have any left, ”recalls Vitya.
Lakhin reached the final stage of the youth Euroleague with CSKA and spent a pretty good season overall. Alexey Zhukov, the head coach of the “army” CYBL, left to work as an assistant in Nizhny Novgorod, and Maxim Sharafan came to CSKA from Lokomotiv. He worked with Vitya for three years, and during this time Lakhin managed to understand that he wants to play in Russia only at the highest level - in CSKA - and if it doesn’t work out, then it’s better to leave.
- I realized that it would be very difficult for me to get into the base. This is a top club with the highest goals, and as a young player I need to be not even the same as everyone else, but better, because I have no experience. It was necessary here and now to show some level and bring results. Let's be realistic, there were no players who can immediately enter the CSKA system and show something like that for a long time. Probably the Swede was the last one. I realized that I can’t do that, and since my dream is to be in the NBA, I decided to move closer to this league, this Wednesday, to America. That's why I'm here, - says Vitya.
But not everything was so simple. Back in Russia, Lakhin managed to get injured. He fell in the game moment, and his knee hurt. The medical staff did not suspect anything, and Vitya continued to train. The state of health worsened, but then the pandemic came, everyone went into self-isolation, and the center just went home. The knee was still swollen, but the pain was slowly receding. Vitya did not train and therefore did not feel any signs of deterioration. He already knew that he was leaving for America, and just waited for all the permits.
The injury happened in February and the departure was due in September. In the summer, Lakhin himself did an MRI, which showed that he had ... a torn meniscus. He took the results of the examination to the surgeon who scheduled the operation. Vitya went for it and began to recover in Russia, and he came to the USA with an already operated knee.
Everything should have been fine, but when he started running, the pain returned. Lakhin did another MRI, and it showed that the same meniscus was completely torn. The doctors said that it would take six months to recover. Therefore, Vitya simply missed his first season in the NCAA.
— All this time I didn't train, but I was always with the team: in scouting, in the locker room, in training. All lessons were online, and we lived in an apartment with the team. So that year helped me a lot, because even though I didn’t play, I was in the system and I knew the guys. It was my year of adaptation - to a new culture, to people, to new faces, to food. I had the same feeling as when I came from a small town to Moscow. You leave Russia for any other country - even to America, even to Italy, even to Spain - and you go through the same thing, Lakhin believes.
He adds that the Cincinnati had a new head coach at the end of last season and it was a difficult moment. A new specialist was appointed the day before Lakhin's departure to Russia, when he did not yet understand whether he would remain in the team for the next season or not. Whether to leave it, decided the new head coach. But in the end, the center managed to meet with him before departure and find a common language. The coach wanted to protect the Russians in the composition.
During the summer Vitya worked in the USA on his body and improved his skills. The season began in October, and in December, Lahin was the best freshman of the week in his conference. By the way, he has a situation similar to Alex: academically, Lahin is a sophomore, but he is considered a rookie in the team.
Andrey Savrasov, Georgia Southern Eagles
2021/22 stats: 14 games, 23. 7 minutes average
11.9 points (51.5% 2-point, 30% 3-point, 73.1% free throws), 6 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.4 block shots, 0.9 interceptions, 1 loss Andrey's first coach is a well-known Russian specialist Oleg Aktsipetrov.
— I remember that at first I had very different hobbies: football, basketball, taekwondo… But after the first two or three years of training, I realized that basketball is really mine, that I want to do just that. Slowly, I began to play for the sports school of the Admiralteisky district, for the Zenit Junior Junior League, played for the Russian national team U16, U18. We went to different tournaments, and somewhere the scouts saw my game and invited me to the USA, says Savrasov.
Andrey moved to America three years ago - in January 2019of the year. Now he is finishing his third year at the university, in the American education system it is possible to start studying in the middle of the academic year and, accordingly, then graduate also in the middle of the academic year.
Savrasov managed to play for the Texas Tech team, where he spent a year and a half. The first six months he did not play, he spent in redshirt mode - he trained, worked on his body, was with the team, but did not play for it. But the next season already played in the status of a freshman, that is, a freshman.
Andrei didn't get much playing time, but he still wanted to stay at the university. It was a high-major, and Savrasov wanted to prove that he deserved another role.
But then I talked to the head coach, and together they decided that it would be better to change the university in order to continue their career. The coach even helped find a new team, and that's how Savrasov ended up in Georgia, in the Georgia Southern Eagles team. This is a mid-major university.
Now in his second year with the new team, he is in the starting five and generally has a good role on the court. In theory, Andrei can play for the university for another two years, although he graduates from the university in a year.
Vladislav Goldin, Florida Atlantic Owls
2021/22 stats: 14 games, 16.5 minutes average
5.7 points (47.9% 2-pointers, no 3-pointers, 52.2% free throws), 5.5 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 0.6 block shots, 0.4 interceptions, 1.3 losses He played with his 2001, but at some point the team just fell apart and disappeared.
Goldin was sent to play by the year 2000, and the coach of this team turned out to be familiar with the coach of CSKA-DYuBL. Vlad and another guy were offered to the "soldiers" - just to look at them. But the screening went well, and after one of the training sessions, Vlad was offered to move to Moscow. New school, new surroundings, heavy loads, training twice a day - Vlad says that the first six months in the capital were the most difficult time in his life.
- At that time, I probably did not quite understand where I was moving and how much it changed. To be honest, I didn't even really know what DUBL was. Wasn't very knowledgeable. Youth League, Junior Team, Superleague… I knew the tournaments where we played: first the Southern Federal District, then the Russian Championship. When I found out that I was already in Moscow and had to go to the CYBL team for a tryout, I even got scared. But they left me, and I trained at CSKA for another four years. Then he played for the Russian national team U18 and U19, after which he received an offer to try himself in America. I decided to take a chance and moved there to the Prep school,” says Goldin.
Prep school is short for preparatory school. In essence, this is an opportunity to play basketball in the USA before going to university.
In October 2019, Vlad entered Patnam School in Connecticut. This is a small private school about an hour from Boston. Together with the team, Goldin became the champion of America in the championship among preparatory schools.
After that, Vlad was called to Texas, to the Texas Tech team - to the same team where Andrey Savrasov played for a year and a half. Goldin saw that this was a big and serious high-major team, saw the conditions for training and accepted their invitation without hesitation.
— In Texas, things are a little different. The way we played there was not like the way I played before, so the first experience was difficult. And then the head coach left us, replacing TexasTech with Texas. Most of the coaching staff left with him, and our team did not quite understand what to do. Only the assistant coach remained with us. And in the end, I decided to move to another team, to Florida, - say Goldin.
Due to the coronavirus, Vlad has the same situation as most student athletes: academically he is a sophomore, but the last sports season did not count, so he is a freshman in the team. Goldin has three years left to study, and he can play four more.
He himself says that his current team plays more European basketball, so he feels great there.
Alexander Glushkov, Appalachian State Mountaineers
2021/22 stats: 7 games, 4. 7 minutes average
2 points (60% 2-pointers, 0% 3-pointers, 33.3% free throws), 1 .1 rebounds, no assists, 0.1 blocks, 0.1 steals, no losses
Born in Vladivostok, Glushkov started playing basketball at the age of 13 when he went to summer camp. I came home and told my father: "I want to play basketball." Parents sent Sasha to the section.
Glushkov's first coach is Eduard Sushko. After a year of working with him, Sasha was invited to the Spartak-Primorye system. He played in the Junior Junior League for a year, after which the entire management of the team and almost the entire squad moved to the PSC Sakhalin. At the same time, the base of the club remained in Vladivostok. Glushkov spent a year in the new club, after which he received an invitation from Moscow, from the IBA. His coach Alexander Antipov invited him.
And then it was a matter of chance, and a year later Sasha was already flying to the USA to study at school.
— I came to Moscow and played there for a year. When we were preparing for the Summer Spartakiad in Krasnaya Pakhra at the Trinta base, a coach from the USA arrived there. He was familiar with Alexander Antipov, because before that our guy had already played at the same school. He came just to relax, but he also wanted to look at the players. He probably liked me, and he invited me to school. I took the chance and got into high school. I spent 11-12 classes there, received several offers and decided that I would play in Appalachian State, says Glushkov.
Now Sasha is in his second year, but as you know, last year doesn't count. So Glushkov is considered a “freshman” in the team and can play for the university for another three and a half years, while he has two and a half to study.
When Sasha arrived at the university, he weighed about 90 kg. But now he has noticeably added muscle mass. He began to grow muscles during the last season, but he did the main work in the summer. Due to problems with visas, he could not go home to Russia, and he went to a friend in Houston. There he lived for a month, ate a lot and rocked. As a result, he entered the new season in excellent physical shape. True, the coach still does not really trust him.
Glushkov University is a mid-major who, last year, entered March Madness for the first time in 20 years. Sasha was not released then, but he nevertheless felt the atmosphere of the main student event of the year. Here's what he says about it:
- It was ... unbelievable (unbelievable - approx. "Interception"). Very cool feeling. 64 top teams, all at the highest level. We had two or three hotels, each floor was dedicated to a specific team. I don’t know how much it could be called the same “March Madness”, because, of course, all the measures were taken anyway. We had a quarantine, we had to be tested every day. And so everything was at the highest level,” recalls Glushkov.
David has probably the most atypical fate among all our guys who now play in the first division of the NCAA.
Didenko was born in the north, in the city of Yakutsk. He remembers his childhood quite vividly: he says that the city authorities allowed not to go to school at -45 degrees Celsius, and if the thermometer was only -43, you had to pull yourself together, stick yourselves into a thick down jacket and stomp to school.
— I had a healthy down jacket, maybe five centimeters. I walked around like a big bubble. When I was 8 or 9 years old, we had -57 degrees in winter. Very cold. I didn’t leave the house for two days,” Didenko recalls.
In 2010, David ended up in the USA even before he started playing basketball. He was 10. His older sister was leaving for New York to study English, and David just went with her for a month.
While still in Russia, they found him something to do in the USA. On the classifieds website, the family looked at a message from a Russian coach who lived there, his name was Boris Karebin. The coach was needed so that David would not just mess around in the States.
But the boy got so caught up in basketball that he eventually wanted to stay. Parents allowed, and he went to an American school. Karebin trained him in Brighton Beach, this is a Russian-speaking area, so immersion in American culture was gradual.
— I first lived in New York, where I arrived, and then I traveled. Lived in Florida, then studied in Georgia, in Tennessee. I travel a lot around the country - sometimes I live there, sometimes there. Somehow I quickly learned English, apparently because I was still young. Literally in a year. In Russia, I studied English for three classes, but could not learn it. Here I first lived with my sister, she pushed me to talk to people, and somehow everything turned out by itself, - says Didenko.
David spent his first year after school in Juko. Remember the story of Alex Kotov? This is the same league that prepares players who have not yet grown up to the NCAA. But already in the second year, Didenko ended up in the first division, at the University of Georgia.
He is currently a UT Martin Skyhawks player, where UT is the University of Tennessee. Accordingly, David now lives and studies in this state. He has a year and a half left at the university, and he can still play the same amount at the university level.
At the same time, he is 21 years old and automatically enters the NBA draft next year. In mocks - that is, expert predictions - he is not drafted, but he still has to play the whole season, so everything is in his hands.
Last on the list - not by value, but simply because he is the only Russian I could not contact - Pavel Zakharov from California Baptist Lancers.
Zakharov was born in Sør-Varanger, Norway. In Russia, Pasha played for the Zenit youth team and helped CSKA play in the youth Euroleague, and in 2018, after playing for the Russian U18 team at the European Championship, he left for the Montverde Academy. We talked about it a little earlier.
He was considered a four-star recruit. In American sports, when they want to talk about the prospects of a particular player, they talk about him in terms of stars, and four stars is very good. Such an assessment helped him get into the Gonzaga College in the NCAA - this is one of the top programs, which, for example, reached the NCAA finals last season, having suffered its first loss of the season in this very final. Pasha then did not go to the parquet. A year before, the team did not get into the "March Madness" only because the championship was stopped due to a pandemic.
Zakharov spent two seasons at this university and moved to the California Baptist Lancers in the summer of 2021. Most likely due to playing time, because, obviously, it was much more difficult to get it in Gonzaga. But even at the new university, he still has an average of 10 minutes on the floor and one and a half rebounds. By the way, about playing on the shields: the height of the Russian center is 213 centimeters, in America these guys are called seven-footers.
This is almost all I know about Pavel Zakharov.
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The conference is one of the most successful in the nation, claiming 107 National Championships NCAA across 15 different sports as of March 30, 2015.
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Tiffany brought one of the greatest lacrosse programs in national history and won the 2019 NCAA Championship with the Cavaliers.
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In the 2008 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, UCLA beat the University of Southern California 6-3 to claim their fourth consecutive championship title.
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His team won the 1975 SEC championship and became the first team in the NCAA tournament at LSU.
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She went to college in Cal Poly Pomona where she played point guard on the women's championship teams NCAA Division II 1985 and 1986 years.
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In 1991, the team finished 13-1-1 to win the NCAA Division II Football Championship.
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In their second year as head coach, the Gorillas went 13 - 1 and returned to the NCAA Division II Championship for the first time since 2004.
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Carey - older brother of Moses scurry who plays on the UNLV team in 1990 won the NCAA championship.
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In men's basketball, the Indiana Hoosiers have won five NCAA National Championships and 22 Big Ten Conference Championships. The following season, the Gophers ended a 10-year NCAA Tournament drought, along with capturing a WCHA Tournament Championship .
The following season, the Gophers ended a 10-year NCAA Tournament drought and also captured the WCHA Tournament Championship.
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UCLA competes in all major Division I sports and has won 128 national championships, including 118 NCAA championships.
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The women's water polo team also dominates with a record 7 NCAA championships.
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Under famous coach John Wooden, UCLA became a dominant power in men's basketball, and has won 11 NCAA championships , against USC's zero.
Under famed coach John Wooden, UCLA became the dominant force in men's basketball and won 11 NCAA championships against USC's zero.
In men's volleyball, UCLA won 19 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championships against USC's four.
In men's volleyball, UCLA has won 19 NCAA men's volleyball championships against four USCs.
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Primarily taking point guard and shooting guard on the court, she led the team to three consecutive NCAA championships.
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They have won one Pac-10 Conference Championship and earned four NCAA Tournament appearances.
The men's lacrosse team has won eight national championships and appeared in the NCAA tournament sixteen times.
The men's lacrosse team has won eight national championships and made sixteen appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
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Prior to 2001, all NCAA games in which a tiebreaker was used to determine promotion or champion were recorded as a tie.
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Her 2002 season at Pennsylvania State produced a final four in the NCAA Division I Championship to become a Big Ten champion.
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In 2003, the Penn State Nittany Lions entered the elite Division 8 NCAA Championship and became Big Ten champions. They appeared in the Final 4 of the Division I Championship and were Big Ten Champions .
They made it to the Final 4 of the NCAA Division I Championship and were Big Ten champions.
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Musselman's 1997 South Alabama team went 23-7 and nearly upset eventual Arizona champions in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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Georgetown has won two NCAA Division 1 team national championships and 23 NCAA Division 1 individual national championships.
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December 6 - 7, 2013, Toyota Field hosted the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship and the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship.
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American basketball player Duke John Shyer played a joke after his team won the NCAA 2010 Basketball Championship in April 2010.
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Fightin' Blue Hens football teams have won six national titles, including a championship NCAA I - AA 2003.
Bennett is also just the third former NBA player to win the NCAA Championship as a head coach.
Bennett is also only the third former NBA player to win the NCAA championship as a head coach.
With the NCAA Tournament also being cancelled due to COVID-19, the Cavaliers remained the defending National Champions through 2021.
Since the NCAA Tournament was also canceled due to COVID-19, the Cavaliers remained the current national champions until 2021.
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Over the past three years, Michigan has placed fourth, third, and seventh in the NCAA championships.
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Previously, the NABC Trophy was introduced immediately after the standard NCAA Championship Trophy, but this has caused some confusion.
The Division I Men's Basketball tournament is the only NCAA championship tournament where the NCAA does not keep the profits.
The Division I Men's Basketball Tournament is the only NCAA Championship Tournament where NCAA is not holding a profit.
The men's soccer team has won four NCAA Division I College Cup national championships , most recently in 2018.
The men's soccer team has won four national championships NCAA Division I College Cup, most recently in 2018.
The Maryland women's field hockey team has won eight NCAA championships .
The Maryland women's field hockey team has won eight NCAA championships.
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As a senior, she placed sixth in the NCAA championship in the 100 yard backstroke.
They captured the 2007 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship defeating Ohio State 2–1, with the winning goal scored by Zack Schilawski.
They captured the 2007 NCAA Men's Football Championship in a 2-1 win over Ohio State with Zach Szylawski scoring the winning goal.
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In many states, this 2-hour training is free.
Most states have a prescibed set of steps to referee basketball at the high scholol level. I am in Nebraska so we will follow that as a model. To find your state’s steps to certification you can use this resource.
Satisfy yearly requirements 
Candidates are evaluated by the NBA Scouting Group and should have been officiating in the following organizations.
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No matter what age, talent, salary, race or sex, you must give your all. You are expected to be perfect and improve after that. 
I’ve learned how to deal with difficult crowds; I have been called things my mother did not name me. I have watched winners lose and losers win. Each year I learn something that makes me a better official and a better person. Each year I meet people that inspire me and people who serve my life no purpose, but I learn from all of it. 
You can also work adult amateur, club and AAU basketball year-round to make reliable income. A basketball official working youth, high school and adult amateur games, with a full schedule, can make several hundred dollars per week outside their normal jobs. College officials make more and game fees increase with the level of competition. Many high level college officials and professional officials do not have other jobs, and live on their officiating income.
You may also start at this level if you have a good grasp of the rules and/or experience as a player. For jr. high games, ask your association leader or contact your school district. For high school games, you’ll need to work with an assigner through your local association. Any work with sanctioned school games requires you to be registered through your state, to prove you’re competent.
Not only can you learn from experienced veterans, you can be seen by those who assign games at that level, most often conference commissioners or officiating supervisors.
There are even universities whose fans spend the night in front of the arena in the hope of having time to buy a ticket. 
He joined the Charleston Cougars - the name of the team of the University of Charleston from South Carolina - in early December last year. 
Nikita was born there. 
True, Evdokimov says that, even while playing for Krasnodar, he often thought that he actually wanted to try his hand at American basketball. He has relatives living in the USA, he has been there more than once, and when the chance to move to the university appeared, he did not hesitate for a long time. 
2 steals, 0.8 losses 
We talked to him, I dropped my highlights to him, and he helped me find a school, - says Kotov. 
This happened because the players have the right to use the redshirt option. In fact, this is the right of the player to extend his career at the university, even if he has already graduated from the university. Plus, there's also the "cancellation" of the season due to the coronavirus (this happened last year), which also doesn't count, as well as the "cancellation" of the season due to injury (this happened to Alex in his second year in the NJCAA). 
So this year I'm graduating from university, getting an education, but I still have, roughly speaking, two seasons to play in the NCAA, - says Kotov. 
Vitya did not play Loko on a permanent basis, but by the 7-8th grade he was regularly on the team to participate in the Russian championships. The Railroaders took him as a reinforcement player - this is a common practice in children's competitions. 
Because you have never done the things that your parents did for you before, like laundry, cleaning, all sorts of small things. Even a waste of money: you never thought about it before, you were given - you spent it. And here you have money, and you know that if you spend everything, then at the end of the month you won’t have any left, ”recalls Vitya. 
It was necessary here and now to show some level and bring results. Let's be realistic, there were no players who can immediately enter the CSKA system and show something like that for a long time. Probably the Swede was the last one. I realized that I can’t do that, and since my dream is to be in the NBA, I decided to move closer to this league, this Wednesday, to America. That's why I'm here, - says Vitya. 
In the summer, Lakhin himself did an MRI, which showed that he had ... a torn meniscus. He took the results of the examination to the surgeon who scheduled the operation. Vitya went for it and began to recover in Russia, and he came to the USA with an already operated knee. 
You leave Russia for any other country - even to America, even to Italy, even to Spain - and you go through the same thing, Lakhin believes. 
7 minutes average 
Youth League, Junior Team, Superleague… I knew the tournaments where we played: first the Southern Federal District, then the Russian Championship. When I found out that I was already in Moscow and had to go to the CYBL team for a tryout, I even got scared. But they left me, and I trained at CSKA for another four years. Then he played for the Russian national team U18 and U19, after which he received an offer to try himself in America. I decided to take a chance and moved there to the Prep school,” says Goldin. 
Goldin saw that this was a big and serious high-major team, saw the conditions for training and accepted their invitation without hesitation. 
7 minutes average 
When we were preparing for the Summer Spartakiad in Krasnaya Pakhra at the Trinta base, a coach from the USA arrived there. He was familiar with Alexander Antipov, because before that our guy had already played at the same school. He came just to relax, but he also wanted to look at the players. He probably liked me, and he invited me to school. I took the chance and got into high school. I spent 11-12 classes there, received several offers and decided that I would play in Appalachian State, says Glushkov. 
There he lived for a month, ate a lot and rocked. As a result, he entered the new season in excellent physical shape. True, the coach still does not really trust him. 
3% two-pointers, 37.8% three-pointers, 33.3% free throws), 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.3 blocks, 0.2 steals, 1.7 turnovers 
On the classifieds website, the family looked at a message from a Russian coach who lived there, his name was Boris Karebin. The coach was needed so that David would not just mess around in the States. 
Remember the story of Alex Kotov? This is the same league that prepares players who have not yet grown up to the NCAA. But already in the second year, Didenko ended up in the first division, at the University of Georgia. 
Most likely due to playing time, because, obviously, it was much more difficult to get it in Gonzaga. But even at the new university, he still has an average of 10 minutes on the floor and one and a half rebounds. By the way, about playing on the shields: the height of the Russian center is 213 centimeters, in America these guys are called seven-footers. 
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