You’ll be happy to know the basketball refs that we all assume are out there to screw our favorite team have to answer to somebody.
With ACC Basketball, the somebody will be getting the help of a company by the name of RefMasters, which, per a release sent out today, will provide its RefScore performance and development platform to the ACC to use to evaluate its men’s and women’s basketball officials during the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 seasons.
The ACC started using RefScore last fall for men’s basketball. The extension of the arrangement brings women’s hoops under the umbrella.
I’m just going to rehash what the release tells us about how the RefScore thing works:
The expanded partnership gives both basketball officiating programs a connected system for evaluations, video review, developmental tracking and conference intelligence. RefScore organizes performance information at the conference, crew and individual-official levels, helping supervisors and leadership identify trends, provide more precise feedback and measure improvement throughout the season.
This all sounds good, as long as it’s not used to make sure that our Carolina refs and Duke refs are just doing what they’ve always done.
“The ACC’s decision to continue with RefScore in men’s basketball and expand the partnership to women’s basketball is especially meaningful,” said Sony Tiwari, co-founder and CEO of RefMasters. “These programs understand that elite officiating development requires more than isolated scores. It requires film, context, consistent evaluation and a clear record of how an official is progressing. We are proud to support the ACC and to work with its leadership on a platform that helps officials understand where they are, what they should work on next and when they are ready for greater opportunities.”
I looked up Sony Tiwari: he has degrees from Rollins College and NYU, so, checks out.
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