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Longtime Big East ref dies
Queens-born, 35-year college basketball ref and character Mickey Crowley died Sunday at 85. In his 2017 memoirs, “Throw the Ball High,” written with former Post colleague Ralph Wimbish, Crowley told of when just two refs worked Big East games, each ref rated by the coaches after every game on a 10-point scale.
Crowley said UConn’s Jim Calhoun once told him, “I gave you guys a five. Split it up anyway you want.”
Queens-born, 35-year college basketball ref and character Mickey Crowley died Sunday at 85. In his 2017 memoirs, “Throw the Ball High,” written with former Post colleague Ralph Wimbish, Crowley told of when just two refs worked Big East games, each ref rated by the coaches after every game on a 10-point scale.
Crowley said UConn’s Jim Calhoun once told him, “I gave you guys a five. Split it up anyway you want.”
