Small world: Football great Ollie Mayfield worked legendary hoops game

While doing some research on the 1967 Bear Down Gym basketball game that featured No. 2 Houston and All-American Elvin Hayes, I noticed that Tucson High football coach Ollie Mayfield was one of the two referees who worked the game. Now the Pac-12 forbids Tucsonan Chris Rastatter from working Arizona games, even though the Rincon High School grad is among the top officials in college basketball. He worked last years Pac-12 championship game and advanced through the NCAA Tournament to the Elite Eight. 

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