BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - The Southeastern Conference, American Athletic Conference and ASUN Conference have formed a mens basketball officiating consortium, it was announced Wednesday.The consortium was established to allow the three conferences to collaborate on all officiating matters related to recruitment, education and training, scheduling and evaluation of officials in the sport of mens basketball.Mark Whitehead, recently named Coordinator of Mens Basketball Officials in the SEC, will serve in the same position for The American and the ASUN and will oversee all operations of the consortium.We are pleased to be collaborating with The American and the ASUN to continue the enhancement of mens basketball officiating, said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. We are focused on improving the quality of mens basketball officiating and this consortium, with the leadership provided by Mark Whitehead, provides officials with coordinated assigning between our three conferences, offers opportunity for efficient evaluation and training of officials, and continues the SECs efforts to strengthen its commitment to mens basketball.I want to thank Greg Sankey for inviting us to join this officiating consortium which includes the SEC and ASUN, said The American Commissioner Mike Aresco. This partnership will ensure that we have the highest quality basketball officiating. We look forward to working closely with Coordinator of Mens Basketball Officials Mark Whitehead and our colleagues at the SEC and the ASUN.Partnering with elite conferences in the SEC and The American continues to showcase our commitment to enhancing the level of officiating within our league, said ASUN Commissioner Ted Gumbart. We look forward to the mens basketball officiating consortium providing top-level training as well as systematic assigning and evaluations for our officials. This collaboration will create great benefits for all three conferences. Vince Coleman Jersey . -- Jaye Marie Green shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to increase her lead to five strokes after the second round of the LPGA Tours qualifying tournament. Tony Cingrani Cardinals Jersey . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. https://www.cheapcardinalsonline.com/1934t-adolis-garcia-jersey-cardinals.html . The Olympic champion curler and TSN curling analyst immediately went online to look at the Halls long list of honoured members. Thats when the enormity of the honour sunk in. Adam Wainwright Jersey . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . Tyler ONeill Cardinals Jersey . Miikka Kiprusoff had just announced his retirement after a decade-long run in Calgary and it would be up to Berra and Ramo to fill the void. KINGSTON, R.I. -- Harold Cooper ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns to help Rhode Island pull away and beat Brown 28-13 on Saturday.William Twyman picked off Jordan Vazzanos pass and returned it 30 yards into the end zone to give Brown (1-2) a 13-7 halftime lead.The Bears fumbled the ball during their first series of the second half, and Momodou Mbye recovered it deep in Brown territory. Sean Anderson then bullied in from the 3-yard line three plays later to give Rhode Island (1-4) a 14-13 lead.CCooper added 36 and 42-yard scoring runs on consecutive drives midway through the fourth quarter.dddddddddddd He finished with 135 yards on 18 carries.Kyle Moreno threw an 8-yard TD pass to Alexander Jette to cap an 11-play, 54-yard opening drive for the Bears. The Rams answered later in the quarter when Jordan Vazzano tossed a 10-yard scoring throw to Charlie McKeeman. ' ' '