As a high school basketball official (I do baseball and soccer too), I can tell you that at that level alone, the game is wicked fast...I think what most coaches...and fans want (and it really applies to all sports officiating) is consistency...

For example, an official who lets hand checking go in the first 10 minutes of a half had better not call it in the last three... He/she is really asking for trouble... We've always started out tight and then loosened up because the players will adjust to how the game is being called...But no one wants to see a foul fest...Unfortunately, that is what the NCAA is clearly wanting with all of the emphases on certain things...AND BE IN POSITION!!!! Nothing gets me more riled up as an official than that...