re: Should the SEC hire and train their own basketball officials?

Yes the sec should, No one wants to watch a game where you have over a foul a minute. it is terrible basketball to watch a free throw contest break out. I believe the sec quality of play would improve greatly if we had better refs. When LSU is allowed to get into rhythm they are exciting as anyone to watch, the same with uk, uf, ole miss, and mizzou. the entire product is much better and easier to gain viewership if you have athletes on display making plays instead of whistles every single minute.

You can't have a ref letting murder happen on the court but you also can't ref like they did last night where every bump and touch is a foul. The best football,basketball and baseball games are the ones where the refs/umpires keep the game flowing at a good pace and let the players actually decide the game for the most part.