TV Ted has been omitted from the NCAA tourney lineup

Well-known NCAA referee Ted Valentine, who officiated the Final Four last season, will not be working NCAA tournament games because, of what he told ESPN, of fallout from the incident in which he turned his back on North Carolina's Joel Berry II during a game back in January.

"This is not right, it's just not fair," Valentine told ESPN. "It hit me like a ton of bricks. I'm being punished unjustly."

Valentine told ESPN he was informed by NCAA coordinator of officials J.D. Collins of the decision just prior to working the Wichita State-Houston AAC semifinal game on Saturday.

"I asked him why?" Valentine said. "We talked about the Joel Berry situation and how he had a discussion with the Big Ten. But I told him, 'I fixed the situation.'"