OGDEN — Big Sky Conference Commissioner Doug Fullerton has been appointed to serve on the NCAA Men's Basketball Committee, the NCAA announced this week.
Fullerton is the first Big Sky Conference commissioner or athletics director selected to serve on the 10-person committee, which selects the men's 65-team tournament field and decides future tournament sites.
"Serving on this committee is something that I've been interested in for several years," Fullerton said. "I realize it will be a time-consuming process, but I'm looking forward to the challenge of working on this prestigious team."
Fullerton will start a five-year term on Sept. 1, 2009. He is one of three people recently selected to serve, joining Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe and Ronald Wellman of Wake Forest University. The trio will replace outgoing committee members Chris Hill of Utah, Mike Slive of the SEC and Tom O'Connor of George Mason. UCLA's Dan Guerrero, The Ohio State's Eugene Smith, Kent State's Laing Kennedy, Connecticut's Jeff Hathaway, Stan Morrison of the Big West, Lynn Hickey of Texas and Mike Bobinski of the Atlantic 10 are also slated to serve of the committee next year.