The NCAA claims its latest college lacrosse scandal is much ado about nothing. It claims Booker Corrigan did not determine whether North Carolina stepped into the crease against Penn State
That seems to be a bold-faced lie because the video evidence very clearly suggests otherwise.
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Who is Booker Corrigan?
The Corrigan family is to sports what the Kennedy family is to politics. Kind of.
Kevin Corrigan has been the head lacrosse coach at Notre Dame since 1988 and won two national championships. Gene Corrigan was a two-time All-American lacrosse player at Duke who later coached at Virginia and served as the athletic director at both Virginia and Notre Dame, as well as the commissioner of the ACC. Tim Corrigan is the lead NBA producer at ESPN.
Corrigan Sports Enterprises (CSE) was established in 1991 as an event management company focused on athletics. It is a family-run business.
Booker Corrigan, a graduate of Roanoke College, started at Corrigan Sports Enterprises in 2013 with the goal of growing the lacrosse department. He also serves as a play-by-play announcer for Corrigan Sports’ live event broadcasts in addition to his work with ESPN and CBS Sports.
Who was the replay guy for the college lacrosse game between Penn State and North Carolina?
Corrigan Sports Enterprises helped to organize the Crown Lacrosse Classic over the weekend, which also happened to air on the Corrigan Sports Network. The single-day showcase featured multiple high school and Division II teams from the greater Charlotte area of North Carolina and concluded with a crucial top-10 matchup between the men’s lacrosse teams at Penn State and UNC.
- 11:00 AM – Charlotte Catholic vs. Weddington – High School Girls
- 1:30 PM – Wingate University vs. University of Tampa – D2 Women
- 4:00 PM – Lenoir-Rhyne University vs. Wingate University – D2 Men
- 6:30 PM – Penn State University vs. University of North Carolina – D1 Men
It got super weird during the fourth quarter of the last game. The Tar Heels held a 7-6 lead over the Nittany Lions with just over 13 minutes remaining.
Booker Corrigan was on the call as the play-by-play announcer. He claimed live on air that he had to stop calling the game to review a potential crease violation by UNC even though he is not an official.
“We are the review booth also,” Corrigan said. “Folks and listeners, I appreciate you bearing with us because we are the review booth.”
The three-minute review took place live on the Corrigan Sports Network. Booker watched multiple angles of the play and determined that a crease violation did not occur. The game then resumed.
Here is how it went down in real time:
The full three minute video review by Booker Corrigan on the crease call in the North Carolina vs Penn State game. https://t.co/z4O5gqW52I pic.twitter.com/eJSvZ73uZe
— James Hogan V (@james_hoganv) March 15, 2026
You can hear it loud and clear. Booker Corrigan addressed the unusual arrangement on the broadcast.
“And they told us before the game that we were the replay, and I said to myself, please, dear Lord, no replays. As soon as you, as soon as you said it, you knew at least again it’s gotta be in the, it’s gotta be in the 4th quarter in a one goal game or two goal game or one goal game now, but you knew that that was going to happen as soon as you said.”
Those are his words, not mine!
Is the NCAA lying?
According to the NCAA rulebook for college lacrosse, “the referee and either the umpire and/or field judge may use the designated video monitor located at the table area to review.” It also states that “video review shall be provided by the home team.”
Because this was a neutral site event hosted by Corrigan Sports Enterprises, it is possible that both teams agreed before the game to allow Booker Corrigan to serve as the replay official in addition to his duties as the play-by-play announcer. You heard what he said on the broadcast.
He claimed to be in charge of the decision as to whether or not North Carolina committed a crease violation on the play early in the fourth quarter.
The NCAA claims otherwise. It says Corrigan was actually not in charge of replay.
“The NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Rules Subcommittee is aware of questions concerning the video review in the game between Penn State and North Carolina Saturday night. The review was undertaken, in accordance with the rules, by the game officials only, with a monitor at the scorer’s table on the field, and the subsequent ruling was made by the game officials only without any outside input.”
If that is the case, why did he say he was? Who is lying?