Arizona Wildcats

How the Wildcats play under each referee

Every Wildcats game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Wildcats are 162-44 (78.6%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:36 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-11-27 – 2026-04-05)

Wildcats record: 162-44 (78.6%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (371) exceed 206 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Larry Spaulding
+21.4 pts vs team-2.3
Mike Reed
+12.3 pts vs team-4.3
Chance Moore
+10.3 pts vs team-4.0
D.G. Nelson
+8.9 pts vs team-4.5
Gregory Nixon
+8.4 pts vs team-1.7
Kipp Kissinger
+7.8 pts vs team-1.5
Randy McCall
+7.1 pts vs team-4.0
Verne Harris
+4.0 pts vs team-3.2
Frank Harvey
+3.8 pts vs team-2.0
Deron White
+3.8 pts vs team-1.8
Mike Scyphers
+1.4 pts vs team-4.2
Nate Harris
-0.8 pts vs team-2.0
Bret Smith
-0.8 pts vs team-3.1
Deldre Carr
-2.1 pts vs team-2.5
Kelly Pfeifer
-3.6 pts vs team-1.7
Tony Padilla
-4.9 pts vs team-2.0
Michael Greenstein
-6.2 pts vs team-2.0
Doug Sirmons
-7.2 pts vs team-0.5
Brooks Wells
-7.2 pts vs team-2.6
Marques Pettigrew
-11.9 pts vs team-3.2
Kevin Brill
-16.1 pts vs team-5.5
Eric Curry
-21.5 pts vs team-1.3

Tight-game proxy

How Arizona Wildcats compares in tight final-margin games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores, not last-two-minute reports.

Close games (≤5 pt margin)

40 of 206 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
150.4
Season avg
153.8
Pressure impact
-3.4
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
36.2
Season avg
35.8
Pressure impact
+0.4
Over rate
Tight-game avg
65.0%
Season avg
68.4%
Pressure impact
-3.4 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 206 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Wildcats games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Wildcats went 162-44 (78.6%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: who gets called more. A positive number means opponents are whistled more often than the Wildcats.

Scores, fouls, and referee crews from ESPN (9885 games across 80 tracked programs, 6047 with sportsbook totals). Coverage: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26. Matrix: 4078/8349 ref×team pairs with 3+ games. 69 games skipped (no officials listed). 0 games skipped (outside live conference gate). Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.