Butler Bulldogs

How the Bulldogs play under each referee

Every Bulldogs game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Bulldogs are 86-103 (45.5%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-11-25 – 2026-03-11)

Bulldogs record: 86-103 (45.5%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (430) exceed 189 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Clarence Armstrong
+17.0 pts vs team-3.5
Tim Smith
+17.0 pts vs team-5.9
Evon Burroughs
+14.5 pts vs team-4.7
Tony Henderson
+14.5 pts vs team+0.1
Mike Roberts
+11.6 pts vs team-4.6
Brent Hampton
+6.7 pts vs team-1.9
Tony Chiazza
+6.2 pts vs team-2.8
James Breeding
+1.2 pts vs team-1.6
Tim Clougherty
-0.3 pts vs team-2.6
Lamar Simpson
-2.6 pts vs team-1.3
Nathan Farrell
-3.4 pts vs team-2.6
Brian O'Connell
-4.1 pts vs team-2.3
Jeffrey Anderson
-5.5 pts vs team+1.6
Matt Potter
-6.4 pts vs team-2.7
Paul Szelc
-7.0 pts vs team+1.1
Greg Evans
-7.4 pts vs team-2.7
Wally Rutecki
-8.0 pts vs team-1.7
Roger Ayers
-8.0 pts vs team-0.9
Earl Walton
-12.2 pts vs team-1.3
Jeff Clark
-16.1 pts vs team-2.2
Pat Driscoll
-16.3 pts vs team-0.2
John Gaffney
-23.3 pts vs team-1.2
Tommy Morrissey
-24.1 pts vs team-2.3
Ron Groover
-25.5 pts vs team+0.5

Tight-game proxy

How Butler Bulldogs 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)

39 of 189 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
147.5
Season avg
142.8
Pressure impact
+4.7
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
32.6
Season avg
31.7
Pressure impact
+0.9
Over rate
Tight-game avg
46.2%
Season avg
40.2%
Pressure impact
+6.0 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 189 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Bulldogs games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Bulldogs went 86-103 (45.5%) 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 Bulldogs.

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.