BYU Cougars

How the Cougars play under each referee

Every Cougars game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Cougars are 129-65 (66.5%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-11-26 – 2026-03-19)

Cougars record: 129-65 (66.5%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (282) exceed 194 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Eric Curry
+25.2 pts vs team-1.7
Chance Moore
+24.4 pts vs team-1.5
Brooks Wells
+19.2 pts vs team-1.1
Kipp Kissinger
+15.9 pts vs team-1.1
Larry Spaulding
+15.3 pts vs team+1.1
Darron George
+11.3 pts vs team+1.1
Chris Merlo
+8.5 pts vs team-1.2
Michael Greenstein
+4.1 pts vs team-1.1
Marques Pettigrew
+4.1 pts vs team-1.6
Ray Natili
+3.5 pts vs team+0.1
Tyler Kumpf
+3.5 pts vs team-0.7
Rick Crawford
+3.5 pts vs team+0.8
Mike Reed
+0.2 pts vs team+2.6
Deldre Carr
-6.5 pts vs team-0.9
Deron White
-6.5 pts vs team+1.2
Tony Padilla
-8.2 pts vs team+1.1
David Hall
-8.2 pts vs team+1.0
Randy McCall
-11.5 pts vs team+0.8
Gregory Nixon
-13.2 pts vs team+1.8
Bret Smith
-13.2 pts vs team-0.1
Doug Sirmons
-26.5 pts vs team+0.6
Verne Harris
-30.1 pts vs team+1.5

Tight-game proxy

How BYU Cougars 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)

41 of 194 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
151.1
Season avg
150
Pressure impact
+1.1
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
36.6
Season avg
34.6
Pressure impact
+2.0
Over rate
Tight-game avg
48.8%
Season avg
58.8%
Pressure impact
-10.0 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 194 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Cougars games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Cougars went 129-65 (66.5%) 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 Cougars.

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.