Cincinnati Bearcats

How the Bearcats play under each referee

Every Bearcats game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Bearcats are 110-84 (56.7%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-12-02 – 2026-03-11)

Bearcats record: 110-84 (56.7%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (292) exceed 194 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Tyler Kumpf
+43.3 pts vs team-2.0
John Hampton
+32.2 pts vs team-2.1
Antinio Petty
+27.9 pts vs team-1.5
Anthony Jordan
+25.1 pts vs team+1.3
Ron Groover
+21.1 pts vs team+0.6
Brooks Wells
+13.3 pts vs team+0.2
James Breeding
+10.0 pts vs team-2.0
Rick Crawford
+6.9 pts vs team-2.8
Tommy Johnson
+3.3 pts vs team+0.9
Bert Smith
-2.2 pts vs team+0.4
Ray Natili
-2.9 pts vs team+1.6
Kipp Kissinger
-6.7 pts vs team-0.8
Tony Padilla
-6.7 pts vs team+1.8
Mike Nance
-6.7 pts vs team+1.7
Gary Maxwell
-6.7 pts vs team+0.5
Joe Lindsay
-11.2 pts vs team+0.1
Jeb Hartness
-12.3 pts vs team+0.8
Bret Smith
-13.8 pts vs team+0.4
Marques Pettigrew
-15.0 pts vs team+1.7
Doug Sirmons
-16.7 pts vs team+2.3
Doug Shows
-16.7 pts vs team+1.2
Pat Adams
-19.2 pts vs team-0.1
Tony Greene
-19.2 pts vs team+3.5
Chance Moore
-21.0 pts vs team-0.4
Robert Felder
-31.7 pts vs team+4.6
Terry Oglesby
-34.5 pts vs team+0.4

Tight-game proxy

How Cincinnati Bearcats 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)

55 of 194 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
138
Season avg
140.6
Pressure impact
-2.6
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
32.3
Season avg
31.8
Pressure impact
+0.5
Over rate
Tight-game avg
30.9%
Season avg
36.1%
Pressure impact
-5.2 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 Bearcats games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Bearcats went 110-84 (56.7%) 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 Bearcats.

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.