Florida Gators

How the Gators play under each referee

Every Gators game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Gators are 138-65 (68.0%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

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

Gators record: 138-65 (68.0%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (479) exceed 203 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Ron Groover
+22.9 pts vs team-3.8
Keith Kimble
+20.9 pts vs team+2.4
Courtney Green
+12.0 pts vs team-1.7
Steven Anderson
+11.2 pts vs team-0.2
Owen Shortt
+10.9 pts vs team-1.1
Byron Jarrett
+10.6 pts vs team-1.3
Wil Howard
+10.6 pts vs team-0.4
Tony Greene
+9.8 pts vs team-0.7
Rob Rorke
+8.9 pts vs team-0.7
Vladimir Voyard-Tadal
+7.0 pts vs team-2.2
James Breeding
+7.0 pts vs team-3.2
Patrick Evans
+5.3 pts vs team-1.1
Doug Shows
+4.4 pts vs team-2.6
Todd Austin
+2.0 pts vs team-0.8
K.B. Burdett Jr.
+2.0 pts vs team-0.9
Jeb Hartness
+1.2 pts vs team-1.0
Terry Oglesby
-1.3 pts vs team-0.3
Olandis Poole
-1.3 pts vs team-0.9
Anthony Jordan
-3.7 pts vs team-1.0
Joe Lindsay
-4.7 pts vs team-1.7
Bart Lenox
-5.5 pts vs team+0.1
Lee Cassell
-5.5 pts vs team-1.2
Jason Baker
-5.5 pts vs team-1.2
Don Daily
-8.0 pts vs team+0.0
Chuck Jones
-9.2 pts vs team-0.9
Brian Dorsey
-10.9 pts vs team-0.1
Pat Adams
-19.7 pts vs team+0.4
K.B. Burdett
-23.6 pts vs team+1.0
Mike Nance
-23.6 pts vs team-0.1

Tight-game proxy

How Florida Gators 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)

51 of 203 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
153.2
Season avg
150.5
Pressure impact
+2.7
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
36.6
Season avg
35.4
Pressure impact
+1.2
Over rate
Tight-game avg
54.9%
Season avg
57.6%
Pressure impact
-2.7 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 203 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Gators games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Gators went 138-65 (68.0%) 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 Gators.

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.