Indiana Hoosiers

How the Hoosiers play under each referee

Every Hoosiers game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Hoosiers are 111-81 (57.8%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

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

Hoosiers record: 111-81 (57.8%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (408) exceed 192 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Jason Phillips
+31.1 pts vs team+0.0
Michael Irving
+29.7 pts vs team-2.4
James Breeding
+22.2 pts vs team-2.4
Edwin Young
+20.8 pts vs team-2.3
Terry Oglesby
+17.2 pts vs team+0.0
Nate Harris
+17.2 pts vs team-0.7
Brooks Wells
+5.8 pts vs team+0.1
Steve McJunkins
+5.8 pts vs team+0.9
Randy Richardson
+4.7 pts vs team+0.5
Paul Szelc
+4.4 pts vs team+0.0
Lewis Garrison
+3.7 pts vs team-2.0
Keith Kimble
+2.2 pts vs team-0.5
Robert Riley
+1.3 pts vs team-0.2
Mike Reed
-2.2 pts vs team+0.1
Brian Dorsey
-4.0 pts vs team-0.3
Kelly Pfeifer
-7.8 pts vs team+0.6
Larry Scirotto
-7.8 pts vs team+1.1
Rob Kueneman
-7.8 pts vs team-0.4
Bo Boroski
-7.8 pts vs team-1.0
Doug Sirmons
-7.8 pts vs team+0.4
Earl Walton
-10.0 pts vs team-1.0
D.J. Carstensen
-11.6 pts vs team+0.5
Don Daily
-13.4 pts vs team-0.9
Tim Comer
-16.1 pts vs team-0.7
Courtney Green
-17.8 pts vs team+0.4
Jeffrey Anderson
-22.1 pts vs team+0.3
Donnie Eppley
-32.8 pts vs team-0.9

Tight-game proxy

How Indiana Hoosiers 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)

48 of 192 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
147
Season avg
144
Pressure impact
+3.0
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
35.4
Season avg
35.1
Pressure impact
+0.3
Over rate
Tight-game avg
50.0%
Season avg
44.8%
Pressure impact
+5.2 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 192 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Hoosiers games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Hoosiers went 111-81 (57.8%) 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 Hoosiers.

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.