Kansas State Wildcats

How the Wildcats play under each referee

Every Wildcats game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Wildcats are 96-98 (49.5%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

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

Wildcats record: 96-98 (49.5%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (396) exceed 194 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Rick Crawford
+19.7 pts vs team-0.3
Amy Bonner
+19.7 pts vs team-0.2
Tommy Johnson
+17.2 pts vs team+1.2
Byron Jarrett
+13.0 pts vs team-1.9
Terry Oglesby
+13.0 pts vs team-3.5
Ray Natili
+10.5 pts vs team+2.0
Michael Greenstein
+8.8 pts vs team+1.3
Antinio Petty
+7.6 pts vs team+1.8
Doug Sirmons
+6.4 pts vs team+0.0
Kipp Kissinger
+3.6 pts vs team-1.3
Chance Moore
+0.5 pts vs team+0.1
Keith Kimble
+0.5 pts vs team+0.4
Marques Pettigrew
-1.7 pts vs team+0.4
Brooks Wells
-1.7 pts vs team+1.5
Darron George
-1.9 pts vs team+2.6
Gary Maxwell
-3.3 pts vs team-1.3
Chris Pacsi
-4.0 pts vs team+0.9
Kelly Self
-6.6 pts vs team-0.1
Jeb Hartness
-7.8 pts vs team+1.7
Gerry Pollard
-14.5 pts vs team+1.8
John Higgins
-16.2 pts vs team+3.2
Bret Smith
-20.9 pts vs team+0.6
Tony Padilla
-22.2 pts vs team+1.0

Tight-game proxy

How Kansas State Wildcats 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)

58 of 194 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
143.9
Season avg
143.6
Pressure impact
+0.3
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
34.9
Season avg
33.9
Pressure impact
+1.0
Over rate
Tight-game avg
43.1%
Season avg
41.8%
Pressure impact
+1.3 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 Wildcats games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Wildcats went 96-98 (49.5%) 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 Wildcats.

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.