Marquette Golden Eagles

How the Golden Eagles play under each referee

Every Golden Eagles game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Golden Eagles are 122-75 (61.9%); 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)

Golden Eagles record: 122-75 (61.9%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (464) exceed 197 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Wally Rutecki
+38.1 pts vs team+0.6
Tommy Morrissey
+25.6 pts vs team-1.1
Lamar Simpson
+10.8 pts vs team-0.2
Tim Clougherty
+8.9 pts vs team+0.8
Nathan Farrell
+8.9 pts vs team+1.8
Mike Roberts
+8.1 pts vs team+0.5
Brent Hampton
+6.5 pts vs team+0.9
Greg Evans
+4.8 pts vs team-0.9
Earl Walton
+4.8 pts vs team+2.5
Matt Potter
+3.5 pts vs team+0.5
John Gaffney
+2.6 pts vs team+0.2
Brian O'Connell
+2.1 pts vs team+0.7
Jeff Anderson
+0.6 pts vs team+3.5
Pat Driscoll
-0.1 pts vs team+1.5
Jeffrey Anderson
-6.3 pts vs team+0.6
Evon Burroughs
-6.3 pts vs team+2.9
James Breeding
-7.6 pts vs team+1.3
Roger Ayers
-7.7 pts vs team-0.3
Jeff Clark
-9.3 pts vs team+1.4
Paul Szelc
-11.9 pts vs team-0.6
Ron Groover
-11.9 pts vs team+3.6
Michael Palau
-11.9 pts vs team+2.9
Tony Chiazza
-14.1 pts vs team+3.0
Tony Henderson
-49.4 pts vs team+0.9

Tight-game proxy

How Marquette Golden Eagles 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)

49 of 197 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
149.5
Season avg
146.8
Pressure impact
+2.7
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
32.4
Season avg
32.1
Pressure impact
+0.3
Over rate
Tight-game avg
49.0%
Season avg
52.3%
Pressure impact
-3.3 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 197 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Golden Eagles games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Golden Eagles went 122-75 (61.9%) 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 Golden Eagles.

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.