Northwestern Wildcats

How the Wildcats play under each referee

Every Wildcats game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Wildcats are 100-89 (52.9%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

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

Wildcats record: 100-89 (52.9%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (402) exceed 189 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Edwin Young
+16.3 pts vs team-1.5
Tim Comer
+13.8 pts vs team-0.8
Steve McJunkins
+13.8 pts vs team-0.3
Don Daily
+13.8 pts vs team+0.7
John Floyd
+11.4 pts vs team-1.4
Kevin Brill
+9.6 pts vs team+0.0
Paul Szelc
+8.4 pts vs team-0.5
Jeffrey Anderson
+7.1 pts vs team+1.3
Courtney Green
+5.9 pts vs team+1.8
Bo Boroski
+2.7 pts vs team-0.4
Eric Curry
+2.7 pts vs team+2.0
Brian Dorsey
+2.1 pts vs team+1.0
Robert Riley
-0.7 pts vs team+2.0
Kelly Pfeifer
-1.5 pts vs team+1.2
Rob Kueneman
-2.9 pts vs team+1.0
Brooks Wells
-2.9 pts vs team+0.6
James Breeding
-2.9 pts vs team+1.4
Keith Kimble
-6.7 pts vs team+1.5
D.J. Carstensen
-7.1 pts vs team+0.2
Doug Sirmons
-7.4 pts vs team+3.0
Terry Oglesby
-8.5 pts vs team+0.8
Larry Scirotto
-13.8 pts vs team+1.5
Donnie Eppley
-15.4 pts vs team+2.9
Michael Irving
-15.4 pts vs team+1.3
Lewis Garrison
-16.5 pts vs team+3.7
Bill Ek
-27.9 pts vs team-1.0
Andy O'Brien
-30.7 pts vs team+3.0
Earl Walton
-32.9 pts vs team+1.8

Tight-game proxy

How Northwestern 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)

62 of 189 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
141.2
Season avg
140.7
Pressure impact
+0.5
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
35
Season avg
33.9
Pressure impact
+1.1
Over rate
Tight-game avg
40.3%
Season avg
34.9%
Pressure impact
+5.4 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 189 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 100-89 (52.9%) 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 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.