Ohio State Buckeyes

How the Buckeyes play under each referee

Every Buckeyes game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Buckeyes are 116-83 (58.3%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-11-25 – 2026-03-19)

Buckeyes record: 116-83 (58.3%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (422) exceed 199 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Edwin Young
+30.6 pts vs team-3.7
Donnie Eppley
+29.2 pts vs team-2.6
Bill Ek
+23.5 pts vs team-2.0
Randy Richardson
+23.5 pts vs team-1.0
Rob Kueneman
+14.4 pts vs team+1.4
Courtney Green
+10.1 pts vs team+0.1
Paul Szelc
+9.4 pts vs team-0.8
Brian Dorsey
+7.4 pts vs team-0.4
Larry Scirotto
+7.1 pts vs team+0.4
Jeffrey Anderson
+6.0 pts vs team+0.4
Lewis Garrison
+4.2 pts vs team-1.0
Tim Comer
-1.2 pts vs team-1.5
Robert Riley
-3.8 pts vs team+1.0
James Breeding
-3.8 pts vs team+0.8
Bo Boroski
-5.4 pts vs team-0.1
Keith Kimble
-6.3 pts vs team+0.1
Kelly Pfeifer
-6.6 pts vs team+0.8
Chris Beaver
-8.3 pts vs team-2.4
D.J. Carstensen
-9.7 pts vs team-0.5
Terry Oglesby
-12.8 pts vs team+0.2
Michael Irving
-13.9 pts vs team+2.4
Earl Walton
-20.2 pts vs team+0.8
John Floyd
-20.8 pts vs team+0.1
Roger Ayers
-25.0 pts vs team+1.1
Don Daily
-28.3 pts vs team+0.4
Doug Sirmons
-28.3 pts vs team+0.7

Tight-game proxy

How Ohio State Buckeyes 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)

61 of 199 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
149.6
Season avg
146.7
Pressure impact
+2.9
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
35.7
Season avg
35.4
Pressure impact
+0.3
Over rate
Tight-game avg
47.5%
Season avg
51.3%
Pressure impact
-3.8 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 199 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Buckeyes games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Buckeyes went 116-83 (58.3%) 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 Buckeyes.

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.