Purdue Boilermakers

How the Boilermakers play under each referee

Every Boilermakers game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Boilermakers are 162-49 (76.8%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-11-25 – 2026-03-29)

Boilermakers record: 162-49 (76.8%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (410) exceed 211 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Edwin Young
+23.2 pts vs team-4.1
Steve McJunkins
+12.1 pts vs team-0.7
Bill Ek
+12.1 pts vs team-3.8
Keith Kimble
+8.9 pts vs team-2.9
Earl Walton
+7.4 pts vs team-2.9
Brooks Wells
+6.5 pts vs team-3.5
Kelly Pfeifer
+4.0 pts vs team-4.2
James Breeding
+3.2 pts vs team-5.2
D.J. Carstensen
+2.8 pts vs team-3.7
Terry Oglesby
+0.1 pts vs team-3.9
Larry Scirotto
-0.9 pts vs team-3.6
Bo Boroski
-1.8 pts vs team-3.4
Rob Kueneman
-1.8 pts vs team-3.4
John Floyd
-1.8 pts vs team-6.2
Courtney Green
-5.4 pts vs team-4.5
Robert Riley
-6.2 pts vs team-4.3
Jeffrey Anderson
-6.2 pts vs team-2.4
Doug Sirmons
-7.6 pts vs team-3.6
Paul Szelc
-7.9 pts vs team-4.0
Brian Dorsey
-10.1 pts vs team-3.4
Randy Richardson
-13.2 pts vs team-0.7
Tim Comer
-26.8 pts vs team-3.5

Tight-game proxy

How Purdue Boilermakers 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)

56 of 211 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
140.6
Season avg
145.9
Pressure impact
-5.3
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
34.7
Season avg
33.6
Pressure impact
+1.1
Over rate
Tight-game avg
30.4%
Season avg
48.8%
Pressure impact
-18.4 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 211 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Boilermakers games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Boilermakers went 162-49 (76.8%) 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 Boilermakers.

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.