St. John's Red Storm

How the Red Storm play under each referee

Every Red Storm game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Red Storm are 132-65 (67.0%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Brian O'Connell has the most Red Storm games in this sample (39).

Updated Sep 30, 2026, 12:31 a.m.·2020-2026 (2020-11-26 – 2026-03-27)

Red Storm record: 132-65 (67.0%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (488) exceed 197 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Michael Palau
+33.0 pts vs team-1.0
Wally Rutecki
+33.0 pts vs team+0.1
Tommy Morrissey
+26.3 pts vs team-2.2
Nathan Hall
+24.7 pts vs team-0.1
Ed Corliss
+20.5 pts vs team-0.7
Doug Shows
+20.5 pts vs team-2.0
Evon Burroughs
+15.4 pts vs team-0.1
Tim Clougherty
+8.0 pts vs team-0.1
Matt Potter
+4.0 pts vs team-0.5
John Gaffney
+3.4 pts vs team+0.3
Nathan Farrell
+3.4 pts vs team-0.3
Ron Groover
+1.8 pts vs team+1.4
Tony Henderson
-0.3 pts vs team+1.2
Brian O'Connell
-2.9 pts vs team+1.1
Tony Chiazza
-3.0 pts vs team+1.5
Roger Ayers
-5.5 pts vs team+2.9
Jeff Anderson
-7.0 pts vs team+0.1
Mike Roberts
-7.9 pts vs team+0.1
Brent Hampton
-9.1 pts vs team-1.1
Pat Driscoll
-9.9 pts vs team+0.3
Greg Evans
-9.9 pts vs team-0.6
James Breeding
-10.7 pts vs team-0.1
Jeff Clark
-14.6 pts vs team+1.3
Lamar Simpson
-19.0 pts vs team-0.4
Paul Szelc
-33.7 pts vs team-0.3

Tight-game proxy

How St. John's Red Storm 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)

51 of 197 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
151.4
Season avg
151
Pressure impact
+0.4
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
35.3
Season avg
34.6
Pressure impact
+0.7
Over rate
Tight-game avg
56.9%
Season avg
63.5%
Pressure impact
-6.6 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 Red Storm games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Red Storm went 132-65 (67.0%) 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 Red Storm.

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.