SMU Mustangs

How the Mustangs play under each referee

Every Mustangs game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Mustangs are 107-75 (58.8%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-11-26 – 2026-03-19)

Mustangs record: 107-75 (58.8%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (201) exceed 182 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Bart Lenox
+11.2 pts vs team+0.6
Don Daily
+11.2 pts vs team+0.2
Terry Oglesby
+11.2 pts vs team-4.0
Bert Smith
+10.0 pts vs team+0.4
Lee Cassell
+5.5 pts vs team-0.3
Ron Groover
+5.5 pts vs team-1.2
Rob Rorke
+3.7 pts vs team-1.6
Clarence Armstrong
+3.7 pts vs team-0.1
Tommy Morrissey
+3.7 pts vs team-0.5
Mike Nance
+1.2 pts vs team-2.3
Jeff Pon
-3.2 pts vs team+1.6
Pat Adams
-4.3 pts vs team-0.2
Doug Shows
-8.8 pts vs team-0.1
Byron Jarrett
-13.3 pts vs team+2.5
Keith Kimble
-14.4 pts vs team-0.8
Anthony Jordan
-21.3 pts vs team+0.8
Roger Ayers
-21.3 pts vs team+1.1
Owen Shortt
-22.4 pts vs team+1.3
Joe Lindsay
-28.8 pts vs team-1.6
Tony Greene
-33.8 pts vs team-1.7

Tight-game proxy

How SMU Mustangs 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 182 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
145.8
Season avg
148.7
Pressure impact
-2.9
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
34.4
Season avg
34.1
Pressure impact
+0.3
Over rate
Tight-game avg
52.9%
Season avg
53.3%
Pressure impact
-0.4 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 182 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Mustangs games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Mustangs went 107-75 (58.8%) 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 Mustangs.

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.