Stanford Cardinal

How the Cardinal play under each referee

Every Cardinal game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Cardinal are 99-93 (51.6%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-12-01 – 2026-04-03)

Cardinal record: 99-93 (51.6%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (226) exceed 192 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Jemel Spearman
+23.4 pts vs team-2.9
Mike Scyphers
+15.1 pts vs team-1.7
Michael Greenstein
+12.0 pts vs team-0.5
Deron White
+11.6 pts vs team-1.1
Gregory Nixon
+8.4 pts vs team+1.4
David Hall
+8.4 pts vs team+0.4
Randy McCall
+1.3 pts vs team-0.5
Michael Irving
+1.3 pts vs team+0.3
John Higgins
-1.6 pts vs team-1.0
Tony Padilla
-7.6 pts vs team+0.4
Verne Harris
-9.9 pts vs team+1.3
Eric Curry
-11.6 pts vs team-0.1
Mike Reed
-12.7 pts vs team+0.1
Kevin Brill
-15.2 pts vs team-0.5
Roger Ayers
-18.3 pts vs team-0.7
Scott Brown
-39.1 pts vs team+0.5

Tight-game proxy

How Stanford Cardinal 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)

50 of 192 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
143.4
Season avg
143.3
Pressure impact
+0.1
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
34.2
Season avg
33.8
Pressure impact
+0.4
Over rate
Tight-game avg
42.0%
Season avg
44.8%
Pressure impact
-2.8 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 192 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Cardinal games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Cardinal went 99-93 (51.6%) 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 Cardinal.

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.