Tennessee Volunteers

How the Volunteers play under each referee

Every Volunteers game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Volunteers are 152-56 (73.1%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-12-08 – 2026-03-29)

Volunteers record: 152-56 (73.1%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (471) exceed 208 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Terry Wymer
+17.8 pts vs team-2.3
Mike Roberts
+14.4 pts vs team-1.2
Patrick Evans
+13.9 pts vs team-2.6
Bart Lenox
+13.1 pts vs team-2.0
Owen Shortt
+12.1 pts vs team-1.7
Rob Rorke
+8.7 pts vs team-1.5
Jason Baker
+8.7 pts vs team-4.0
Wil Howard
+6.9 pts vs team-2.2
Courtney Green
+5.5 pts vs team-2.2
Tony Greene
+3.8 pts vs team-3.0
K.B. Burdett
+3.8 pts vs team+0.5
Steven Anderson
+1.9 pts vs team-2.7
Joe Lindsay
+1.2 pts vs team-0.9
Brian Dorsey
-0.4 pts vs team-2.7
Chuck Jones
-1.1 pts vs team-1.6
Doug Shows
-1.1 pts vs team-0.4
Don Daily
-1.7 pts vs team-1.5
Olandis Poole
-3.1 pts vs team-1.8
K.B. Burdett Jr.
-6.4 pts vs team-1.2
Byron Jarrett
-8.4 pts vs team-1.2
Pat Adams
-10.1 pts vs team-0.6
Jeb Hartness
-10.6 pts vs team-0.1
Terry Oglesby
-14.0 pts vs team-0.8
Vladimir Voyard-Tadal
-14.8 pts vs team-1.6
A.J. Desai
-17.5 pts vs team-3.0
Ron Groover
-28.7 pts vs team+1.6

Tight-game proxy

How Tennessee Volunteers 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)

46 of 208 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
138.8
Season avg
138.8
Pressure impact
+0.0
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
37.2
Season avg
34.9
Pressure impact
+2.3
Over rate
Tight-game avg
41.3%
Season avg
35.6%
Pressure impact
+5.7 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 208 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Volunteers games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Volunteers went 152-56 (73.1%) 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 Volunteers.

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.