UCF Knights

How the Knights play under each referee

Every Knights game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Knights are 105-83 (55.9%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-12-01 – 2026-03-20)

Knights record: 105-83 (55.9%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (269) exceed 188 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Gary Maxwell
+24.1 pts vs team-2.1
Chris Merlo
+24.1 pts vs team-1.5
Todd Austin
+19.1 pts vs team-2.2
Anthony Jordan
+19.1 pts vs team-0.9
Brooks Wells
+19.1 pts vs team+1.1
Antinio Petty
+13.3 pts vs team-1.9
Tony Padilla
+10.8 pts vs team-0.9
Don Daily
+6.6 pts vs team+1.0
Keith Patterson
+6.6 pts vs team+0.3
Doug Sirmons
+6.6 pts vs team-1.1
Rick Crawford
+5.2 pts vs team-2.5
Marques Pettigrew
+4.1 pts vs team+0.9
Pat Adams
+4.1 pts vs team-0.9
Byron Jarrett
+4.1 pts vs team+0.1
Wil Howard
+4.1 pts vs team-0.9
Darron George
+4.1 pts vs team-3.0
Jason Baker
-0.3 pts vs team+0.0
Tony Greene
-0.3 pts vs team-1.4
Chance Moore
-0.3 pts vs team+0.6
Olandis Poole
-5.9 pts vs team-0.7
Tommy Johnson
-5.9 pts vs team+0.5
Kipp Kissinger
-9.2 pts vs team+0.5
Doug Shows
-15.9 pts vs team-0.7
Ray Natili
-15.9 pts vs team+0.5
James Ford
-18.4 pts vs team+3.0
Michael Greenstein
-25.9 pts vs team+1.8

Tight-game proxy

How UCF Knights 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)

55 of 188 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
147
Season avg
146.1
Pressure impact
+0.9
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
34.9
Season avg
34.4
Pressure impact
+0.5
Over rate
Tight-game avg
45.5%
Season avg
46.8%
Pressure impact
-1.3 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 188 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Knights games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Knights went 105-83 (55.9%) 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 Knights.

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.