UCLA Bruins

How the Bruins play under each referee

Every Bruins game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Bruins are 143-63 (69.4%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-11-26 – 2026-03-23)

Bruins record: 143-63 (69.4%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (449) exceed 206 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Glen Mayberry
+20.6 pts vs team+0.1
Scott Brown
+20.6 pts vs team-2.4
Gregory Nixon
+18.8 pts vs team-2.8
Kevin Brill
+15.2 pts vs team-2.5
Randy Richardson
+13.0 pts vs team+0.4
John Higgins
+12.4 pts vs team-1.5
Jason Phillips
+12.4 pts vs team-3.0
Deldre Carr
+10.6 pts vs team+0.4
Mike Littlewood
+10.6 pts vs team+0.2
Earl Walton
+10.6 pts vs team-0.8
Tommy Nunez
+8.4 pts vs team-2.8
Gerry Pollard
+8.4 pts vs team-1.6
Michael Irving
+6.6 pts vs team-1.1
David Hall
+5.6 pts vs team-1.4
Verne Harris
+3.9 pts vs team-0.1
D.J. Carstensen
+0.6 pts vs team-0.1
Nate Harris
-1.4 pts vs team-0.6
Randy McCall
-2.7 pts vs team-1.5
Tim Comer
-5.8 pts vs team-1.3
Keith Kimble
-6.2 pts vs team-0.2
Frank Harvey
-6.9 pts vs team-2.2
Mike Scyphers
-9.4 pts vs team-1.0
Tony Padilla
-10.1 pts vs team-0.1
Mike Reed
-11.3 pts vs team+0.1
Michael Greenstein
-13.1 pts vs team+0.4
Brian Dorsey
-13.8 pts vs team+0.8
Jeffrey Anderson
-19.4 pts vs team+0.1
Kelly Pfeifer
-19.4 pts vs team+0.2
Paul Szelc
-22.3 pts vs team+0.5
Eric Curry
-23.9 pts vs team-0.9

Tight-game proxy

How UCLA Bruins 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 206 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
140
Season avg
139.2
Pressure impact
+0.8
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
34
Season avg
34.1
Pressure impact
-0.1
Over rate
Tight-game avg
34.5%
Season avg
32.5%
Pressure impact
+2.0 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 206 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Bruins games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Bruins went 143-63 (69.4%) 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 Bruins.

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.