Kentucky Wildcats

How the Wildcats play under each referee

Every Wildcats game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Wildcats are 126-71 (64.0%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-11-25 – 2026-03-22)

Wildcats record: 126-71 (64.0%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (491) exceed 197 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Jeb Hartness
+36.0 pts vs team-2.1
Jason Baker
+20.6 pts vs team-0.9
Wil Howard
+17.8 pts vs team+0.6
Owen Shortt
+12.0 pts vs team+0.8
Lucas Santos
+11.0 pts vs team+0.3
Vladimir Voyard-Tadal
+9.7 pts vs team-1.3
Anthony Jordan
+8.7 pts vs team-2.2
Todd Austin
+8.2 pts vs team+0.5
Byron Jarrett
+7.4 pts vs team-1.3
Pat Adams
+2.7 pts vs team+0.1
Rob Rorke
+0.3 pts vs team+1.4
Patrick Evans
-0.4 pts vs team-0.7
Courtney Green
-1.5 pts vs team-1.0
Lee Cassell
-1.5 pts vs team+1.9
Terry Oglesby
-2.1 pts vs team-1.3
Don Daily
-3.3 pts vs team-0.2
K.B. Burdett
-4.0 pts vs team-0.3
Joe Lindsay
-5.9 pts vs team-0.8
Chuck Jones
-6.1 pts vs team-1.0
Tony Greene
-6.9 pts vs team-1.4
K.B. Burdett Jr.
-8.4 pts vs team-1.1
Doug Shows
-9.2 pts vs team-1.6
Mike Nance
-9.5 pts vs team-0.4
Olandis Poole
-10.2 pts vs team+1.1
Steven Anderson
-10.7 pts vs team+1.2
Ron Groover
-14.0 pts vs team+0.1
Brian Dorsey
-22.3 pts vs team-0.7
Keith Kimble
-30.7 pts vs team-1.7

Tight-game proxy

How Kentucky Wildcats 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 197 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
153.4
Season avg
153.1
Pressure impact
+0.3
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
35.5
Season avg
34.2
Pressure impact
+1.3
Over rate
Tight-game avg
60.8%
Season avg
59.4%
Pressure impact
+1.4 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 197 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Wildcats games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Wildcats went 126-71 (64.0%) 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 Wildcats.

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.