Wisconsin Badgers

How the Badgers play under each referee

Every Badgers game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Badgers are 136-71 (65.7%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-11-26 – 2026-03-19)

Badgers record: 136-71 (65.7%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (417) exceed 207 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Tim Comer
+25.2 pts vs team-0.7
Steve McJunkins
+23.2 pts vs team-4.7
Edwin Young
+21.8 pts vs team-1.2
Earl Walton
+21.3 pts vs team-0.8
Larry Scirotto
+17.1 pts vs team-1.2
Rob Kueneman
+16.7 pts vs team-3.8
Don Daily
+16.1 pts vs team-1.7
Randy Richardson
+12.1 pts vs team-0.9
John Floyd
+7.0 pts vs team-2.4
Bill Ek
+4.3 pts vs team-0.7
Keith Kimble
+1.0 pts vs team-1.0
Robert Riley
-2.1 pts vs team-0.5
Courtney Green
-5.7 pts vs team-0.8
Eric Curry
-5.7 pts vs team-4.6
Doug Sirmons
-5.7 pts vs team+0.5
Brian Dorsey
-8.6 pts vs team-0.1
Kelly Pfeifer
-9.0 pts vs team-0.7
Kipp Kissinger
-10.1 pts vs team-0.4
Mike Reed
-11.2 pts vs team+0.0
D.J. Carstensen
-15.7 pts vs team-0.2
Jeffrey Anderson
-15.7 pts vs team-0.8
Lewis Garrison
-15.7 pts vs team+0.6
Donnie Eppley
-15.7 pts vs team+0.4
Brooks Wells
-29.3 pts vs team-0.4
James Breeding
-32.4 pts vs team-0.2
Bo Boroski
-34.9 pts vs team+3.2

Tight-game proxy

How Wisconsin Badgers 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)

67 of 207 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
140.9
Season avg
142.6
Pressure impact
-1.7
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
34.8
Season avg
34.1
Pressure impact
+0.7
Over rate
Tight-game avg
37.3%
Season avg
41.1%
Pressure impact
-3.8 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 207 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Badgers games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Badgers went 136-71 (65.7%) 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 Badgers.

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.