Wisconsin Badgers
How the Badgers play under each referee
Every Badgers game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Badgers are 16-21 (43.2%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
Close-game proxy
How Wisconsin Badgers compares in close-margin games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores.
Close games (≤7 pt margin)
6 of 37 games match this window
Avg combined points
- Close-game avg
- 39.8
- Season avg
- 41.3
- Pressure impact
- -1.5
Avg flags
- Close-game avg
- 12.3
- Season avg
- 10
- Pressure impact
- +2.3
Over rate
- Close-game avg
- 16.7%
- Season avg
- 10.8%
- Pressure impact
- +5.9 pp
Over benchmark: 55.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 37 total games in sample
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 16-21 (43.2%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
- Whistle differential: flag differential. A positive number means opponents are flagged more often than the Badgers.
Scores and penalties from ESPN (1426 live-conference games, 474 with Sidearm officials). Coverage: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26. 692 officials with game-level crew assignments. Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.