CBB insights

Tendency index, league-wide trends, and ranked dataset findings in one place.

Showing Last 6 seasons (2020-11-25 – 2026-04-07)

Historical scoring and whistle tendencies across qualified officials. Descriptive associations with league baselines, not predictions. Sample: 386 officials (2020-11-25 – 2026-04-07).

Who moves the points?

The 111 referees with 30+ games, ranked by historical associations in their games.

Biggest scoring bump
Mike Littlewood
+10.6 G
He averages 10.6 more combined points than the league baseline in his games.
Highest historical over-rate vs baseline
Todd Austin
68.5%
Line benchmark is 145 combined points; he clears it more often than peers in this sample.
Heaviest fouls ref
Eric Curry
+3.3
He runs 3.3 fouls called above average per game.

43 of 111 referees associate with higher scoring. 57 associate with lower totals. Numbers describe past games, not predictions for tonight.

#	Official					Signals
1	Mike Littlewood#268	41	+10.6	+2.0	68.3%	2 notable
2	K.B. Burdett Jr.#206	51	+9.0	+0.7	56.9%	2 notable
3	Lucas Santos#242	37	+6.0	+0.6	51.4%	1 notable
4	Randy Richardson#119	85	+5.9	+0.5	63.5%	2 notable
5	Todd Austin#166	73	+5.6	+1.0	68.5%	2 notable
6	Owen Shortt#60	139	+5.5	+1.1	63.3%	2 notable
7	Darron George#73	55	+5.4	+2.8	52.7%	2 notable
8	Randy McCall#87	85	+5.2	+1.2	58.8%	2 notable
9	Steven Anderson#66	125	+5.0	+1.8	63.2%	2 notable
10	Scott Brown#97	32	+4.4	+0.3	53.1%	1 notable
11	Vladimir Voyard-Tadal#53	96	+4.3	+1.8	59.4%	2 notable
12	Jemel Spearman#197	39	+4.2	+0.1	61.5%	2 notable
13	Jason Phillips#344	43	+4.0	+0.8	53.5%	1 notable
14	Deron White#98	33	+3.3	-1.3	48.5%	1 notable
15	Doug Shows#22	186	+3.3	+0.9	57.5%	2 notable
16	Wil Howard#61	72	+3.3	+2.0	61.1%	2 notable
17	Bert Smith#34	187	+3.1	+0.0	61.5%	2 notable
18	Michael Greenstein#68	119	+3.1	+1.1	55.5%	1 notable
19	Byron Jarrett#55	146	+2.9	+1.6	56.2%	2 notable
20	Chuck Jones#58	92	+2.9	+3.2	55.4%	2 notable
21	Rob Rorke#185	74	+2.9	+0.3	62.2%	2 notable
22	Tim Comer#191	66	+2.8	+1.9	59.1%	2 notable
23	Jason Baker#67	52	+2.7	-0.1	51.9%	1 notable
24	Tommy Johnson#306	31	+2.4	-0.4	51.6%	1 notable
25	Gregory Nixon#92	101	+2.3	-0.6	52.5%	1 notable
26	Jeb Hartness#47	121	+2.2	+0.6	47.9%
27	Lee Cassell#28	168	+2.2	-0.1	54.8%
28	Jeffrey Anderson#26	146	+2.1	+0.2	54.8%
29	Joe Lindsay#59	161	+2.0	+2.7	58.4%	2 notable
30	Bart Lenox#157	130	+1.8	+2.8	51.5%	1 notable
31	Eric Curry#40	64	+1.8	+3.3	53.1%	1 notable
32	Raymie Styons#8	43	+1.8	-1.9	55.8%
33	Bill Ek#135	48	+1.3	+0.3	60.4%	1 notable
34	Greg Evans#164	81	+1.3	-2.5	56.8%	2 notable
35	Marques Pettigrew#81	118	+1.3	+0.7	49.2%
36	Terry Oglesby#50	206	+1.2	+1.2	59.7%	1 notable
37	Pat Adams#15	156	+1.1	+1.9	53.8%
38	Brian Dorsey#6	220	+1.0	+1.4	52.3%
39	David Hall#118	31	+0.7	+1.1	41.9%	1 notable
40	Tommy Morrissey#16	122	+0.7	-0.2	56.6%	1 notable
41	Justin Porterfield#49	47	+0.6	-1.7	55.3%
42	Nate Harris#94	57	+0.4	+1.1	52.6%
43	Ron Groover#10	239	+0.4	-0.6	55.2%
44	K.B. Burdett#65	62	+0.2	+1.4	58.1%	1 notable
45	Matt Potter#31	143	+0.2	-1.4	53.8%
46	Mark Schnur#1	51	+0.1	-0.4	47.1%
47	Clarence Armstrong#9	137	-0.1	-0.6	53.3%
48	Courtney Green#43	170	-0.1	+1.2	50.6%
49	Keith Kimble#24	251	-0.1	-0.2	53.8%
50	Terry Wymer#45	43	-0.1	+1.4	60.5%	1 notable
51	John Floyd#225	40	-0.2	+0.6	42.5%	1 notable
52	Tony Padilla#79	146	-0.2	+0.6	52.7%
53	Jeff Clark#14	115	-0.3	-1.5	55.7%
54	Paul Szelc#142	258	-0.3	+2.0	49.2%
55	D.J. Carstensen#139	205	-0.4	+1.2	56.1%	1 notable
56	James Breeding#5	200	-0.4	-0.8	54.0%
57	Patrick Evans#39	103	-0.4	+1.3	56.3%	1 notable
58	Jerry Heater#7	42	-0.5	+2.8	52.4%	1 notable
59	Michael Irving#86	96	-0.5	+0.1	50.0%
60	Don Daily#52	189	-0.6	+1.5	51.9%
61	Verne Harris#104	96	-0.6	+1.4	51.0%
62	Anthony Jordan#63	46	-0.8	-0.2	52.2%
63	Jamie Luckie#17	73	-0.8	-0.6	56.2%	1 notable
64	Bill Covington Jr.#33	89	-0.9	-0.3	52.8%
65	A.J. Desai#25	112	-1.0	-1.2	50.0%
66	Edwin Young#137	65	-1.1	+0.8	56.9%	1 notable
67	Larry Scirotto#41	133	-1.1	+0.8	54.1%
68	Rob Kueneman#140	53	-1.1	+1.5	62.3%	1 notable
69	Tony Henderson#32	108	-1.1	-1.7	55.6%
70	Chance Moore#72	68	-1.2	-2.9	47.1%	1 notable
71	Olandis Poole#64	86	-1.2	+0.3	51.2%
72	Tony Greene#57	67	-1.2	+1.3	55.2%
73	Bret Smith#78	82	-1.5	-2.0	51.2%
74	Chris Rastatter#84	30	-1.6	+0.2	50.0%
75	Jeff Anderson#20	70	-1.6	-0.2	51.4%
76	Mike Roberts#27	133	-1.6	-1.6	48.1%
77	Rick Crawford#70	53	-1.6	-0.8	49.1%
78	Tony Chiazza#163	145	-1.7	-1.0	48.3%
79	Nathan Farrell#229	97	-1.9	-4.1	46.4%	1 notable
80	Earl Walton#29	148	-2.0	+1.1	44.6%
81	Mike Nance#62	51	-2.0	+2.7	47.1%	1 notable
82	Brent Hampton#21	127	-2.2	-0.8	57.5%	1 notable
83	Kelly Pfeifer#89	141	-2.2	+1.0	45.4%
84	Amy Bonner#74	50	-2.5	-1.0	58.0%	2 notable
85	Brooks Wells#85	126	-2.5	-0.8	48.4%	1 notable
86	Chris Pacsi#158	37	-2.5	+2.1	40.5%	2 notable
87	Lamar Simpson#46	135	-2.7	-2.9	46.7%	2 notable
88	Lewis Garrison#145	44	-2.7	-0.3	59.1%	2 notable
89	Roger Ayers#2	239	-2.7	-2.6	46.0%	2 notable
90	Gerry Pollard#82	66	-3.2	-2.2	51.5%	1 notable
91	Tim Clougherty#18	120	-3.2	-2.7	49.2%	2 notable
92	Robert Riley#131	99	-3.3	+1.8	55.6%	1 notable
93	Evon Burroughs#161	72	-3.5	-2.2	41.7%	2 notable
94	John Higgins#48	68	-3.6	-1.7	51.5%	1 notable
95	Pat Driscoll#4	180	-3.6	-1.6	45.0%	1 notable
96	Ted Valentine#11	107	-3.6	-1.5	49.5%	1 notable
97	Kipp Kissinger#23	203	-3.7	-1.7	40.4%	2 notable
98	Steve McJunkins#144	46	-3.7	+0.7	54.3%	1 notable
99	Kevin Brill#129	50	-3.8	-1.3	46.0%	1 notable
100	Mike Reed#51	115	-3.8	-0.6	44.3%	1 notable
101	Deldre Carr#95	68	-4.0	-0.4	38.2%	2 notable
102	Michael Palau#227	46	-4.1	-4.3	54.3%	2 notable
103	Donnie Eppley#138	40	-4.2	-0.3	50.0%	1 notable
104	Gary Maxwell#75	43	-4.2	-0.6	46.5%	1 notable
105	Doug Sirmons#56	205	-4.5	-1.4	45.4%	1 notable
106	Brian O'Connell#30	167	-4.8	-2.2	40.1%	2 notable
107	John Gaffney#13	194	-4.9	-2.8	42.8%	3 notable
108	Chris Beaver#141	32	-5.2	+0.6	56.3%	2 notable
109	Antinio Petty#71	40	-5.5	-0.3	30.0%	2 notable
110	Bo Boroski#42	76	-5.9	-0.6	44.7%	1 notable
111	Ray Natili#76	87	-6.6	-1.4	43.7%	2 notable

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