You want a weird number?
How’s this:
Maryland just beat the nation’s No. 3 team, a North Carolina bunch anointed as a sure-fire national champion before the season, and the Terrapins did it even though they were outscored when four of their five starters were on the floor.
Think about that for a moment. How does that happen?
Cliff Tucker, that’s how.
The sophomore uncorked a +21 day, which in an overtime game against such a superb opponent is ridiculous.
It’s a one-game sample size. But Tucker was on the floor for a good stretch in the first half, for the erasure of a 14-point deficit (he came in just after Maryland cut it from 16) and the entire overtime.
So Cliff Tucker? A pretty amazing force yesterday.
Here’s the full rundown of yesterday’s game:
Player | UNC | Per Min. | Season | Per Min. | |
1-Milbourne | -9 | -66 | -0.18 | +46 | 0.06 |
4-Dupree | DNP | -23 | -0.48 | -33 | -0.14 |
5-Hayes | +12 | -16 | -0.05 | +130 | 0.17 |
11-Kim | DNP | +11 | 0.22 | +23 | 0.17 |
14-Mosley | -6 | -49 | -0.10 | -22 | -0.04 |
21-Vasquez | +3 | -60 | -0.14 | +89 | 0.10 |
22-Bowie | -9 | -45 | -0.15 | +113 | 0.17 |
23-Pearman | DNP | +2 | 0.50 | +6 | 0.50 |
24-Tucker | +21 | -29 | -0.21 | -20 | -0.07 |
25-Goins | DNP | -2 | -0.67 | +5 | 0.42 |
32-Burney | +7 | -1 | -0.05 | +18 | 0.26 |
33-Gregory | -2 | -46 | -0.24 | +34 | 0.09 |
35-Neal | -2 | -15 | -0.05 | +92 | 0.16 |
