There’s one time-tested, sure-fire way to pump up a season-long plus-minus number in college basketball.
Namely, be on the court a whole lot in 40-point routs.
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All of Maryland’s regulars pulled that off tonight in a 98-55 demolition of Winston-Salem State, so it’s tough to read too much into any of these numbers.
But a couple guys stood out.
First, Jordan Williams was an efficient +29 in 18 minutes, and his 12-point, eight-rebound effort was every bit as good as it looks on paper.
Also, Cliff Tucker was +20 in 17 minutes, a virtuoso performance for a guy who has seemed lost at times in the early stages of the season. If it only takes one game to shake a guy out of a slump, this might be the one Tucker needed to get situated correctly going forward.
A fascinating season-long number is the remarkable similarity in per-minute plus-minus of all of Maryland’s major contributors. Greivis Vasquez and Eric Hayes are at .38, while James Padgett is at .44. That’s a tiny gap, considering there’s now 10 games of data to work with.
Anyway, here’s the rundown from tonight’s game, with updated season numbers.
| Player |
WSSU |
Season
|
Per Min.
|
| 1-Milbourne |
+31
|
+120 |
0.40 |
| 5-Hayes |
+22
|
+116 |
0.38 |
| 11-Choi |
-2
|
0 |
0.00 |
| 14-Mosley |
+34
|
+134 |
0.42 |
| 15-Levent |
-2 |
+1 |
0.10 |
| 20-Williams |
+29
|
+95 |
0.43 |
21-Vasquez
|
+38
|
+118 |
0.38 |
| 22-Bowie |
+17 |
+64 |
0.40 |
| 23-Pearman |
INJ |
+4 |
0.44 |
| 24-Tucker |
+20 |
+56 |
0.42 |
| 25-Goins |
INJ |
-1 |
-0.25 |
| 33-Gregory |
+17 |
+21 |
0.40 |
| 35-Padgett |
+11
|
+64 |
0.44 |
—- Patrick Stevens
