Patrick Stevens The Washington Times - December 3, 2008, 11:20PM

I was curious to see how the plus-minus numbers would actually look in a close game for Maryland.

And by close game, I mean one that had a close score.

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Yes, the Vermont game was close. But at the end of overtime, the margin was 15 points —- and that was the smallest, one way or another, in the Terrapins‘ first six games.

Tonight’s 75-70 defeat of Michigan changed that.

Only two players didn’t land within four points of the final margin, and neither played half the game.

That’s a predictable trend when a rotation shrinks; a few someones are going to regress (or progress) toward the mean.

So here’s tonight’s numbers. Look. Enjoy. Discuss. And I’ll have more on tonight’s victory tomorrow.

Player vs. MICH 
Season Per minute
1-Milbourne +4 +2 0.01
4-Dupree DNP -8 -0.07
5-Hayes +8 +55 0.26
11-Kim DNP +12 0.19
14-Mosley -2 -13 -0.11
21-Vasquez +3 +28 0.12
22-Bowie +8 +34 0.22
23-Pearman 
DNP +4 1.00
24-Tucker -2 +14 0.16
25-Goins DNP +7 0.78
32-Burney +1 +16 0.43
33-Gregory +3 +28 0.31
35-Neal +2 +31 0.23

—- Patrick Stevens