Maryland plus-minus: Winston-Salem State

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