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Game Plus/Minus | VT 87, appy state 76

Posted on25 November 2012. Tags: ,

I’m on cloud NINE after this weekend!  Here’s a breakdown of the plus/minus from the appy state game.

appy st Season Avg +/- Minutes
Player +/- +/- Per Game
Green 17 100 20.0 35.0
Brown -5 75 15.0 28.6
Eddie 14 70 14.0 33.8
Barksdale 11 57 11.4 20.2
Wood 12 39 7.8 21.6
Raines 2 34 6.8 23.0
van Zegeren 3 30 6.0 14.2
Johnston -6 2 0.4 11.4
Rankin 10 -1 -0.2 10.3
Donlon - -5 -1.0 1.0
Beyer -3 -8 -1.6 1.0
Patrick - -13 -2.6 6.7
Racer - -18 -3.6 1.7
TEAM 11 72 14.4

Green is head and shoulders above the rest of the team in plus/minus.  His worth, if it wasn’t already apparent via your eyes watching the games, also shows up on the stat sheet.  Brown had a rough go of it against appalachian state but he’s been solid this year.  As has Eddie (although he had a bad +/- against unc-g despite his huge scoring effort).

The surprise is Barksdale — he has had a solid +/- most of the year despite struggling to score.  C.J.  had a solid game against the mountaineers though.  He had a season high 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 assists, and really picked up the slack for Raines who was in foul trouble.  He runs all over the court on defense helping double in the post and on screens on the perimeter flashing out on the guard coming off the pick.  C.J.’s +/- should be around +7 per game based on the number of minutes he plays, but instead it is +11.4.  That tells you something is going right when he’s on the court.  So while he has struggled on offense early on, he is still playing well in my opinion.

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  • goodraisin

    Interesting points about CJ… I do like the effort he displays when he’s out there. I think early on in the first couple of games he had some hard luck with bogus foul calls going against him that might have taken him out of his game offensively, and I think he was also struggling to figure out where his shots come from in this offense, but he may be turning the corner in that department. We’re getting a little over 10 rebounds per game between Barksdale and Wood at the power forward spot and that’s pretty decent. You’d like to see more offensive rebounds from them though, which I think is a factor due to both of them playing further from the basket on offense than a traditional power forward.

  • Todd Walsh

    I needed educating on +/- :-) What is it?

    • Niemo

      +/- is the point differential for the team while you are in the game. So if you come in with your team up 4, and leave with your team up 10, you were +6 during that stretch. You total your segments for the game and that’s your +/-. The stat accounts for guys that are really good scorers but terrible on defense (give up as much as they add). It also accounts for non-scorers that add a lot on the defensive end.

  • Todd Walsh

    Thanks! You eyes can tell when someone is playing well and it’s cool that stat also shows it.


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2012-13 Schedule

November
11/10 Hokies 80, etsu 62
11/12 Hokies 69, rhode island 50
11/15 Hokies 95, vmi 80
11/19 Hokies 96, unc-g 87
11/23 Hokies 87, appalachian state 76
**ACC/BIG Ten Challenge**
11/27 Hokies 95, iowa 79
December
12/1 Hokies 81, #15 oklahoma state 71
12/8 wvu 68, Hokies 67
**Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic**
12/10 Hokies 70, mvsu 49
12/15 Georgia Southern 78, Hokies 73
12/22 Hokies 66, bradley 65, OT
12/23 colorado state 88, Hokies 52
**Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic**
12/29 byu 97, Hokies 71
January
1/5 maryland 94, Hokies 71
1/9 boston college 86, Hokies 75
1/12 Hokies 70, georgia tech 65
1/19 Hokies 66, wake forest 65
1/24 virginia 74, Hokies 58
1/27 clemson 77, Hokies 70
1/30 miami 73, Hokies 64
February
2/2 unc 72, Hokies 60, OT
2/7 maryland 60, Hokies 55
2/9 Georgia Tech 64, hokies 54
2/12 virginia 73, Hokies 55
2/16 nc state 90, Hokies 86
2/21 duke 88, Hokies 56
2/24 Hokies 80, fsu 70
2/27 miami 76, Hokies 58
March
3/2 Hokies 69, clemson 61
3/5 duke 85, Hokies 57
3/10 wake 90, Hokies 79
**ACC Tournament in Greensboro**
3/14 vs. nc state, 2:30 p.m.
3/15 Quarterfinals
3/16 Semifinals
3/17 Finals

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