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OU vs. VCU Statistical Plus/Minus
Another weak game from OU this time... and this time, Willie really was the problem. WW and Tiny destroyed OU this game... the rest of the team played adequately.
Oh.... Larry Sanders is good.
(Boxscore)
OU Statistical +/-
VCU Statistical +/-
At first glance, it didn't look like Pledger had a good game--but look closer. Despite shooting 2 for 10, he still got to the line and totaled 11 points. Not bad. And the rest of his game again looked like a veteran--he grabbed an offensive rebound, handed out 3 assists to no turnovers, and snagged 3 steals. That was a solid game. The same may be said for Ryan Wright--a solid game. He didn't turn the ball over and didn't miss a shot. He also got a block and 2 steals. Cade got 3 steals in less than 20 minutes. And Crocker played pretty well; his only flaw was 0 assists in 36 minutes.
On the other end... well, Gallon shot okay and grabbed a bunch of rebounds. However, he turned the ball over 4 times in 27 minutes, and only managed 1 block and no steals--that indicates he wasn't playing good defense. And Willie Warren basically shot OU out of the game by himself--in fact, he contributed the losing margin pretty much by himself. 6 turnovers, and no blocks or steals.... ouch!!
For VCU, Sanders played very well. He scored efficiently, handed out 4 (!) assists to no turnovers, and blocked 3 shots. He was the best player on the floor.
It was an ugly game for OU, but quite a few of the players played decently. Willie didn't, and Tiny wasn't great. But we know those players can do better and we can expect them to do better. That, at least, gives hope for the future of the team.
Here are the totals through 3 games, with the minutes per game listed:
OU Statistical +/- Three Game Totals
Pledger is the only player to be in positive SPM all 3 games. He has played solidly! TMG has been very consistent (no very bad games) but he has recorded a lot of turnovers and NO steals through 3 games.
Another weak game from OU this time... and this time, Willie really was the problem. WW and Tiny destroyed OU this game... the rest of the team played adequately.
Oh.... Larry Sanders is good.
(Boxscore)
OU Statistical +/-
Code:
Player SPM Min Contribution
Pledger, Steven 13.2 27 8.9
Wright, Ryan 12.5 21 6.5
Davis, Cade 9.8 16 3.9
Crocker, Tony 0.6 36 0.5
Franklin, T.J. -10.6 1 -0.3
Fitzgerald, Andrew -7.9 6 -1.2
Willis, Ray -24.7 3 -1.8
Mason-Griffin, Tommy -2.4 31 -1.9
Gallon, Tiny -13.0 27 -8.8
Warren, Willie -15.6 32 -12.5
Code:
Player SPM Min Contribution
Sanders, Larry 23.0 21 12.1
Gavin, Jay 9.7 26 6.3
Rodriguez, Joey 5.3 28 3.7
Rozzell, Brandon 1.5 14 0.5
Gwynn, T -1.4 27 -1.0
Burgess, Bradford -1.3 31 -1.0
Nixon, Ed -3.0 26 -1.9
Pishchalnikov, K -11.6 15 -4.3
Theus, Darius -26.5 12 -7.9
At first glance, it didn't look like Pledger had a good game--but look closer. Despite shooting 2 for 10, he still got to the line and totaled 11 points. Not bad. And the rest of his game again looked like a veteran--he grabbed an offensive rebound, handed out 3 assists to no turnovers, and snagged 3 steals. That was a solid game. The same may be said for Ryan Wright--a solid game. He didn't turn the ball over and didn't miss a shot. He also got a block and 2 steals. Cade got 3 steals in less than 20 minutes. And Crocker played pretty well; his only flaw was 0 assists in 36 minutes.
On the other end... well, Gallon shot okay and grabbed a bunch of rebounds. However, he turned the ball over 4 times in 27 minutes, and only managed 1 block and no steals--that indicates he wasn't playing good defense. And Willie Warren basically shot OU out of the game by himself--in fact, he contributed the losing margin pretty much by himself. 6 turnovers, and no blocks or steals.... ouch!!
For VCU, Sanders played very well. He scored efficiently, handed out 4 (!) assists to no turnovers, and blocked 3 shots. He was the best player on the floor.
It was an ugly game for OU, but quite a few of the players played decently. Willie didn't, and Tiny wasn't great. But we know those players can do better and we can expect them to do better. That, at least, gives hope for the future of the team.
Here are the totals through 3 games, with the minutes per game listed:
OU Statistical +/- Three Game Totals
Code:
Name SPM Min Contribution
Steven Pledger 7.8 20.7 12.1
Willie Warren 2.7 32.3 6.5
Tony Crocker 1.4 30.0 3.3
Cade Davis 2.5 17.0 3.2
Ryan Wright 0.5 21.7 0.9
Tiny Gallon 0.4 25.3 0.8
Kyle Hardrick -5.6 0.7 -0.3
T.J. Franklin -7.7 1.0 -0.6
Orlando Allen -10.3 2.0 -1.5
Ray Willis -6.0 4.3 -2.0
Beau Gerber -58.7 0.7 -2.9
Andrew Fitzgerald -3.0 13.3 -3.0
Tommy Mason-Griffin -2.4 31.0 -5.5
Pledger is the only player to be in positive SPM all 3 games. He has played solidly! TMG has been very consistent (no very bad games) but he has recorded a lot of turnovers and NO steals through 3 games.
Statistical Plus/Minus (SPM) is a method of estimating each player's impact from the box score statistics. SPM is listed in points above the average player playing per 40 minutes--so if that player was replaced by an average player for 40 minutes, SPM is the difference in the final margin. The total of all player's contributions will sum to the actual scoring margin (each team's total will equal half of the overall margin). The original method was outlined by Dan Rosenbaum at 82games.com; recently additional factors were added by Neil Paine at Basketball-Reference.com. I previously compiled the complete 2008-2009 NCAA numbers on this forum.