Plus Minus for KU this season

The Plus Minus stat is an interesting stat. At the end of all discussion, what really matters is outscoring the opponent and that is the singular purpose of the Plus-Minus stat. But it also has weaknesses. But for all the plusses and minuses of the Plus-Minus stat, it does serve some purpose.

Through 8 games this season, the Jayhawks plus-minus stats are really pretty amazing. Sure, Jalen Wilson is leading in every aspect of the stat but what is amazing is the almost total parity across the board on this stat among the starters and even key subs. For instance, in offensive +/-, Jalen leads since the Jayhawks score 2.03 points per minute when he is on the court. But the worst among the starters is McCormack at 1.92. That is not much spread. Likewise, on defensive +/- Wilson leads with KU allowing only 1.63 points per minute with Jalen in the game. But among the starters, the worst are McCormack and Agbaji at 1.70 points per minute. Once again very little difference. And if you are wondering, this degree of variance is unusual. In all the years I have been tracking this stat I have never seen this small variance. I'm not sure what that means other than this team appears to be incredibly balanced.

You can view the KU +/- at the link below. Yu will also my DPPI, my player ratings, my Big 12 projections and my KU projections. You will see the tabs across the bottom for the various options.

DPPI and KU Stats

Looks like my eyes were not totally wrong that Mr. Harris helps this team. The Hawks are quite balanced. It looks like as teams try to take something away they give up something else and we take advantage of that.