How Important is +/- in the light of Tonight

[maple]

Yep, and you also have to analyze the sub pattern. Who did she come in with? Who was on the floor while she was on the floor? It's not something that you can look at in isolation, but over the course of the season it does give useful information.

The flipside of +/- is the "eye test" where you just look at a player and get a sense of how they looked on the floor. Did they seem to be in sync on offense and defense? Did the opposing team single them out as an opportunity for isolation matchups? In my opinion, Morgan passed the eye test as well. She looked good out there, entirely confident and not overwhelmed by the moment. That's a great sign for the rest of the season.

Agreed.

If someone is on the floor and getting 0 pts/rbs/asts, but every time they're on the floor with a set group that always goes +10, then I would say they are contributing something to the chemistry of the team. So I would always want that player out there (with that other group of 4). I think this in particular is something that can sometimes be accurately judge by the "eye test".

If they are always scoring, say, 10pts/10 rbs/10 asts every time with a specific group of people that is always going -1, then I would assume that this player specifically is not the problem with that combo, but rather the players around them.

It really starts getting into the analytical of it all, which I find very interesting.

 

[AJay11]

Against poor competition maybe but whe the lights are the brightest you see why UConn recruited KK.

I agree with you. I am not saying KK is bad (I think the opposite actually), but Chen has had a higher plus/minus. Both of them played well in the Notre Dame game with Chen having a higher plus/minus. If you can look at the stats, Chen performs better offensively. She is the offensive spark vs KK the defensive one. Unpopular opinion and maybe I am extremely wrong, but I thought Chen was great in the 4th (barring the misses). I also thought KK brought a lot of energy and brought us back in the game. So far I haven't seen a logical reason why KK should start except she's a defensive spark, she played better last year and she was good in this game. Personally I like her coming of the bench especially when she's aggressive. Would love for someone to give me the dummy explanation, although I have the sneaking suspicion that fans are being hyperbolic and slightly bias.