Pitt lineups numbered in the 100s

Granted, plus-minus is not a perfect, all-powerful statistic. A player, good or bad as they might be, is only one of five on their team on the court at a time, meaning their influence in such a situation is only so pronounced. Context is important, too, as a player on a struggling team such as Pitt that plays a lot of minutes is going to have a much worse plus-minus than, say, a player used almost exclusively in garbage time. The same principle applies to lineups.

With a large enough sample, though — be it the full 31 games or the 18-game conference slate — the numbers can provide some glimpse into which players helped their team more than others.

What was it, then, that we learned? • Best lineups in ACC play

Marcus Carr, Parker Stewart, Khameron Davis, Shamiel Stevenson, Kene Chukwuka (used 15 times): plus-11

Jonathan Milligan, Carr, Stewart, Stevenson, Terrell Brown (four times): plus-9

Milligan, Carr, Jared Wilson-Frame, Stevenson, Brown (two times): plus-9

Carr, Davis, Monty Boykins, Samson George, Peace Ilegomah (one time): plus-8

Milligan, Stewart, Boykins, Chukwuka, Brown (one time): plus-6 • Worst lineups in ACC play

Carr, Stewart, Davis, Wilson-Frame, Chukwuka (23 times): minus-48

Carr, Stewart, Davis, Wilson-Frame, Brown (26 times): minus-36

Carr, Davis, Wilson-Frame, Stevenson, Brown (12 times): minus-30

Carr, Stewart, Davis, Stevenson, Brown (25 times): minus-19

Carr, Stewart, Davis, Chukwuka, Brown (13 times): minus-19 • Most used lineups in ACC play Carr, Stewart, Davis, Wilson-Frame, Brown: 26 appearances

Carr, Stewart, Davis, Stevenson, Brown: 25

Carr, Stewart, Davis, Wilson-Frame, Chukwuka: 23

Carr, Stewart, Wilson-Frame, Stevenson, Chukwuka: 21

Carr, Stewart, Wilson-Frame, Stevenson, Brown: 18 • Individual plus-minus over the regular season

Ryan Luther: plus-9 in 325 minutes (plus-0.03 per minute)

Jared Wilson-Frame:minus-260 in 861 minutes (minus-0.3 per minute)

Marcus Carr: minus-201 in 886 minutes (minus-0.23 per minute)

Parker Stewart: minus-207 in 806 minutes (minus-0.26 per minute)

Khameron Davis: minus-298 in 742 minutes (minus-0.4 per minute)

Jonathan Milligan: minus-60 in 548 minutes (minus-0.11 per minute)

Shamiel Stevenson: minus-167 in 740 minutes (minus-0.23 per minute)

Terrell Brown: minus-148 in 514 minutes (minus-0.29 per minute)

Kene Chukwuka: minus-169 in 510 minutes (minus-0.33 per minute)

Monty Boykins: minus-36 in 113 minutes (minus-0.32 per minute)

Peace Ilegomah: minus-75 in 133 minutes (minus-0.56 per minute)

Samson George: minus-3 in 52 minutes (minus-0.06 per minute)

• Lineups with Carr and Milligan, the team’s primary ballhandlers, on the court together: plus-35 in 136 appearances • Lineups without Carr and Milligan on the court: minus-22 in 12 appearances • Lineups with Wilson-Frame (6 feet 5) at power forward: minus-119 in 133 appearances • Lineups with Stevenson (6 feet 6) at center: minus-13 in 16 appearances