SEC Basketball - Individual Leaders Box Plus/Minus (vs Top 100 teams)

First - the definition for BPM (Box Plus/Minus).

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Box Plus/Minus, Version 2.0 (BPM) is a basketball box score-based metric that estimates a basketball player’s contribution to the team when that player is on the court. It is based only on the information in the traditional basketball box score--no play-by-play data or non-traditional box score data (like dunks or deflections) are included.

BPM uses a player’s box score information, position, and the team’s overall performance to estimate the player’s contribution in points above league average per 100 possessions played. BPM does not take into account playing time -- it is purely a rate stat! Playing time is included in Value Over Replacement Player (VORP) which is discussed below.

League average is defined as 0.0, meaning 0 points above average or below average. Because above-average players play more minutes, there are far more below-average players than above-average players in the league at any time. A value of +5.0 means the team is 5 points per 100 possessions better with the player on the floor than with average production from another player. (In the 2018-19 season, teams averaged around 100 possessions per 48 minute game.)

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To give a sense of the scale:

+10.0 is an all-time season (think peak Jordan or LeBron)
+8.0 is an MVP season (think peak Dirk or peak Shaq)
+6.0 is an all-NBA season
+4.0 is in all-star consideration
+2.0 is a good starter
+0.0 is a decent starter or solid 6th man
-2.0 is a bench player (this is also defined as "replacement level")
Below -2.0 are many end-of-bench players

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T-Rank Individual Stats

SEC Top 10- BPM vs Top 100 Teams (> 50% Mins Played)
1. Colin Castleton (Florida) (+9.6)
2. Herb Jones (Alabama) (+8.4)
3. Luis Rodriguez (Ole Miss) (+7.6)
3. John Petty Jr. (Alabama) (+7.6)
5. Justin Smith (Arkansas) (+7.4)
6. Josiah-Jordan James (Tennessee) (+7.3)
7. Isaiah Jackson (Kentucky) (+6.7)
8. JT Thor (Auburn) (+5.8)
8. Yves Pons (Tennessee) (+5.8)
10. Jaylin Williams (Auburn) (+5.6)


SEC Bottom 10- BPM vs Top 100 Teams (> 50% Mins Played)
1. Jermaine Couisnard (South Carolina) (-7.9)
2. Hassan Diarra (Texas A&M) (-4.3)
3. Deivon Smith (Miss St) (-1.5)
4. Sahvir Wheeler (Georgia) (-1.4)
5. Andre Gordon (Texas A&M) (-1.0)
6. Jarkel Joiner (Ole Miss) (-0.7)
7. Devin Askew (Kentucky) (-0.2)
8. Wildens Leveque (South Carolina) (+0.3)
9. Savion Flagg (Texas A&M) (+0.8)
10. Mark Smith (Missouri) (+0.9)