Calculation for Marquette (25-10)


Marquette's opponents in order of rating:
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Duke               763.5 LOSS   73-77    -    28- 6 Division I
   Georgetown         758.0 LOSS   68-70    -    28- 6 Division I
   Stanford           754.6 LOSS   81-82    -    28- 8 Division I
   Louisville         747.3 LOSS   51-71    -    27- 9 Division I
   Louisville         747.3 LOSS   57-71    -    27- 9 Division I
   Notre Dame         737.1 LOSS   83-86    -    25- 8 Division I
   Pittsburgh         736.7 LOSS   61-68    -    27-10 Division I
   Connecticut        731.2 LOSS   73-89   --    24- 9 Division I
   West Virginia      730.7 LOSS   64-79   --    26-11 Division I
   Syracuse           708.4 LOSS   72-87   --    21-14 Division I
>> Marquette          735.5 <<                   25-10 Division I
   Wisconsin          763.9 WIN    81-76   ++    31- 5 Division I
   Notre Dame         737.1 WIN    92-66   ++    25- 8 Division I
   Notre Dame         737.1 WIN    89-79   ++    25- 8 Division I
   Pittsburgh         736.7 WIN    72-54   ++    27-10 Division I
   Villanova          712.8 WIN    85-75    +    22-13 Division I
   Kentucky           700.5 WIN    74-66    +    18-13 Division I
   Oklahoma St.       692.0 WIN    91-61    +    17-16 Division I
   Providence         683.0 WIN    96-67    +    15-16 Division I
   Seton Hall         678.8 WIN    61-56    +    17-15 Division I
   Seton Hall         678.8 WIN    89-64    +    17-15 Division I
   Seton Hall         678.8 WIN    67-54    +    17-15 Division I
   IUPUI              676.0 WIN    76-68    +    26- 7 Division I
   Cincinnati         669.5 WIN    75-60    +    13-19 Division I
   DePaul             660.7 WIN    79-71    +    11-19 Division I
   St. John's (NY)    655.7 WIN    73-64    +    11-19 Division I
   South Florida      651.4 WIN    62-54    +    12-19 Division I
   Wis.-Milwaukee     648.6 WIN   100-65    +    14-16 Division I
   Rutgers            634.0 WIN    78-48         11-20 Division I
   Chaminade          614.8 WIN    74-63         21- 8 Division II
   IUPU Ft. Wayne     608.7 WIN    80-56         13-18 Division I
   UT Val St.         599.5 WIN    66-55         15-14 Division I
   Coppin State       584.4 WIN    89-42         16-21 Division I
   Savannah St.       578.0 WIN    77-37         13-18 Division I
   Florida GulfCoast  565.8 WIN    67-37         10-21 Division I
   Sacramento St.     523.6 WIN    82-51          4-24 Division I

Games against teams within about 100 rating points are often the best indicators of a team's actual strength.

"Effect" ranges from "---", a game that caused a large decrease in the team rating, to "+++", a game that produced a large increase in rating.

Note that wins over very weak teams may actually hurt a team's rating (the opposite is true for losses to very good teams).