Calculation for West Virginia (26-11)


West Virginia's opponents in order of rating:
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Tennessee          776.7 LOSS   72-74    -    31- 5 Division I
   Georgetown         758.0 LOSS   57-58    -    28- 6 Division I
   Georgetown         758.0 LOSS   55-72    -    28- 6 Division I
   Xavier             748.6 LOSS   75-79    -    30- 7 Division I
   Louisville         747.3 LOSS   54-63    -    27- 9 Division I
   Notre Dame         737.1 LOSS   56-69    -    25- 8 Division I
   Pittsburgh         736.7 LOSS   54-55    -    27-10 Division I
   Connecticut        731.2 LOSS   71-79    -    24- 9 Division I
   Oklahoma           727.3 LOSS   82-88   --    23-12 Division I
   Villanova          712.8 LOSS   56-78   --    22-13 Division I
   Cincinnati         669.5 LOSS   39-62   --    13-19 Division I
>> West Virginia      730.7 <<                   26-11 Division I
   Duke               763.5 WIN    73-67   ++    28- 6 Division I
   Pittsburgh         736.7 WIN    76-62   ++    27-10 Division I
   Marquette          735.5 WIN    79-64   ++    25-10 Division I
   Connecticut        731.2 WIN    78-72   ++    24- 9 Division I
   Arizona            713.2 WIN    75-65    +    19-15 Division I
   Syracuse           708.4 WIN    81-61    +    21-14 Division I
   Providence         683.0 WIN    77-65    +    15-16 Division I
   Providence         683.0 WIN    80-53    +    15-16 Division I
   Providence         683.0 WIN    58-53    +    15-16 Division I
   Seton Hall         678.8 WIN    89-68    +    17-15 Division I
   Duquesne           663.8 WIN    92-68    +    17-13 Division I
   DePaul             660.7 WIN    85-73    +    11-19 Division I
   St. John's (NY)    655.7 WIN    73-64    +    11-19 Division I
   St. John's (NY)    655.7 WIN    83-74    +    11-19 Division I
   Auburn             654.5 WIN    88-59    +    14-16 Division I
   Winthrop           654.1 WIN    70-53    +    22-12 Division I
   MD-Baltimore       653.9 WIN    86-62    +    24- 9 Division I
   New Mexico St.     653.5 WIN    75-61    +    21-14 Division I
   South Florida      651.4 WIN    69-52    +    12-19 Division I
   Marshall           649.7 WIN    66-64    +    16-14 Division I
   Rutgers            634.0 WIN    81-63         11-20 Division I
   Radford            561.2 WIN    90-60         10-20 Division I
   Canisius           557.6 WIN    77-54          6-25 Division I
   Ark Monticello     550.8 WIN    81-53         17-12 Division II
   Prairie View       520.7 WIN   106-41          8-22 Division I
   MD Eastern Shore   509.3 WIN   110-44          4-29 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).