Robert's Rankings
Professional Basketball 2001-2002
Introduction
Coll. Men's Basketball
Coll. Women's Basketball
Coll. Football
Pro Basketball
Pro Football
Pro Baseball
Pro Hockey
Number of Teams: 29
Number of Games: 1242
Number of Upsets: 415 (33.4%)
Grouping Factor: 0.127275
Empirical Probability of Future Upsets
Chance of Upset
50%
35%
25%
15%
10%
5%
2%
Quality Factor Difference
0
0.2806
0.498
0.786
0.996
1.335
1.764
Rank
Name
Record
Strength of Schedule
Quality Factor
Previous
1
LA Lakers
72 - 28
1
1.44999
1
2
Sacramento
71 - 27
2
1.4265
2
3
Dallas
60 - 28
4
1.30794
3
4
San Antonio
61 - 29
8
1.30705
4
5
New Jersey
62 - 39
15
1.16481
5
6
Portland
49 - 35
12
1.14042
6
7
Minnesota
49 - 35
11
1.13696
7
8
Boston
57 - 40
17
1.11885
8
9
Detroit
53 - 37
26
1.09607
9
10
Seattle
44 - 39
7
1.06472
10
11
Utah
45 - 40
5
1.04529
11
12
Philadelphia
44 - 41
21
1.01109
12
13
Orlando
45 - 40
25
1.00431
13
14
Charlotte
47 - 43
19
1.00114
14
15
Toronto
43 - 43
20
0.975859
15
16
Indiana
42 - 43
16
0.970655
16
17
LA Clippers
39 - 43
13
0.959232
18
18
Milwaukee
40 - 41
29
0.958946
17
19
Phoenix
34 - 44
14
0.918025
19
20
Washington
37 - 45
23
0.898394
20
21
Miami
36 - 45
28
0.890414
21
22
Atlanta
34 - 47
27
0.850093
22
23
New York
30 - 51
24
0.809008
23
24
Houston
28 - 54
9
0.80007
24
25
Cleveland
29 - 52
22
0.790967
25
26
Denver
27 - 54
10
0.780942
26
27
Memphis
22 - 59
6
0.721097
27
28
Golden State
21 - 60
3
0.716315
28
29
Chicago
21 - 60
18
0.684849
29
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