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Hemotivo
01-12-2008, 08:54 AM
this?

Strength of Schedule - 2007-2008
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/stats/rpi?season=2008&sortColumn=sos


2007-08 NBA RPI Rankings
RNK TEAM RPI W L PCT SOS PWR PF PA Exp. W-L Exp. WP
1 Houston .526 19 17 .528 .526 null 3426 3373 20-16 .564
2 Toronto .522 18 17 .514 .525 null 3386 3334 20-15 .563
3 Memphis .461 10 25 .286 .519 null 3518 3665 12-23 .337
4 Utah .524 20 17 .541 .519 null 3876 3703 25-12 .680
5 LA Lakers .557 23 11 .676 .518 null 3656 3426 25-9 .745
6 Golden State .527 20 16 .556 .517 null 3896 3860 19-17 .538
7 Sacramento .484 14 20 .412 .509 null 3339 3434 13-21 .386
8 Portland .537 22 13 .629 .507 null 3392 3345 20-15 .557
9 Detroit .567 27 9 .750 .506 null 3563 3219 30-6 .842
10 Dallas .551 24 11 .686 .506 null 3542 3371 24-11 .693
11 Cleveland .504 18 18 .500 .506 null 3424 3522 14-22 .386
12 Chicago .475 13 20 .394 .502 null 3103 3216 12-21 .357
13 Boston .594 29 4 .879 .499 null 3290 2887 30-3 .896
14 LA Clippers .451 10 22 .313 .497 null 2962 3133 9-23 .284
15 San Antonio .542 23 11 .676 .497 null 3332 3141 25-9 .726
16 Indiana .480 16 21 .432 .495 null 3808 3873 16-21 .431
17 Philadelphia .468 14 22 .389 .495 null 3360 3450 14-22 .393
18 Atlanta .495 16 16 .500 .494 null 3029 3064 14-18 .453
19 New York .436 9 25 .265 .494 null 3198 3466 7-27 .210
20 New Orleans .535 23 12 .657 .494 null 3403 3287 22-13 .639
21 Orlando .525 23 14 .622 .493 null 3832 3710 23-14 .630
22 Minnesota .406 5 29 .147 .493 null 3169 3467 6-28 .185
23 New Jersey .497 18 17 .514 .491 null 3280 3421 12-23 .333
24 Miami .424 8 28 .222 .491 null 3379 3579 10-26 .279
25 Denver .521 21 13 .618 .489 null 3630 3524 21-13 .620
26 Seattle .430 9 26 .257 .487 null 3392 3641 8-27 .237
27 Charlotte .459 13 21 .382 .485 null 3206 3348 11-23 .328
28 Milwaukee .470 15 20 .429 .484 null 3306 3500 10-25 .281
29 Phoenix .535 25 11 .694 .482 null 3959 3774 25-11 .688
30 Washington .488 17 16 .515 .479 null 3293 3216 20-13 .596

thanks :reading

Bruno
01-12-2008, 09:28 AM
Strength of schedule is the average winning percentage of opponents played.

A team with a .520 SOS has had a stronger schedule than a team with a .480 SOS.

It's far from being prefect because it doesn't include things like number of home/road games played or number of b2b played.

Hemotivo
01-12-2008, 10:21 AM
ok, thank you Bruno

i never saw this before