NBA Rankings through 3/7/2010

The computer's NBA ratings and rankings have been updated on the web-site through games played Sunday the 7th.

Cleveland remains a clear #1 but now over Utah as the Lakers slides drops them all the way to #4.  Orland breaks into the top-3 for the first time in 12 weeks.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	Cleveland	89.433	49-15	83.468	+0, -0.233
2	Utah	88.752	40-22	83.766	+1, +0.308
3	Orlando	88.336	44-20	83.609	+1, +0.494
4	LA Lakers	88.101	46-18	83.666	-2, -0.384
5	Denver	87.406	42-21	83.606	+1, +0.398
6	Oklahoma City	87.135	38-24	83.822	-1, -0.242
7	Phoenix	86.720	40-25	83.773	+0, +0.429
8	San Antonio	86.610	36-24	83.418	+1, +0.849
9	Atlanta	86.301	40-22	83.526	-1, +0.495
10	Dallas	86.070	43-21	84.074	+0, +0.376
11	Milwaukee	85.884	33-29	83.543	+1, +0.756
12	Portland	85.797	37-28	83.832	-1, +0.431
13	Boston	85.618	40-21	83.535	+0, +0.765
14	Charlotte	84.692	30-31	83.975	+0, -0.031
15	Miami	84.650	32-31	84.102	+0, +0.267
16	Memphis	83.393	32-31	83.832	+2, +0.019
17	Houston	83.142	31-31	84.276	+3, +0.331
18	Chicago	83.041	31-31	83.535	-2, -1.276
19	New Orleans	82.679	31-32	83.864	-2, -0.776
20	Toronto	82.234	32-29	83.502	-1, -1.008
21	Philadelphia	81.814	23-39	83.796	+0, -0.445
22	Indiana	80.427	20-43	83.980	+0, -0.525
23	Washington	80.222	21-39	83.409	+0, -0.380
24	Golden State	80.165	17-45	84.159	+1, -0.013
25	LA Clippers	79.987	25-38	83.950	-1, -0.387
26	Sacramento	79.934	21-42	84.346	+2, +0.480
27	Detroit	79.574	22-41	83.675	-1, -0.366
28	New York	79.311	21-41	83.017	-1, -0.525
29	Minnesota	78.362	14-49	83.995	+0, -0.236
30	New Jersey	76.756	7-55	83.955	+0, +0.691

NBA Rankings through 2/28/2010

The computer's NBA ratings and rankings have been updated on the web-site through games played Sunday the 28th.

Cleveland remains a clear #1 with the Lakers and Utah continuing their weekly flip-flop (4th week in a row they've swapped places).  Boston falls to their lowest ranking of the season at #13 going only 10-12 the past 7 weeks.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	Cleveland	89.666	46-14	83.674	+0, +0.715
2	LA Lakers	88.485	45-15	83.412	+1, -0.089
3	Utah	88.444	38-21	83.668	-1, -0.388
4	Orlando	87.842	40-20	83.769	+0, +0.297
5	Oklahoma City	87.377	35-23	83.780	+0, -0.126
6	Denver	87.008	39-20	83.621	+0, +0.061
7	Phoenix	86.291	37-24	83.868	+2, +0.511
8	Atlanta	85.806	37-21	83.609	+0, -0.329
9	San Antonio	85.761	33-24	83.394	+1, +0.082
10	Dallas	85.694	39-21	84.216	+2, +0.732
11	Portland	85.366	35-27	83.725	+4, +0.803
12	Milwaukee	85.128	30-29	83.722	+6, +1.533
13	Boston	84.853	36-21	83.731	-6, -1.491
14	Charlotte	84.723	28-29	84.003	+0, +0.116
15	Miami	84.383	29-31	84.248	-4, -1.285
16	Chicago	84.317	31-28	83.657	-3, -0.524
17	New Orleans	83.455	31-29	83.797	+0, -0.233
18	Memphis	83.374	30-29	83.763	+2, +0.362
19	Toronto	83.242	31-27	83.621	-3, -0.879
20	Houston	82.811	29-29	84.501	-1, -0.414
21	Philadelphia	82.259	22-36	83.673	+0, +0.204
22	Indiana	80.952	20-39	83.556	+0, +0.150
23	Washington	80.602	21-36	83.231	+0, -0.184
24	LA Clippers	80.374	24-35	83.816	+1, +0.057
25	Golden State	80.178	17-41	83.684	-1, -0.457
26	Detroit	79.940	21-38	83.662	+2, +0.527
27	New York	79.836	20-38	83.141	-1, -0.328
28	Sacramento	79.454	20-39	84.102	-1, -0.091
29	Minnesota	78.598	14-47	83.959	+0, +0.285
30	New Jersey	76.065	6-53	83.967	+0, +0.636

NBA and College Basketball Rankings through 2/21/2010

The NBA and College basketball ratings and rankings have been updated on the web-site through games played Sunday the 21st.

NBA and College Basketball Rankings through 2/7/2010

The NBA and College basketball ratings and rankings have been updated on the web-site through games played Sunday the 7th.

In the NBA, the top-3 are the same, but Utah swaps spots with the Lakers.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	Cleveland	90.414	41-11	83.521	+0, +0.169
2	Utah	88.472	31-18	83.598	+1, +0.538
3	LA Lakers	88.296	39-13	83.346	-1, -0.313
4	Orlando	87.437	34-17	83.673	+1, +0.001
5	Denver	87.223	34-17	83.541	-1, -0.411
6	Oklahoma City	86.862	29-21	83.902	+1, +0.445
7	Atlanta	86.424	32-17	83.614	-1, -0.124
8	San Antonio	86.191	29-20	82.893	+1, +0.265
9	Phoenix	85.764	31-21	84.043	+6, +1.121
10	Boston	85.678	32-17	83.494	-2, -0.321
11	Portland	85.070	30-23	83.826	+0, -0.222
12	Charlotte	85.058	24-25	84.031	-2, -0.794
13	Dallas	84.357	31-19	84.135	-1, -0.760
14	Milwaukee	84.214	23-26	83.862	+6, +0.785
15	Houston	84.186	27-23	84.249	+4, +0.378
16	Toronto	84.101	28-23	83.732	+0, -0.538
17	Miami	83.884	24-27	84.242	-3, -0.789
18	Memphis	83.879	26-24	84.005	-5, -0.929
19	Chicago	83.768	24-25	84.121	-2, -0.702
20	New Orleans	83.437	27-24	83.575	-2, -0.663
21	Philadelphia	82.426	19-31	83.421	+1, +1.099
22	LA Clippers	81.633	21-29	84.048	-1, +0.200
23	New York	81.075	19-31	83.090	+0, +0.291
24	Indiana	80.533	18-33	83.444	+3, +0.846
25	Washington	79.885	17-32	83.505	+1, -0.174
26	Sacramento	79.786	16-34	84.316	-1, -0.312
27	Golden State	79.611	13-36	84.156	-3, -0.574
28	Minnesota	79.509	13-38	83.862	+1, +1.112
29	Detroit	78.427	17-32	83.605	-1, -0.410
30	New Jersey	74.842	4-46	84.197	+0, +0.181

The college top-25 is listed below and show the top-3 staying the same but WVU and Wisconsin making the big leaps up to #4 and #7 respectively.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	Kansas	95.341	22-1	79.714	+0, -0.919
2	Syracuse	94.993	23-1	79.554	+0, +0.697
3	Duke	93.883	19-4	81.081	+0, -0.061
4	West Virginia	92.610	19-3	82.086	+7, +1.486
5	Kansas St	92.244	18-4	81.926	+0, +0.274
6	Villanova	91.973	20-2	80.641	-2, -1.273
7	Wisconsin	91.550	18-5	81.539	+6, +1.320
8	Kentucky	91.463	22-1	78.560	-1, +0.213
9	Purdue	91.090	19-3	80.112	+1, -0.096
10	Baylor	90.727	16-5	79.236	-1, -0.463
11	Texas	90.391	19-4	79.524	+1, -0.510
12	Georgetown DC	90.337	17-5	81.900	-4, -0.871
13	Brigham Young	90.321	21-3	78.098	-7, -1.044
14	Marquette	89.671	15-8	79.708	+0, -0.538
15	Missouri	89.493	17-6	77.979	+2, -0.146
16	Ohio State	89.466	18-6	78.730	+0, -0.249
17	Maryland	89.156	15-6	78.909	+4, +0.863
18	Michigan St	88.725	19-5	80.402	-3, -1.084
19	Gonzaga	88.560	18-4	79.987	+16, +1.638
20	California	88.436	15-8	82.062	+3, +0.174
21	Louisville	88.143	15-8	80.153	+5, +0.460
22	UNLV	87.978	18-4	79.668	+18, +1.514
23	St Mary's CA	87.961	20-3	77.191	-2, -0.332
24	Georgia Tech	87.854	16-6	80.247	-6, -1.145
25	Tennessee	87.714	18-4	79.271	+4, +0.261

NBA and College Basketball Rankings through 1/31/2010

The NBA and College basketball ratings and rankings have been updated on the web-site through games played Sunday the 31st.

In the NBA, the top-3 remain the same with Cleveland, the Lakers, and Utah, and only Denver moving past Orlando is the only change in the top-7.  All these teams are close though so a loss or big win here and there can cause movement.

In College, Kansas remains #1 and Syracuse moves to #2.  Duke goes 1-1 during the week and drops to #3, Villanova stays at #4, and KState moves up 2 spots to #5 dropping BYU who had a loss to #6.

NBA and College Basketball Rankings through 1/24/2010

The NBA and College basketball ratings and rankings have been updated on the web-site through games played yesterday.

In the NBA, Cleveland remains #1 and the Lakers #2 but there is jostling behind them with Utah, Orlando, and Denver moving up at Atlanta, Boston, and San Antonio's expense.  All these teams are close though so a loss or big win here and there can cause movement.

In College, Kansas moves to #1 as Duke's loss drops them to #2.  Texas' second loss drops them to #6 and Kentucky still isn't getting credit from the computer for being undefeated moving up only to #10.

NBA and College Basketball Rankings through 1/17/2010

The NBA and College basketball ratings and rankings have been updated on the web-site through games played yesterday.

In the NBA, Cleveland remains #1 by a healthy margin over a new #2 in the Lakers.  The Lakers move up not so much because they had a great week but because Boston went 1-2 and fell.  The next 5 in San Antonio, Atlanta, Utah, Orlando, and Denver are very close behind, the 7 spots behind Cleveland all being covered by less than 1 rating point.

In College, Duke remains #1 by over 2 ratings points with Kansas and Texas very close behind.  Why isn't Texas, or even Kentucky rated higher given they are undefeated?  It is helpful to look at the performance charts for this, so here is Duke, Texas, and Kentucky for comparison.

While Duke has losses, they also have more highs than Texas or Kentucky.  Duke has 5 games scoring over 100 ratings points (Charlotte, Gonzaga, Clemson, Iowa St, and Wake Forest) while Texas has only 2 (Pitt and USC) and Kentucky just 1 (Florida).  And even in their 2 losses Duke scored 91 and 88 ratings points, while Texas has 4 wins that scored under 90 ratings points (Rice, Gardner-Webb, TAMU-Corpus Christi, and Texas A&M) and Kentucky has 8 such games.

In the end, the computer thinks Duke is better than Texas and Kentucky even though they have 2 losses and the others are undefeated.

NBA Rankings Through January 3rd

I've updated the NBA rankings on the Schmidt Computer Ratings website through yesterday's games.

The top 3 stay the same but Cleveland, Boston, and the Lakers are all within about 1.5 ratings points so they are close.  Orlando and San Antonio move up a bit this week and are nipping at the heels of the Lakers.

I haven't spent the time to try to track the spreads for all the games and tune the computer to maximize the performance there, but am starting to and in the games I tracked last week the computer went 5-2 against the spread.  The picks for tonight's games are:

• Miami +1.5 over Atlanta
• Ok City +2.5 over Chicago
• New Orleans +8 over Utah
• Portland +4 over the Clippers

While it is picking underdogs in each of these games, 5 of the 7 last week it picked favorites.

Enjoy

Week 9 NBA Ratings/Rankings

If you read my earlier entry, you saw I've started posting college basketball ratings and rankings, and as you might expect I'm doing it for the NBA too.

Here are the current ratings/rankings through the 27th of December.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	Boston	94.498	23-6	85.081	+1, -0.030
2	Cleveland	94.052	24-8	86.474	+4, +2.264
3	LA Lakers	93.671	24-5	85.141	-2, -1.000
4	Atlanta	93.410	21-8	86.029	-1, -0.364
5	Orlando	92.691	22-8	86.458	-1, +0.043
6	Dallas	91.912	22-9	86.734	-1, +0.060
7	Denver	91.035	20-11	85.701	+1, -0.121
8	Portland	90.709	20-12	86.876	+3, +1.088
9	Phoenix	90.682	19-12	87.476	-2, -0.967
9	San Antonio	90.682	17-11	85.926	+1, +0.473
11	Houston	89.894	18-13	88.619	-2, -0.848
12	Oklahoma City	89.423	15-14	88.251	+1, +0.377
13	Utah	89.392	17-13	86.965	-1, -0.062
14	Miami	88.305	16-12	86.473	+0, +1.460
15	Toronto	85.456	15-17	87.275	+6, +0.960
16	Memphis	85.272	13-16	87.183	+2, +0.316
17	Charlotte	85.236	11-17	86.615	+0, +0.274
18	Milwaukee	85.054	12-16	85.857	-3, -0.965
19	Sacramento	84.609	13-16	86.239	+1, -0.172
20	New Orleans	84.307	13-15	87.142	-1, -0.505
21	Detroit	83.755	11-19	87.725	-5, -1.564
22	Washington	83.200	10-18	86.679	+2, +0.364
23	LA Clippers	83.090	13-17	86.260	-1, -0.373
24	New York	83.014	11-19	86.224	-1, -0.269
25	Chicago	82.190	11-17	87.617	+1, +0.063
26	Philadelphia	81.633	7-22	87.443	-1, -0.645
27	Golden State	81.625	8-21	87.284	+1, -0.045
28	Indiana	81.187	9-20	86.783	-1, -0.626
29	Minnesota	77.918	7-24	87.237	+0, +0.640
30	New Jersey	74.051	2-28	87.302	+0, -0.201