Olympic games (W) basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 2008-2009 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 USA (W) USA (W) 100.0 8 8 0 754 453 94.3 56.6 37.7 99.9
2 Australia (W) Australia (W) 87.5 8 7 1 658 513 82.3 64.1 18.2 97.0
3 Russia (W) Russia (W) 75.0 8 6 2 569 546 71.1 68.3 2.8 64.0
4 China (W) China (W) 62.5 8 5 3 572 592 71.5 74.0 -2.5 38.3
5 Spain (W) Spain (W) 50.0 6 3 3 422 408 70.3 68.0 2.3 61.5
6 Belarus (W) Belarus (W) 33.3 6 2 4 386 409 64.3 68.2 -3.9 30.9
7 Czech Republic (W) Czech Republic (W) 33.3 6 2 4 392 435 65.3 72.5 -7.2 19.0
8 Korea (W) Korea (W) 33.3 6 2 4 387 464 64.5 77.3 -12.8 7.4
9 Brazil (W) Brazil (W) 20.0 5 1 4 337 354 67.4 70.8 -3.4 33.5
10 Latvia (W) Latvia (W) 20.0 5 1 4 334 387 66.8 77.4 -10.6 11.4
11 New Zealand (W) New Zealand (W) 20.0 5 1 4 320 423 64.0 84.6 -20.6 2.0
12 Mali (W) Mali (W) 0.0 5 0 5 255 402 51.0 80.4 -29.4 0.2

Standings glossary

Stats abbreviations

  • Rk: rank
  • % Victory: number of win / number of games played
  • Gp: number of games played
  • Gw: number of games won
  • GL: number of games lost
  • Pts+: total number of points scored by the team
  • Pts-: total number of points scored by opposing teams
  • Pts+ /g: total number of points scored by the team per game
  • Pts- /g: total number of points scored by opposing teams per game
  • Diff: difference between points scored and received per game
  • Expected Winning %: through our basketball statistical database and the use of advanced stats, we are able to project a team’s win percentage which then allows us to project how many wins a team is expected to have. These projections are a unique way to understand whether a team has played better or worse than their record indicates.