British Basketball Playoffs basketball (UK-1 PO)

Standings for 2008-2009 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Newcastle Eagles Newcastle Eagles 100.0 3 3 0 268 238 89.3 79.3 10.0 83.9
2 Mersey Tigers Mersey Tigers 66.7 3 2 1 249 216 83.0 72.0 11.0 87.8
3 Plymouth Raiders Plymouth Raiders 50.0 2 1 1 160 174 80.0 87.0 -7.0 23.7
4 Leicester Riders Leicester Riders 50.0 2 1 1 137 152 68.5 76.0 -7.5 19.1
5 Sheffield Sharks Sheffield Sharks 0.0 1 0 1 71 72 71.0 72.0 -1.0 45.2
6 Cheshire Phoenix Cheshire Phoenix 0.0 1 0 1 83 88 83.0 88.0 -5.0 30.7
7 Surrey Scorchers Surrey Scorchers 0.0 1 0 1 81 89 81.0 89.0 -8.0 21.2
8 Caledonia Gladiators (M) Caledonia Gladiators (M) 0.0 1 0 1 64 84 64.0 84.0 -20.0 2.2

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.