Butler (12-11)


Butler's opponents in order of rating:
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Indiana            757.6 LOSS   59-75         16- 5 Division I
   Gonzaga            755.2 LOSS   55-71         17- 3 Division I
   Louisville         750.3 LOSS   53-69         17- 5 Division I
   Xavier             715.8 LOSS   61-73         14- 7 Division I
   Cleveland St.      714.1 LOSS   69-76         18- 4 Division I
   Wis.-Milwaukee     675.9 LOSS   42-53         14- 9 Division I
   Valparaiso         675.7 LOSS   71-77         15- 8 Division I
   Evansville         666.1 LOSS   77-80         10-10 Division I
   Wis.-Green Bay     647.6 LOSS   68-80          9-12 Division I
   Detroit            645.2 LOSS   65-76         12-11 Division I
   Ball St.           639.6 LOSS   55-58         12- 7 Division I
>> Butler             666.1 <<                   12-11 Division I
   Purdue             729.3 WIN    67-65   ++    15- 7 Division I
   Stanford           717.1 WIN    71-66   ++    15- 5 Division I
   Wis.-Milwaukee     675.9 WIN    54-50   ++    14- 9 Division I
   Wis.-Green Bay     647.6 WIN    53-49    +     9-12 Division I
   Youngstown St.     645.9 WIN    71-55    +    11- 9 Division I
   Wright State       639.3 WIN    63-62    +    11-12 Division I
   Savannah St.       618.0 WIN    57-42    +    11-10 Division I
   Gardner-Webb       591.4 WIN    68-66    +    10-13 Division I
   Illinois Chicago   589.6 WIN    57-49    +     6-15 Division I
   Tn.-Chattanooga    586.8 WIN    57-46    +     9-14 Division I
   Loyola (Chicago)   575.7 WIN    63-57          5-16 Division I
   Oakland City       441.5 WIN    98-53   --    13- 6 Division II

Games against teams within about 100 rating points are often the best indicators of a team's actual strength.

"Effect" ranges from "---", a game that caused a large decrease in the team rating, to "+++", a game that produced a large increase in rating.

Note that wins over very weak teams may actually hurt a team's rating (the opposite is true for losses to very good teams).