<div class="quote_poster">durvasa Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I see. I don't understand what power rankings are describing. Is it performane from the beginning of the season up to that point, what they've done in the last week, or how well we can expect them to play in the near future (based on what they've been doing, injuries, etc.)?</div> There's no rhyme or reason to them, which is why I don't really pay attention to power rankings. I like to read the justifications they come up with, but overall I prefer Sagarin's ratings and the True NBA Standings, which I've been updating each Thursday. I'm also not a big fan of point differential. More often than not the final score doesn't give you a true indication of how a game played out.
<div class="quote_poster">shapecity Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">There's no rhyme or reason to them, which is why I don't really pay attention to power rankings. I like to read the justifications they come up with, but overall I prefer Sagarin's ratings and the True NBA Standings, which I've been updating each Thursday. I'm also not a big fan of point differential. More often than not the final score doesn't give you a true indication of how a game played out.</div> On an individual game basis, you could be right. But over the span of many games, I think point-differential is a very good indicator of how good a team is. Better than W-L record, imo.
