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The eBA System Applications - I

Edited: 04/04/05
Updated: 26/12/08

Our form of work to attach and edit all the data of a Basketball game at live time, is one of the central strategic technologies of this eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System success. Here you'll get the tips for its use. The template of the form is given on type Adobe Acrobat Document (PDF) at the Coach's Corner and the details in tracks of it's components are in The Form.
The sections and items of each components you'll find explained and discussed at the Formulas. The one-on-one discussion about the unique caption language developed by eBA to edit the data, is developed on PDF type too, and you'll need the Acrobat Reader 5.0 or plus, which you can download free and easily from the Coach's Corner. The RPI is one of the components of our form, so we are going to analyze in this article.

Analyzing the Ratings Percentage Index

by Jean Louis Trezeguet, Belgium - November 27, 2004 ~ Updated: December 26, 2008

The RPI is usually defined as the sum of 25 percent of a team's winning percentage (WP), 50 percent of the team's opponents' winning percentage (OWP), and 25 percent of the team's Opponents' Opponents' Winning Percentage (OOWP). Sometimes it is described as 25 percent winning percentage and 75 percent strength of schedule, with SOS defined as 2/3 × OWP + 1/3 × OOWP.  ......

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The Best Book Of Basketball Facts And Stats
By Marty Strasen

This book is a handy reference of detailed and up-to-date information. All twenty-eight NBA teams are covered from the four major divisions: Eastern Atlantic, Eastern Central, Western Midwest, and Western Pacific. Team facts include date of entry into the NBA, number of championships won, and a concise history of the club.

Profiles of the game's eighty greatest players are profiled and include such legends as: - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Larry Bird - Kobe Bryant - Wilt Chamberlain - Julius Erving - Patrick Ewing - Walt Frazier - Michael Jordan - Karl Malone - Hakeem Olajuwon - Shaquille O'Neal - Dennis Rodman - Bill Russell.

A section on Basketball's renowned coaches features Red Auerbach, Phil Jackson, K.C. Jones, Don Kundla, Dick Motta, Don Nelson, Jack Ramsay, Pat Riley, Jerry Sloan and Lenny Wilkens. Basketball's most memorable games are described from 1947 to the 2003 league championship, including the 1992 Olympic Dream Team.

The final third of the book contains detailed player and team statistics that cover: - Career regular season - Career playoffs - Individual single season - Final standings - NBA finals results - All-Star Game results - Hall of Fame inductees - NBA awards.

About the Author
Marty Strasen is the sports producer for Tampa Bay Online (TBO.com) and writes regularly for The Tampa Tribune. He has co-authored the Michael Jordan Scrapbook and Basketball Almanac and is a former assistant editor of Basketball Weekly and Football News. He is a 1989 graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

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• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd; Revised edition (October 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155297877X
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces.

To Be Continued with "Basketball Analysis Formulas II"
and Updated at the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System - The Project.
All the terminology is analyzed at the Global Basketball Directory

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