Here are power ratings for 2012 Olympics. So USA was 30 points better than average,China 20 points worse than average, .etc. NFL ratings will be up in two weeks
| Team | Rating |
| USA | 30.08 |
| Brazil | 8.03 |
| Spain | 7.53 |
| Russia | 6.69 |
| Australia | 5.40 |
| Argentina | 4.46 |
| France | -0.74 |
| Lithuania | -1.44 |
| Great Britain | -3.55 |
| Tunisia | -15.78 |
| Nigeria | -20.28 |
| China | -20.38 |
It’s nice to see a basketball post. I’m having withdrawal symptoms.
Comment by lovethoseknicks — September 13, 2012 @ 7:09 pm
Great post. Out of interest did the Olympic Basketball tournament have enough games to provide enough data to get a meaningful model or did you use other techniques to avoid ovefitting (sorry - I’m not quite sure if I’ve got the last term right).
Comment by George — September 19, 2012 @ 5:39 pm