NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ARIZONA
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-7
Power Rating: 91.123
Ranking: 10

5-3 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (17-1): 93.068 (8) 2-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 9-0 88.693 Non-League Ratings: 8-1 90.623 Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 90.982

Away Ratings (7-4): 91.213 (11)
2-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 6-3 91.096
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 91.529
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 84.982

Neutral Ratings (3-2): 87.889 (31) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-0 91.123 Non-League Ratings: 3-2 88.826 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 84.670

League Ratings (15-3): 92.131 (9)
2-0 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 9-0 88.693
Away Ratings: 6-3 91.096
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 91.123
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 88.678

Non-League Ratings (12-4): 89.666 (21) 3-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-1 90.623 Away Ratings: 1-1 91.529 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 88.826 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 84.670

Wins Ratings: 94.053 (9)
5-3 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 17-1 97.654
Away Ratings: 7-4 94.232
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 89.623
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 89.381

Points Ratings: 88.123 (11) 5-3 v #1-25 6-2 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 7-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 17-1 88.639 Away Ratings: 7-4 88.400 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.369 League Ratings: 15-3 88.340 Non-League Ratings: 12-4 87.732 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 86.486

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 87.979 (30)
1-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 5-0 90.982
Away Ratings: 1-2 84.982
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 84.670
League Ratings: 6-2 88.678
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 84.670

Home Advantage: 6.9179 (80)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1204 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2954 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4328 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5492 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6888 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8946 (29)

Upward Stability: 2.6326 (231)

Downward Stability: 3.3414 (73)

RPI
RPI: 0.6264 (7)
5-3 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (17-1): 0.6509 (8) 1-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (7-4): 0.5964 (9)
1-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.6041 (50) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (15-3): 0.6234 (12)
2-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (12-4): 0.6298 (8) 4-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5705 (16)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/1999	Home	W 88-69	vs. #158 Kansas St
11/19/1999	Home	W 84-60	vs. #75 New Mexico St
11/24/1999	Neut	W 76-60	vs. #61 Notre Dame
11/26/1999	Neut	W 63-51	vs. #18 Kentucky
12/1/1999	Home	W 86-62	vs. #69 BYU
12/4/1999	Away	W 88-81	vs. #13 Texas
12/7/1999	Neut	L 69-78	vs. #23 Connecticut
12/11/1999	Home	W 79-68	vs. #1 Michigan St
12/13/1999	Home	W 70-41	vs. #260 Iupui
12/18/1999	Home	W 80-59	vs. #157 Nebraska
12/21/1999	Home	L 68-70	vs. #109 New Mexico
12/28/1999	Home	W 66-51	vs. #132 NC Wilmington
12/30/1999	Home	W 89-77	vs. #136 Delaware
1/6/2000	Away	W 65-61	vs. #78 California
1/8/2000	Away	W 68-65	vs. #5 Stanford
1/13/2000	Home	W 80-75	vs. #219 Washington St
1/15/2000	Home	W 69-62	vs. #146 Washington
1/20/2000	Away	W 76-61	vs. #29 UCLA
1/22/2000	Away	L 72-80	vs. #60 USC
1/26/2000	Away	W 82-55	vs. #44 Arizona St
1/29/2000	Away	L 60-86	vs. #14 LSU
2/3/2000	Home	W 77-71	vs. #28 Oregon
2/5/2000	Home	W 90-73	vs. #115 Oregon St
2/10/2000	Away	W 65-56	vs. #146 Washington
2/12/2000	Away	W 73-50	vs. #219 Washington St
2/17/2000	Home	W 92-85	vs. #60 USC
2/19/2000	Home	W 99-84	vs. #29 UCLA
2/26/2000	Home	W 89-82	vs. #44 Arizona St
3/2/2000	Away	L 69-70	vs. #115 Oregon St
3/4/2000	Away	L 81-86	vs. #28 Oregon
3/9/2000	Home	W 86-81	vs. #5 Stanford
3/11/2000	Home	W 70-61	vs. #78 California
3/16/2000	Neut	W 71-47	vs. #241 Jackson St
3/18/2000	Neut	L 59-66	vs. #17 Wisconsin

FUTURE GAMES

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