NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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AUBURN
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-10
Power Rating: 86.596
Ranking: 31

2-6 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (16-1): 88.374 (24) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 86.503 Non-League Ratings: 9-0 81.253 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 82.690

Away Ratings (2-6): 82.405 (69)
0-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 2-6 83.428
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 86.596
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 78.549

Neutral Ratings (5-3): 89.010 (23) 1-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 2-1 87.753 Non-League Ratings: 3-2 86.987 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 86.128

League Ratings (11-8): 85.946 (38)
2-4 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 86.503
Away Ratings: 2-6 83.428
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 87.753
Last Ten Ratings: 3-5 83.651

Non-League Ratings (12-2): 88.385 (28) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 9-0 81.253 Away Ratings: 0-0 86.596 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.987 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 83.799

Wins Ratings: 89.270 (30)
2-6 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 16-1 92.129
Away Ratings: 2-6 83.856
Neutral Ratings: 5-3 92.387
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 85.641

Points Ratings: 83.731 (36) 2-6 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 7-2 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 16-1 84.372 Away Ratings: 2-6 81.340 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 85.235 League Ratings: 11-8 83.897 Non-League Ratings: 12-2 83.243 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 81.928

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 83.819 (55)
1-5 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 1-1 82.690
Away Ratings: 0-3 78.549
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.128
League Ratings: 3-5 83.651
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 83.799

Home Advantage: 6.6896 (89)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1216 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2963 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4373 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5540 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6924 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8708 (68)

Upward Stability: 3.1961 (77)

Downward Stability: 3.6150 (34)

RPI
RPI: 0.5951 (27)
2-6 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (16-1): 0.6107 (29) 4-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (2-6): 0.5176 (69)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (5-3): 0.6395 (23) 1-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (11-8): 0.5820 (36)
2-4 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (12-2): 0.6130 (20) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5612 (32)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 65-59	vs. #114 Uab
11/21/1999	Home	W 100-44	vs. #313 Ark Pine Bluff
11/27/1999	Neut	L 58-67	vs. #5 Stanford
12/1/1999	Home	W 65-56	vs. #291 Belmont
12/5/1999	Home	W 55-54	vs. #110 Florida St
12/11/1999	Home	W 77-70	vs. #82 Pennsylvania
12/13/1999	Home	W 63-35	vs. #253 Coppin St
12/16/1999	Home	W 78-64	vs. #112 Bradley
12/21/1999	Neut	W 73-63	vs. #124 Virginia Tech
12/22/1999	Neut	W 87-76	vs. #30 Pepperdine
12/30/1999	Home	W 56-50	vs. #91 SO Mississippi
1/2/2000	Home	W 100-45	vs. #290 Stony Brook
1/8/2000	Home	W 67-52	vs. #142 Georgia
1/11/2000	Home	W 66-63	vs. #18 Kentucky
1/16/2000	Away	W 51-45	vs. #122 Mississippi St
1/19/2000	Home	W 65-61	vs. #72 South Carolina
1/22/2000	Away	L 77-79	vs. #84 Mississippi
1/25/2000	Away	L 76-105	vs. #21 Tennessee
1/29/2000	Home	W 73-57	vs. #122 Mississippi St
2/2/2000	Home	W 77-63	vs. #107 Alabama
2/5/2000	Home	W 73-55	vs. #50 Arkansas
2/9/2000	Away	L 68-83	vs. #14 LSU
2/16/2000	Away	W 86-80	vs. #42 Vanderbilt
2/19/2000	Home	W 75-72	vs. #84 Mississippi
2/22/2000	Away	L 64-68	vs. #107 Alabama
2/27/2000	Away	L 59-88	vs. #6 Florida
3/1/2000	Home	L 53-55	vs. #14 LSU
3/5/2000	Away	L 55-64	vs. #50 Arkansas
3/10/2000	Neut	W 78-70	vs. #6 Florida
3/11/2000	Neut	W 77-72	vs. #72 South Carolina
3/12/2000	Neut	L 67-75	vs. #50 Arkansas
3/16/2000	Neut	W 72-69	vs. #56 Creighton
3/18/2000	Neut	L 60-79	vs. #4 Iowa St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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