NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ARIZONA ST
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 17-12
Power Rating: 84.490
Ranking: 44

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

Home Ratings (11-3): 85.259 (44) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 6-3 83.544 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 90.208 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 85.013

Away Ratings (4-7): 83.970 (50)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 4-5 86.060
Non-League Ratings: 0-2 75.552
Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 86.646

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 83.818 (69) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-0 84.490 Non-League Ratings: 2-2 84.060 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 84.490

League Ratings (10-8): 85.038 (42)
0-4 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 6-3 83.544
Away Ratings: 4-5 86.060
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 84.490
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 85.724

Non-League Ratings (7-4): 83.240 (60) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-3 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 5-0 90.208 Away Ratings: 0-2 75.552 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 84.060 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 84.490

Wins Ratings: 85.953 (46)
0-5 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 11-3 86.437
Away Ratings: 4-7 85.808
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 85.171
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 87.730

Points Ratings: 83.027 (40) 0-5 v #1-25 3-4 v #26-50 4-3 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 11-3 83.769 Away Ratings: 4-7 82.433 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 82.542 League Ratings: 10-8 83.361 Non-League Ratings: 7-4 82.218 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 84.230

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 86.064 (42)
1-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-2 85.013
Away Ratings: 3-2 86.646
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 84.490
League Ratings: 6-4 85.724
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 84.490

Home Advantage: 5.3533 (121)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1169 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2883 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4348 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5549 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6914 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8798 (48)

Upward Stability: 3.0955 (104)

Downward Stability: 3.1818 (104)

RPI
RPI: 0.5555 (61)
0-5 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (11-3): 0.5840 (72) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (4-7): 0.5144 (76)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.5687 (81) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (10-8): 0.5588 (58)
0-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (7-4): 0.5500 (76) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5453 (59)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/1999	Home	W 79-57	vs. #150 Portland St
11/25/1999	Neut	L 71-88	vs. #13 Texas
11/27/1999	Neut	L 64-70	vs. #53 Virginia
12/1/1999	Home	W 72-57	vs. #94 Colorado St
12/4/1999	Home	W 74-56	vs. #312 Morgan St
12/7/1999	Away	L 67-78	vs. #69 BYU
12/18/1999	Home	W 99-85	vs. #278 San Diego St
12/21/1999	Home	W 74-55	vs. #76 Santa Clara
12/28/1999	Neut	W 80-55	vs. #198 Bucknell
12/29/1999	Neut	W 93-85	vs. #54 Penn St
1/6/2000	Away	L 67-86	vs. #5 Stanford
1/8/2000	Away	W 111-108	vs. #78 California
1/13/2000	Home	W 90-80	vs. #146 Washington
1/15/2000	Home	W 81-64	vs. #219 Washington St
1/20/2000	Away	L 92-95	vs. #60 USC
1/22/2000	Away	L 77-83	vs. #29 UCLA
1/26/2000	Home	L 55-82	vs. #10 Arizona
1/29/2000	Away	L 68-79	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
2/3/2000	Home	W 75-64	vs. #115 Oregon St
2/5/2000	Home	L 73-86	vs. #28 Oregon
2/10/2000	Away	W 81-79	vs. #219 Washington St
2/12/2000	Away	W 81-67	vs. #146 Washington
2/17/2000	Home	W 104-75	vs. #29 UCLA
2/19/2000	Home	W 93-81	vs. #60 USC
2/26/2000	Away	L 82-89	vs. #10 Arizona
3/2/2000	Away	L 74-76	vs. #28 Oregon
3/4/2000	Away	W 77-74	vs. #115 Oregon St
3/9/2000	Home	W 85-76	vs. #78 California
3/11/2000	Home	L 57-65	vs. #5 Stanford

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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