NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 14-16
Power Rating: 78.916
Ranking: 112

0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-8 v #51-100
9-6 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (12-2): 85.525 (39) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 9-0 85.099 Non-League Ratings: 3-2 78.853 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 87.791

Away Ratings (2-11): 73.587 (175)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 1-8 77.931
Non-League Ratings: 1-3 74.478
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 78.252

Neutral Ratings (0-3): 70.634 (192) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-1 74.572 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 78.322 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 74.572

League Ratings (10-9): 80.242 (98)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-5 v #51-100
6-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 9-0 85.099
Away Ratings: 1-8 77.931
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 74.572
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 81.037

Non-League Ratings (4-7): 75.736 (157) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 3-2 78.853 Away Ratings: 1-3 74.478 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 78.322 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 78.916

Wins Ratings: 79.113 (118)
0-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-7 v #51-100
9-6 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 12-2 87.750
Away Ratings: 2-11 71.546
Neutral Ratings: 0-3 62.613
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 79.089

Points Ratings: 78.783 (103) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-8 v #51-100 9-6 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 12-2 82.705 Away Ratings: 2-11 75.826 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 75.298 League Ratings: 10-9 79.654 Non-League Ratings: 4-7 76.650 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 79.746

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 79.345 (109)
0-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 4-0 87.791
Away Ratings: 0-5 78.252
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 74.572
League Ratings: 4-6 81.037
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 78.916

Home Advantage: 16.514 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0632 (131)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1960 (115)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3394 (105)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4749 (97)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6463 (82)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8910 (32)

Upward Stability: 3.7122 (8)

Downward Stability: 3.6005 (35)

RPI
RPI: 0.5259 (112)
0-1 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
3-6 v #51-100
8-4 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-318

RPI Home (12-2): 0.6330 (16) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (2-11): 0.4283 (211)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (0-3): 0.4489 (211) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (10-9): 0.5356 (96)
0-0 v #1-25
3-4 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
4-2 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (4-7): 0.5091 (142) 0-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5456 (56)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 68-59	vs. #129 South Alabama
11/22/1999	Home	L 62-72	vs. #19 Illinois
11/27/1999	Away	L 45-52	vs. #182 Loyola Chi
12/1/1999	Away	W 79-75	vs. #273 Western Ill
12/4/1999	Home	W 89-73	vs. #180 Georgia St
12/8/1999	Home	W 75-65	vs. #103 Geo Washington
12/16/1999	Away	L 64-78	vs. #31 Auburn
12/19/1999	Away	L 63-75	vs. #168 Drake
12/22/1999	Home	L 60-65	vs. #80 SE Missouri St
12/27/1999	Away	L 63-67	vs. #105 Hawaii
12/29/1999	Neut	L 62-63	vs. #62 Villanova
12/30/1999	Neut	L 52-63	vs. #63 Ohio
1/5/2000	Away	W 75-64	vs. #159 Wichita St
1/8/2000	Home	W 62-51	vs. #64 Indiana St
1/12/2000	Away	L 46-50	vs. #140 Northern Iowa
1/15/2000	Home	W 61-58	vs. #120 Evansville
1/19/2000	Home	W 77-64	vs. #159 Wichita St
1/22/2000	Away	L 59-72	vs. #67 Southern Ill
1/26/2000	Home	W 71-68	vs. #173 Illinois St
1/30/2000	Home	W 70-57	vs. #57 SW Missouri St
2/2/2000	Away	L 79-85	vs. #120 Evansville
2/5/2000	Home	W 80-39	vs. #140 Northern Iowa
2/8/2000	Away	L 74-75	vs. #173 Illinois St
2/13/2000	Away	L 56-73	vs. #56 Creighton
2/16/2000	Home	W 55-40	vs. #168 Drake
2/19/2000	Away	L 61-69	vs. #57 SW Missouri St
2/23/2000	Home	W 73-65	vs. #56 Creighton
2/26/2000	Home	W 71-63	vs. #67 Southern Ill
2/28/2000	Away	L 54-56	vs. #64 Indiana St
3/4/2000	Neut	L 62-71	vs. #56 Creighton

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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