NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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BOWLING GREEN
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-7
Power Rating: 84.595
Ranking: 43

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

Home Ratings (11-0): 91.407 (15) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 9-0 86.470 Non-League Ratings: 2-0 76.907 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 84.814

Away Ratings (10-6): 83.603 (55)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 5-4 81.946
Non-League Ratings: 5-2 81.384
Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 85.603

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 71.782 (179) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-1 78.939 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 84.595 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 78.939

League Ratings (14-5): 85.204 (41)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 9-0 86.470
Away Ratings: 5-4 81.946
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.939
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 84.525

Non-League Ratings (7-2): 82.845 (62) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 2-0 76.907 Away Ratings: 5-2 81.384 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 84.595 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 84.595

Wins Ratings: 87.341 (37)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 11-0 100.81
Away Ratings: 10-6 86.786
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 61.091
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 89.263

Points Ratings: 81.739 (59) 0-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 7-2 v #51-100 8-3 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 11-0 85.798 Away Ratings: 10-6 80.302 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.161 League Ratings: 14-5 82.220 Non-League Ratings: 7-2 80.419 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 82.943

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 86.193 (41)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 4-0 84.814
Away Ratings: 3-2 85.603
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.939
League Ratings: 7-3 84.525
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 84.595

Home Advantage: 12.523 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0598 (144)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1846 (132)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3190 (126)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4464 (116)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6080 (113)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8490 (103)

Upward Stability: 2.6317 (232)

Downward Stability: 3.2053 (97)

RPI
RPI: 0.5546 (64)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (11-0): 0.6095 (31) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (10-6): 0.5264 (60)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.4021 (268) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (14-5): 0.5717 (46)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (7-2): 0.5186 (126) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4895 (165)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Away	W 60-43	vs. #241 Jackson St
11/21/1999	Away	W 53-49	vs. #105 Hawaii
11/27/1999	Home	W 91-84	vs. #299 Arkansas Lr
12/1/1999	Home	W 80-60	vs. #173 Illinois St
12/4/1999	Away	W 91-86	vs. #139 Cleveland St
12/7/1999	Away	W 69-57	vs. #189 Oakland
12/11/1999	Away	L 75-83	vs. #140 Northern Iowa
12/18/1999	Away	L 54-100	vs. #97 West Virginia
12/30/1999	Away	W 66-53	vs. #299 Arkansas Lr
1/2/2000	Home	W 85-64	vs. #161 Western Mich
1/5/2000	Home	W 72-54	vs. #134 Northern Ill
1/8/2000	Away	W 96-90	vs. #265 Buffalo
1/12/2000	Away	L 82-91	vs. #161 Western Mich
1/15/2000	Home	W 93-76	vs. #66 Toledo
1/17/2000	Away	W 77-74	vs. #210 Central Mich
1/19/2000	Home	W 68-63	vs. #87 Miami Ohio
1/26/2000	Away	L 64-82	vs. #35 Kent
1/29/2000	Home	W 88-77	vs. #92 Akron
2/2/2000	Away	L 61-71	vs. #38 Ball St
2/5/2000	Home	W 73-69	vs. #63 Ohio
2/7/2000	Away	L 68-79	vs. #66 Toledo
2/9/2000	Home	W 77-68	vs. #265 Buffalo
2/12/2000	Away	W 66-60	vs. #87 Miami Ohio
2/16/2000	Home	W 71-61	vs. #35 Kent
2/19/2000	Home	W 86-75	vs. #113 Eastern Mich
2/24/2000	Away	W 73-72	vs. #92 Akron
2/26/2000	Away	W 88-83	vs. #74 Marshall
3/5/2000	Neut	L 56-58	vs. #87 Miami Ohio

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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