NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ST BONAVENTURE
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-10
Power Rating: 84.066
Ranking: 49

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

Home Ratings (11-2): 83.011 (70) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 80.757 Non-League Ratings: 4-1 77.253 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 82.285

Away Ratings (6-6): 82.667 (68)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 4-4 84.808
Non-League Ratings: 2-2 80.003
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 86.285

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 87.746 (33) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 2-1 84.722 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 88.160 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 84.746

League Ratings (13-6): 85.015 (43)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 80.757
Away Ratings: 4-4 84.808
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 84.722
Last Ten Ratings: 7-2 84.539

Non-League Ratings (8-4): 82.164 (73) 0-1 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 4-1 77.253 Away Ratings: 2-2 80.003 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.160 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 84.816

Wins Ratings: 85.931 (47)
1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
7-4 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 11-2 85.560
Away Ratings: 6-6 83.583
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 90.564
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 90.314

Points Ratings: 82.083 (53) 1-3 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 8-1 v #51-100 5-4 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 11-2 80.146 Away Ratings: 6-6 82.220 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 84.580 League Ratings: 13-6 82.656 Non-League Ratings: 8-4 80.900 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 83.529

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 87.035 (36)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-0 82.285
Away Ratings: 2-1 86.285
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 84.746
League Ratings: 7-2 84.539
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 84.816

Home Advantage: 2.6747 (202)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0831 (86)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2280 (81)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3657 (82)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4945 (80)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6490 (75)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8752 (62)

Upward Stability: 3.1954 (78)

Downward Stability: 3.7427 (23)

RPI
RPI: 0.5710 (42)
1-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
10-4 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (11-2): 0.5985 (44) 2-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (6-6): 0.5057 (80)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6420 (22) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (13-6): 0.5772 (39)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5612 (62) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5356 (82)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 65-61	vs. #294 Northeastern
11/23/1999	Away	L 56-66	vs. #48 NC Charlotte
11/27/1999	Neut	W 64-54	vs. #94 Colorado St
11/28/1999	Neut	W 75-66	vs. #48 NC Charlotte
12/4/1999	Home	W 80-67	vs. #60 USC
12/11/1999	Away	W 88-60	vs. #252 Canisius
12/18/1999	Away	W 78-70	vs. #172 Florida Intl
12/21/1999	Home	L 60-73	vs. #35 Kent
12/30/1999	Home	W 71-69	vs. #139 Cleveland St
1/2/2000	Home	W 84-71	vs. #183 Niagara
1/6/2000	Away	W 70-60	vs. #90 Massachusetts
1/9/2000	Away	W 66-51	vs. #156 LA Salle
1/12/2000	Home	W 76-71	vs. #111 St Josephs PA
1/15/2000	Home	W 57-56	vs. #7 Temple
1/22/2000	Away	L 60-66	vs. #127 Fordham
1/26/2000	Away	L 72-75	vs. #103 Geo Washington
1/29/2000	Home	W 84-44	vs. #233 Rhode Island
1/31/2000	Away	L 58-65	vs. #154 Wisc Green Bay
2/6/2000	Home	L 68-73	vs. #127 Fordham
2/10/2000	Home	W 61-54	vs. #124 Virginia Tech
2/12/2000	Away	L 64-68	vs. #55 Dayton
2/16/2000	Away	W 64-54	vs. #233 Rhode Island
2/19/2000	Home	W 71-62	vs. #202 Duquesne
2/24/2000	Away	L 58-75	vs. #7 Temple
2/26/2000	Away	W 83-74	vs. #111 St Josephs PA
3/1/2000	Home	W 65-64	vs. #70 Xavier
3/4/2000	Home	W 86-69	vs. #90 Massachusetts
3/9/2000	Neut	W 72-69	vs. #70 Xavier
3/10/2000	Neut	W 56-50	vs. #55 Dayton
3/11/2000	Neut	L 44-65	vs. #7 Temple
3/16/2000	Neut	L 80-85	vs. #18 Kentucky

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)