NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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BUTLER
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-9
Power Rating: 83.873
Ranking: 51

0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
18-4 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-318

Home Ratings (14-0): 89.350 (23) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 8-0 82.865 Non-League Ratings: 6-0 90.217 Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 81.998

Away Ratings (6-8): 81.176 (80)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
6-4 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-318
League Ratings: 5-2 85.076
Non-League Ratings: 1-6 80.717
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 92.123

Neutral Ratings (3-1): 89.358 (21) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 2-0 93.717 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 88.873 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 91.889

League Ratings (15-2): 86.994 (32)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
15-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 8-0 82.865
Away Ratings: 5-2 85.076
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 93.717
Last Ten Ratings: 9-0 87.561

Non-League Ratings (8-7): 80.572 (91) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 6-0 90.217 Away Ratings: 1-6 80.717 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.873 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 91.076

Wins Ratings: 84.244 (63)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
16-4 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 14-0 97.244
Away Ratings: 6-8 81.209
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 89.697
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 92.518

Points Ratings: 83.744 (35) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 17-4 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 14-0 85.690 Away Ratings: 6-8 81.742 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 89.049 League Ratings: 15-2 85.440 Non-League Ratings: 8-7 81.944 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 88.018

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 90.248 (18)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 5-0 81.998
Away Ratings: 2-0 92.123
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 91.889
League Ratings: 9-0 87.561
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 91.076

Home Advantage: 10.379 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0447 (174)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1450 (165)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2524 (162)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3667 (160)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5293 (154)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8084 (150)

Upward Stability: 2.5545 (245)

Downward Stability: 3.4607 (51)

RPI
RPI: 0.5554 (62)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
10-4 v #101-200
11-1 v #201-318

RPI Home (14-0): 0.6008 (39) 0-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (6-8): 0.4928 (101)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
4-2 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (3-1): 0.6155 (38) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI League (15-2): 0.6005 (24)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
12-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (8-7): 0.5043 (151) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 4-3 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5009 (147)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/1999	Away	L 54-56	vs. #132 NC Wilmington
11/28/1999	Home	W 82-55	vs. #276 Mt St Marys
12/1/1999	Home	W 77-55	vs. #64 Indiana St
12/4/1999	Home	W 73-45	vs. #120 Evansville
12/7/1999	Away	L 60-69	vs. #145 Eastern Ill
12/11/1999	Away	L 70-80	vs. #38 Ball St
12/18/1999	Home	W 79-35	vs. #291 Belmont
12/22/1999	Home	W 66-45	vs. #206 Nevada
12/27/1999	Away	W 86-78	vs. #101 TCU
12/29/1999	Neut	W 43-36	vs. #156 LA Salle
12/30/1999	Away	L 56-57	vs. #76 Santa Clara
12/31/1999	Away	L 56-57	vs. #76 Santa Clara
1/3/2000	Away	L 62-64	vs. #226 Tenn Martin
1/8/2000	Home	W 71-47	vs. #187 Wright St
1/13/2000	Away	L 45-53	vs. #139 Cleveland St
1/15/2000	Away	L 65-75	vs. #117 Detroit
1/20/2000	Home	W 60-44	vs. #154 Wisc Green Bay
1/22/2000	Home	W 72-64	vs. #148 Wisc Milwaukee
1/24/2000	Home	W 70-59	vs. #260 Iupui
1/27/2000	Away	W 75-46	vs. #195 Illinois Chi
1/29/2000	Away	W 68-48	vs. #182 Loyola Chi
2/5/2000	Away	W 79-55	vs. #187 Wright St
2/10/2000	Home	W 68-62	vs. #117 Detroit
2/12/2000	Home	W 81-54	vs. #139 Cleveland St
2/17/2000	Away	W 84-72	vs. #148 Wisc Milwaukee
2/19/2000	Away	W 62-50	vs. #154 Wisc Green Bay
2/24/2000	Home	W 59-44	vs. #182 Loyola Chi
2/26/2000	Home	W 84-60	vs. #195 Illinois Chi
3/4/2000	Home	W 61-57	vs. #182 Loyola Chi
3/5/2000	Neut	W 65-51	vs. #148 Wisc Milwaukee
3/7/2000	Neut	W 62-43	vs. #117 Detroit
3/17/2000	Neut	L 68-69	vs. #6 Florida

FUTURE GAMES

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