NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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UCLA
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-12
Power Rating: 86.867
Ranking: 29

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

Home Ratings (12-4): 85.046 (49) 1-3 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 6-3 81.874 Non-League Ratings: 6-1 85.476 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 85.679

Away Ratings (5-6): 87.511 (32)
1-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 4-5 86.175
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 92.617
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 94.359

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 89.374 (19) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-0 86.867 Non-League Ratings: 4-2 89.046 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 91.351

League Ratings (10-8): 84.831 (45)
1-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 6-3 81.874
Away Ratings: 4-5 86.175
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 86.867
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 90.999

Non-League Ratings (11-4): 89.687 (20) 1-3 v #1-25 5-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 6-1 85.476 Away Ratings: 1-1 92.617 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 89.046 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 91.351

Wins Ratings: 89.249 (31)
2-6 v #1-25
7-2 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 12-4 87.132
Away Ratings: 5-6 90.140
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 91.843
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 98.976

Points Ratings: 84.292 (30) 4-5 v #1-25 6-4 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 12-4 82.474 Away Ratings: 5-6 85.093 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 86.714 League Ratings: 10-8 82.788 Non-League Ratings: 11-4 86.328 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 88.589

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 93.913 (4)
0-1 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 4-0 85.679
Away Ratings: 2-1 94.359
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 91.351
League Ratings: 6-1 90.999
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 91.351

Home Advantage: 0.9011 (236)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1353 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3229 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4752 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5993 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7323 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9073 (13)

Upward Stability: 3.5217 (21)

Downward Stability: 3.9012 (10)

RPI
RPI: 0.5948 (28)
4-5 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (12-4): 0.6085 (33) 0-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (5-6): 0.5444 (36)
1-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6508 (14) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI League (10-8): 0.5531 (67)
1-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (11-4): 0.6449 (2) 3-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5810 (10)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/1999	Home	W 76-57	vs. #175 Fairfield
11/27/1999	Home	W 105-73	vs. #147 Iona
12/1/1999	Home	W 100-39	vs. #312 Morgan St
12/11/1999	Home	L 43-59	vs. #25 Gonzaga
12/18/1999	Home	W 76-58	vs. #36 DePaul
12/21/1999	Neut	W 83-62	vs. #155 Maine
12/22/1999	Neut	L 54-55	vs. #94 Colorado St
12/23/1999	Neut	W 103-98	vs. #93 South Florida
12/28/1999	Home	W 68-66	vs. #30 Pepperdine
12/30/1999	Home	W 55-53	vs. #16 Purdue
1/6/2000	Away	L 62-63	vs. #146 Washington
1/8/2000	Away	W 86-64	vs. #219 Washington St
1/12/2000	Away	L 79-91	vs. #60 USC
1/15/2000	Away	W 71-68	vs. #27 North Carolina
1/20/2000	Home	L 61-76	vs. #10 Arizona
1/22/2000	Home	W 83-77	vs. #44 Arizona St
1/27/2000	Away	W 85-74	vs. #115 Oregon St
1/29/2000	Away	L 58-73	vs. #28 Oregon
2/3/2000	Home	L 63-78	vs. #5 Stanford
2/5/2000	Home	L 70-73	vs. #78 California
2/9/2000	Home	W 83-78	vs. #60 USC
2/13/2000	Away	L 67-71	vs. #15 Syracuse
2/17/2000	Away	L 75-104	vs. #44 Arizona St
2/19/2000	Away	L 84-99	vs. #10 Arizona
2/24/2000	Home	W 75-69	vs. #28 Oregon
2/26/2000	Home	W 69-59	vs. #115 Oregon St
3/2/2000	Away	W 83-62	vs. #78 California
3/4/2000	Away	W 94-93	vs. #5 Stanford
3/9/2000	Home	W 65-58	vs. #219 Washington St
3/11/2000	Home	W 90-64	vs. #146 Washington
3/16/2000	Neut	W 65-57	vs. #38 Ball St
3/18/2000	Neut	W 105-70	vs. #26 Maryland
3/23/2000	Neut	L 56-80	vs. #4 Iowa St

FUTURE GAMES

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