NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 10-20
Power Rating: 74.219
Ranking: 167

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

Home Ratings (8-11): 73.051 (188) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 3-5 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-318 League Ratings: 3-5 78.707 Non-League Ratings: 5-6 68.692 Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 79.219

Away Ratings (2-8): 77.828 (124)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 1-7 78.328
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 78.657
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 78.407

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 65.219 (252) 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 League Ratings: 0-1 65.219 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 74.219 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 65.219

League Ratings (4-13): 77.551 (130)
0-3 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-5 78.707
Away Ratings: 1-7 78.328
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 65.219
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 78.586

Non-League Ratings (6-7): 70.297 (215) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-5 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 5-6 68.692 Away Ratings: 1-1 78.657 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 74.219 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 74.219

Wins Ratings: 73.895 (166)
0-3 v #1-25
0-6 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
3-7 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 8-11 72.239
Away Ratings: 2-8 79.442
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 68.395
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 79.723

Points Ratings: 74.369 (171) 0-7 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 3-6 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-11 73.672 Away Ratings: 2-8 76.518 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 61.869 League Ratings: 4-13 77.180 Non-League Ratings: 6-7 70.795 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 77.323

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 78.571 (117)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-3 79.219
Away Ratings: 1-3 78.407
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 65.219
League Ratings: 3-7 78.586
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 74.219

Home Advantage: 0.3926 (246)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1049 (58)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2615 (64)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3950 (67)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5085 (72)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6491 (74)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8669 (76)

Upward Stability: 3.0089 (135)

Downward Stability: 2.5553 (240)

RPI
RPI: 0.4911 (163)
0-7 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
3-6 v #101-200
4-2 v #201-318

RPI Home (8-11): 0.4971 (213) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 3-4 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-318

RPI Away (2-8): 0.4719 (137)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.5679 (83) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (4-13): 0.5042 (142)
0-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (6-7): 0.4739 (189) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5437 (62)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 77-47	vs. #216 East Tenn St
11/21/1999	Home	L 74-79	vs. #193 Wofford
11/26/1999	Away	W 54-48	vs. #236 Central Florida
11/27/1999	Home	L 47-64	vs. #154 Wisc Green Bay
11/28/1999	Home	L 35-53	vs. #115 Oregon St
12/1/1999	Away	L 75-85	vs. #54 Penn St
12/4/1999	Home	W 69-51	vs. #293 Charleston Sou
12/11/1999	Home	L 68-71	vs. #235 SO Carolina St
12/16/1999	Home	W 61-58	vs. #72 South Carolina
12/18/1999	Home	W 64-59	vs. #160 Winthrop
12/22/1999	Home	L 71-90	vs. #103 Geo Washington
12/29/1999	Home	W 74-70	vs. #221 Furman
1/6/2000	Away	L 45-65	vs. #27 North Carolina
1/9/2000	Home	L 53-67	vs. #52 Wake Forest
1/12/2000	Away	L 57-60	vs. #110 Florida St
1/15/2000	Home	L 91-98	vs. #53 Virginia
1/19/2000	Home	L 60-72	vs. #104 Appalachian St
1/22/2000	Away	L 62-74	vs. #26 Maryland
1/27/2000	Home	W 59-42	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
1/29/2000	Away	L 59-93	vs. #3 Duke
2/2/2000	Home	W 70-58	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
2/6/2000	Home	L 60-73	vs. #27 North Carolina
2/8/2000	Away	L 63-79	vs. #52 Wake Forest
2/12/2000	Home	W 84-58	vs. #110 Florida St
2/15/2000	Away	L 62-76	vs. #53 Virginia
2/22/2000	Home	L 63-76	vs. #26 Maryland
2/27/2000	Away	W 66-63	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
3/1/2000	Home	L 78-92	vs. #3 Duke
3/4/2000	Away	L 69-85	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
3/9/2000	Neut	L 63-94	vs. #3 Duke

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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