NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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CENTRAL MICH
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 5-23
Power Rating: 71.077
Ranking: 210

0-1 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-9 v #51-100
4-8 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-318

Home Ratings (3-10): 70.784 (214) 0-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 2-7 73.667 Non-League Ratings: 1-3 72.296 Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 69.171

Away Ratings (1-12): 67.944 (250)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-318
League Ratings: 0-9 69.858
Non-League Ratings: 1-3 73.093
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 74.507

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 81.327 (92) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 81.358 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 71.077 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 81.358

League Ratings (3-17): 71.206 (206)
0-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-8 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-7 73.667
Away Ratings: 0-9 69.858
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.358
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 74.409

Non-League Ratings (2-6): 70.733 (212) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-4 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 1-3 72.296 Away Ratings: 1-3 73.093 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.077 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 71.077

Wins Ratings: 69.419 (217)
0-1 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-9 v #51-100
3-8 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-10 68.278
Away Ratings: 1-12 66.067
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 82.638
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 69.192

Points Ratings: 72.983 (190) 0-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 1-10 v #51-100 4-8 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 3-10 73.499 Away Ratings: 1-12 69.929 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 79.952 League Ratings: 3-17 72.905 Non-League Ratings: 2-6 73.155 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 73.456

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 71.194 (207)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 0-4 69.171
Away Ratings: 0-4 74.507
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.358
League Ratings: 1-9 74.409
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 71.077

Home Advantage: 5.0791 (127)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0666 (120)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2026 (104)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3440 (98)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4859 (86)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6635 (59)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9010 (18)

Upward Stability: 3.0783 (112)

Downward Stability: 2.1639 (279)

RPI
RPI: 0.4362 (254)
0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-9 v #51-100
3-8 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-318

RPI Home (3-10): 0.4606 (252) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 3-4 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (1-12): 0.3920 (278)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5656 (86) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI League (3-17): 0.4356 (258)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-8 v #51-100
2-6 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (2-6): 0.4379 (239) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5221 (103)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/1999	Home	L 68-69	vs. #148 Wisc Milwaukee
11/23/1999	Home	W 76-48	vs. #187 Wright St
11/27/1999	Away	W 78-75	vs. #195 Illinois Chi
12/4/1999	Away	L 63-72	vs. #173 Illinois St
12/8/1999	Home	L 80-83	vs. #117 Detroit
12/11/1999	Home	L 75-94	vs. #70 Xavier
12/18/1999	Away	L 66-74	vs. #180 Georgia St
12/22/1999	Away	L 61-92	vs. #16 Purdue
12/30/1999	Away	L 63-87	vs. #74 Marshall
1/2/2000	Away	L 57-80	vs. #66 Toledo
1/5/2000	Home	L 55-60	vs. #87 Miami Ohio
1/12/2000	Away	L 58-71	vs. #265 Buffalo
1/15/2000	Home	W 88-72	vs. #161 Western Mich
1/17/2000	Home	L 74-77	vs. #43 Bowling Green
1/20/2000	Home	L 80-93	vs. #63 Ohio
1/22/2000	Away	L 69-88	vs. #38 Ball St
1/26/2000	Away	L 57-68	vs. #113 Eastern Mich
1/31/2000	Home	W 75-65	vs. #134 Northern Ill
2/2/2000	Away	L 55-69	vs. #92 Akron
2/5/2000	Home	L 54-60	vs. #35 Kent
2/9/2000	Away	L 77-83	vs. #63 Ohio
2/12/2000	Away	L 75-76	vs. #161 Western Mich
2/14/2000	Home	L 59-72	vs. #113 Eastern Mich
2/20/2000	Away	L 61-84	vs. #134 Northern Ill
2/24/2000	Home	L 80-91	vs. #38 Ball St
2/26/2000	Home	L 69-78	vs. #66 Toledo
3/1/2000	Neut	W 75-73	vs. #92 Akron
3/5/2000	Neut	L 56-58	vs. #74 Marshall

FUTURE GAMES

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