NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-12
Power Rating: 85.556
Ranking: 36

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

Home Ratings (13-4): 84.328 (52) 2-1 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 5-4 81.693 Non-League Ratings: 8-0 88.728 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 83.416

Away Ratings (5-5): 88.474 (26)
0-2 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 5-3 88.592
Non-League Ratings: 0-2 86.994
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 90.431

Neutral Ratings (2-3): 82.799 (77) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 80.978 Non-League Ratings: 1-2 87.150 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 81.986

League Ratings (11-8): 84.779 (46)
0-2 v #1-25
4-4 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 5-4 81.693
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.592
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.978
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 84.994

Non-League Ratings (9-4): 87.529 (32) 2-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-0 88.728 Away Ratings: 0-2 86.994 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 87.150 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 84.713

Wins Ratings: 87.113 (39)
2-5 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 13-4 85.371
Away Ratings: 5-5 91.062
Neutral Ratings: 2-3 83.312
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 86.394

Points Ratings: 83.994 (32) 1-5 v #1-25 5-5 v #26-50 7-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 13-4 82.924 Away Ratings: 5-5 86.052 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 82.513 League Ratings: 11-8 83.273 Non-League Ratings: 9-4 85.685 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 83.511

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 84.955 (48)
0-1 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-2 83.416
Away Ratings: 2-1 90.431
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 81.986
League Ratings: 5-4 84.994
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 84.713

Home Advantage: 1.7691 (221)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1186 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2891 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4371 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5615 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7026 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8771 (55)

Upward Stability: 3.3813 (35)

Downward Stability: 3.6625 (31)

RPI
RPI: 0.5763 (37)
2-5 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (13-4): 0.5957 (49) 1-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5614 (27)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (2-3): 0.5404 (109) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (11-8): 0.5759 (42)
0-2 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (9-4): 0.5769 (46) 1-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5601 (34)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/1999	Home	W 105-61	vs. #317 Howard
11/26/1999	Neut	L 64-68	vs. #13 Texas
11/27/1999	Neut	W 58-46	vs. #72 South Carolina
12/1/1999	Home	W 104-57	vs. #248 Chicago St
12/4/1999	Away	L 83-84	vs. #3 Duke
12/6/1999	Home	W 69-62	vs. #257 Monmouth NJ
12/9/1999	Home	W 67-43	vs. #238 Nicholls St
12/14/1999	Home	W 71-65	vs. #22 St Johns
12/18/1999	Away	L 58-76	vs. #29 UCLA
12/23/1999	Home	W 82-61	vs. #134 Northern Ill
12/28/1999	Away	W 71-65	vs. #98 Memphis
12/30/1999	Home	W 80-56	vs. #240 Elon
1/8/2000	Home	W 77-75	vs. #48 NC Charlotte
1/12/2000	Home	L 60-69	vs. #85 Marquette
1/16/2000	Away	W 77-68	vs. #163 Houston
1/20/2000	Away	L 59-72	vs. #37 Louisville
1/22/2000	Home	L 69-75	vs. #47 St Louis
1/26/2000	Home	W 71-69	vs. #6 Florida
1/29/2000	Away	L 68-69	vs. #114 Uab
2/2/2000	Home	W 85-54	vs. #77 Tulane
2/6/2000	Away	W 80-66	vs. #48 NC Charlotte
2/8/2000	Home	W 81-69	vs. #93 South Florida
2/13/2000	Away	L 64-87	vs. #2 Cincinnati
2/16/2000	Away	W 55-35	vs. #85 Marquette
2/19/2000	Home	L 54-71	vs. #37 Louisville
2/26/2000	Away	W 55-54	vs. #47 St Louis
3/2/2000	Home	L 62-64	vs. #2 Cincinnati
3/4/2000	Home	W 82-51	vs. #91 SO Mississippi
3/9/2000	Neut	W 80-76	vs. #98 Memphis
3/10/2000	Home	W 56-49	vs. #48 NC Charlotte
3/11/2000	Neut	L 49-56	vs. #47 St Louis
3/17/2000	Neut	L 77-81	vs. #24 Kansas

FUTURE GAMES

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