NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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DRAKE
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 10-18
Power Rating: 73.983
Ranking: 168

1-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-8 v #51-100
5-9 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (8-5): 75.741 (158) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 4-5 74.175 Non-League Ratings: 4-0 85.733 Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 66.343

Away Ratings (1-12): 69.983 (222)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-7 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 0-9 76.163
Non-League Ratings: 1-3 72.265
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 75.366

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 78.343 (113) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 76.062 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 73.983 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 76.062

League Ratings (5-15): 73.345 (180)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-8 v #51-100
4-7 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 4-5 74.175
Away Ratings: 0-9 76.163
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 76.062
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 72.816

Non-League Ratings (5-3): 76.554 (148) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 4-0 85.733 Away Ratings: 1-3 72.265 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 73.983 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 73.983

Wins Ratings: 73.276 (173)
1-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
4-9 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 8-5 75.694
Away Ratings: 1-12 65.581
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.980
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 66.839

Points Ratings: 74.796 (163) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-9 v #51-100 5-9 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-5 75.511 Away Ratings: 1-12 73.816 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 75.140 League Ratings: 5-15 74.564 Non-League Ratings: 5-3 75.624 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 72.296

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 69.515 (227)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 0-3 66.343
Away Ratings: 0-5 75.366
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 76.062
League Ratings: 1-9 72.816
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 73.983

Home Advantage: 8.6668 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0599 (143)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1859 (130)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3197 (124)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4458 (117)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6101 (109)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8441 (108)

Upward Stability: 3.2998 (50)

Downward Stability: 2.6187 (229)

RPI
RPI: 0.4673 (198)
1-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-6 v #51-100
3-7 v #101-200
5-2 v #201-318

RPI Home (8-5): 0.5271 (173) 2-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (1-12): 0.3952 (273)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-6 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5473 (103) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (5-15): 0.4609 (219)
0-0 v #1-25
1-6 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
1-3 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (5-3): 0.4832 (176) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5041 (139)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 48-44	vs. #4 Iowa St
11/23/1999	Home	W 81-51	vs. #309 Delaware St
11/27/1999	Away	L 44-62	vs. #186 Lamar
12/1/1999	Away	W 64-57	vs. #290 Stony Brook
12/9/1999	Home	W 75-53	vs. #313 Ark Pine Bluff
12/11/1999	Away	L 66-70	vs. #182 Loyola Chi
12/19/1999	Home	W 75-63	vs. #112 Bradley
12/28/1999	Away	L 76-83	vs. #45 Iowa
1/3/2000	Home	W 64-60	vs. #195 Illinois Chi
1/5/2000	Home	L 64-67	vs. #120 Evansville
1/9/2000	Home	W 58-54	vs. #140 Northern Iowa
1/12/2000	Away	L 62-70	vs. #120 Evansville
1/15/2000	Away	L 66-70	vs. #56 Creighton
1/17/2000	Home	W 69-46	vs. #173 Illinois St
1/22/2000	Away	L 62-67	vs. #64 Indiana St
1/26/2000	Away	L 48-76	vs. #67 Southern Ill
1/29/2000	Home	L 56-73	vs. #64 Indiana St
2/1/2000	Home	W 74-70	vs. #56 Creighton
2/5/2000	Home	L 62-79	vs. #67 Southern Ill
2/10/2000	Away	L 51-61	vs. #57 SW Missouri St
2/12/2000	Away	L 60-65	vs. #159 Wichita St
2/16/2000	Away	L 40-55	vs. #112 Bradley
2/19/2000	Home	L 56-62	vs. #159 Wichita St
2/23/2000	Home	L 47-55	vs. #57 SW Missouri St
2/26/2000	Away	L 54-56	vs. #140 Northern Iowa
2/28/2000	Away	L 88-90	vs. #173 Illinois St
3/3/2000	Neut	W 58-57	vs. #140 Northern Iowa
3/4/2000	Neut	L 50-62	vs. #57 SW Missouri St

FUTURE GAMES

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