NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 29-5
Power Rating: 93.526
Ranking: 3

2-4 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
9-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (13-2): 87.683 (31) 0-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 88.628 Non-League Ratings: 6-1 84.854 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 90.198

Away Ratings (10-0): 102.77 (1)
1-0 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 8-0 97.518
Non-League Ratings: 2-0 95.308
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 92.276

Neutral Ratings (6-3): 91.522 (12) 1-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 3-0 97.245 Non-League Ratings: 3-3 89.718 Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 92.206

League Ratings (18-1): 97.433 (2)
0-0 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 88.628
Away Ratings: 8-0 97.518
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 97.245
Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 96.698

Non-League Ratings (11-4): 89.409 (23) 2-4 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 6-1 84.854 Away Ratings: 2-0 95.308 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 89.718 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 87.995

Wins Ratings: 96.684 (4)
2-4 v #1-25
7-1 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 13-2 88.536
Away Ratings: 10-0 115.62
Neutral Ratings: 6-3 93.599
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 94.059

Points Ratings: 90.204 (4) 6-4 v #1-25 5-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 13-2 86.634 Away Ratings: 10-0 94.423 Neutral Ratings: 6-3 89.477 League Ratings: 18-1 92.563 Non-League Ratings: 11-4 87.227 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 89.809

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 92.018 (10)
1-2 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-1 90.198
Away Ratings: 1-0 92.276
Neutral Ratings: 5-1 92.206
League Ratings: 6-0 96.698
Non-League Ratings: 2-2 87.995

Home Advantage: -5.739 (313)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1067 (53)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2800 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4307 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5528 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6873 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8792 (49)

Upward Stability: 2.1143 (297)

Downward Stability: 3.1914 (101)

RPI
RPI: 0.6385 (3)
6-5 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
9-0 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (13-2): 0.6140 (27) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (10-0): 0.6821 (1)
0-0 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (6-3): 0.6308 (30) 0-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (18-1): 0.6637 (1)
2-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (11-4): 0.6065 (28) 1-2 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5670 (22)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/11/1999	Neut	L 79-80	vs. #5 Stanford
11/12/1999	Neut	L 66-71	vs. #23 Connecticut
11/20/1999	Home	W 100-42	vs. #311 Army
11/23/1999	Home	W 99-52	vs. #267 Columbia
11/27/1999	Neut	W 81-68	vs. #60 USC
11/30/1999	Away	W 72-69	vs. #19 Illinois
12/4/1999	Home	W 84-83	vs. #36 DePaul
12/11/1999	Away	W 104-97	vs. #73 Michigan
12/19/1999	Home	W 101-60	vs. #254 NO Carolina A&T
12/21/1999	Home	W 109-65	vs. #169 Davidson
1/2/2000	Home	W 96-55	vs. #215 William & Mary
1/5/2000	Away	W 109-100	vs. #53 Virginia
1/9/2000	Away	W 80-70	vs. #26 Maryland
1/12/2000	Home	W 82-57	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
1/16/2000	Away	W 85-54	vs. #110 Florida St
1/19/2000	Home	W 92-88	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
1/22/2000	Away	W 75-61	vs. #52 Wake Forest
1/29/2000	Home	W 93-59	vs. #167 Clemson
2/3/2000	Away	W 90-86	vs. #27 North Carolina
2/5/2000	Home	W 106-86	vs. #53 Virginia
2/9/2000	Home	L 87-98	vs. #26 Maryland
2/12/2000	Away	W 84-65	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
2/16/2000	Home	W 101-68	vs. #110 Florida St
2/19/2000	Away	W 71-66	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
2/22/2000	Home	W 96-78	vs. #52 Wake Forest
2/26/2000	Home	L 82-83	vs. #22 St Johns
3/1/2000	Away	W 92-78	vs. #167 Clemson
3/4/2000	Home	W 90-76	vs. #27 North Carolina
3/9/2000	Neut	W 94-63	vs. #167 Clemson
3/11/2000	Neut	W 82-73	vs. #52 Wake Forest
3/12/2000	Neut	W 81-68	vs. #26 Maryland
3/17/2000	Neut	W 82-55	vs. #186 Lamar
3/19/2000	Neut	W 69-64	vs. #24 Kansas
3/24/2000	Neut	L 78-87	vs. #6 Florida

FUTURE GAMES

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