NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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FLORIDA INTL
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 15-14
Power Rating: 73.750
Ranking: 172

0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
6-7 v #101-200
8-1 v #201-318

Home Ratings (10-7): 72.785 (190) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 4-4 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 5-3 71.164 Non-League Ratings: 5-4 73.406 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 71.563

Away Ratings (5-4): 77.953 (122)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-318
League Ratings: 4-4 77.688
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 98.250
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 76.750

Neutral Ratings (0-3): 56.375 (290) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-1 53.250 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 69.750 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 53.250

League Ratings (9-8): 73.242 (182)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-5 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 5-3 71.164
Away Ratings: 4-4 77.688
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 53.250
Last Ten Ratings: 4-5 71.676

Non-League Ratings (6-6): 74.551 (171) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 5-4 73.406 Away Ratings: 1-0 98.250 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 69.750 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 82.500

Wins Ratings: 72.953 (176)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
4-6 v #101-200
9-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 10-7 71.762
Away Ratings: 5-4 77.797
Neutral Ratings: 0-3 47.203
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 70.649

Points Ratings: 74.426 (170) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-4 v #51-100 6-9 v #101-200 8-1 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 10-7 73.457 Away Ratings: 5-4 78.277 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 61.426 League Ratings: 9-8 74.115 Non-League Ratings: 6-6 74.965 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 73.217

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 71.973 (197)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 4-1 71.563
Away Ratings: 1-3 76.750
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 53.250
League Ratings: 4-5 71.676
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 82.500

Home Advantage: 4.2502 (153)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0232 (265)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0921 (245)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1814 (225)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2823 (213)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4370 (206)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7524 (194)

Upward Stability: 3.4283 (29)

Downward Stability: 3.4370 (56)

RPI
RPI: 0.4921 (162)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
7-7 v #101-200
8-1 v #201-318

RPI Home (10-7): 0.5140 (190) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (5-4): 0.4803 (126)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (0-3): 0.4036 (265) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (9-8): 0.4755 (191)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (6-6): 0.5156 (130) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4837 (175)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 75-73	vs. #174 Radford
11/20/1999	Home	L 92-98	vs. #134 Northern Ill
11/26/1999	Neut	L 75-90	vs. #41 Fresno St
11/27/1999	Neut	L 62-75	vs. #66 Toledo
12/14/1999	Home	W 95-76	vs. #209 St Francis NY
12/16/1999	Home	W 59-52	vs. #195 Illinois Chi
12/18/1999	Home	L 70-78	vs. #49 St Bonaventure
12/23/1999	Home	L 75-83	vs. #69 BYU
12/27/1999	Home	W 76-74	vs. #92 Akron
1/2/2000	Home	L 81-88	vs. #133 Texas El Paso
1/8/2000	Home	W 93-63	vs. #191 Western KY
1/10/2000	Home	W 55-53	vs. #220 New Orleans
1/13/2000	Away	W 77-67	vs. #196 Arkansas St
1/15/2000	Away	W 68-63	vs. #299 Arkansas Lr
1/22/2000	Away	W 69-57	vs. #275 Denver
1/24/2000	Away	W 94-69	vs. #231 TX Pan American
1/27/2000	Home	L 60-64	vs. #96 Ul Lafayette
1/29/2000	Home	L 58-66	vs. #106 Louisiana Tech
1/31/2000	Away	L 62-66	vs. #129 South Alabama
2/5/2000	Home	W 80-75	vs. #275 Denver
2/7/2000	Home	W 82-65	vs. #231 TX Pan American
2/10/2000	Away	L 56-58	vs. #220 New Orleans
2/12/2000	Away	L 65-73	vs. #191 Western KY
2/15/2000	Home	L 58-68	vs. #129 South Alabama
2/17/2000	Away	W 61-56	vs. #106 Louisiana Tech
2/19/2000	Away	L 69-75	vs. #96 Ul Lafayette
2/24/2000	Home	W 75-66	vs. #299 Arkansas Lr
2/26/2000	Home	W 74-59	vs. #196 Arkansas St
3/5/2000	Neut	L 60-79	vs. #191 Western KY

FUTURE GAMES

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