NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 12-17
Power Rating: 79.007
Ranking: 110

0-4 v #1-25
2-6 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (8-7): 78.210 (126) 0-2 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 4-4 78.089 Non-League Ratings: 4-3 75.734 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 80.101

Away Ratings (3-9): 79.871 (104)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 2-6 80.835
Non-League Ratings: 1-3 81.898
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 63.757

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 80.320 (104) 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 League Ratings: 1-1 76.976 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 79.007 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 76.976

League Ratings (7-11): 79.691 (104)
0-2 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 4-4 78.089
Away Ratings: 2-6 80.835
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 76.976
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 77.667

Non-League Ratings (5-6): 76.976 (142) 0-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 4-3 75.734 Away Ratings: 1-3 81.898 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 79.007 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 79.007

Wins Ratings: 80.038 (108)
0-4 v #1-25
3-7 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 8-7 78.900
Away Ratings: 3-9 80.902
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 83.898
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 79.808

Points Ratings: 77.804 (119) 1-8 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 1-5 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-7 77.160 Away Ratings: 3-9 79.175 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 76.163 League Ratings: 7-11 77.945 Non-League Ratings: 5-6 77.398 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 77.042

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 78.671 (116)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-2 80.101
Away Ratings: 0-3 63.757
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 76.976
League Ratings: 4-6 77.667
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 79.007

Home Advantage: 2.2993 (210)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1240 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3020 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4507 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5723 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7099 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8838 (44)

Upward Stability: 3.2378 (66)

Downward Stability: 2.7743 (195)

RPI
RPI: 0.5223 (117)
1-8 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (8-7): 0.5444 (142) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (3-9): 0.4900 (106)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5511 (97) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI League (7-11): 0.5322 (104)
0-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (5-6): 0.5062 (149) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5585 (35)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Away	L 61-96	vs. #6 Florida
11/23/1999	Home	W 81-70	vs. #287 Norfolk St
11/27/1999	Home	W 83-59	vs. #282 Jacksonville
11/29/1999	Home	L 58-69	vs. #7 Temple
12/1/1999	Away	W 60-46	vs. #251 Northwestern
12/5/1999	Away	L 54-55	vs. #31 Auburn
12/11/1999	Home	L 56-79	vs. #33 Seton Hall
12/18/1999	Home	L 60-69	vs. #90 Massachusetts
12/22/1999	Home	W 70-65	vs. #42 Vanderbilt
12/30/1999	Home	W 77-51	vs. #283 The Citadel
1/4/2000	Away	W 66-64	vs. #52 Wake Forest
1/8/2000	Away	L 55-66	vs. #93 South Florida
1/12/2000	Home	W 60-57	vs. #167 Clemson
1/16/2000	Home	L 54-85	vs. #3 Duke
1/19/2000	Away	L 62-65	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
1/22/2000	Away	W 76-71	vs. #27 North Carolina
1/26/2000	Away	L 81-86	vs. #53 Virginia
1/29/2000	Home	L 63-82	vs. #26 Maryland
2/2/2000	Away	L 58-68	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
2/5/2000	Home	W 66-61	vs. #52 Wake Forest
2/12/2000	Away	L 58-84	vs. #167 Clemson
2/16/2000	Away	L 68-101	vs. #3 Duke
2/21/2000	Home	W 64-54	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
2/23/2000	Home	L 67-70	vs. #27 North Carolina
2/26/2000	Home	W 71-64	vs. #53 Virginia
3/1/2000	Away	L 70-85	vs. #26 Maryland
3/5/2000	Home	L 51-70	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
3/9/2000	Neut	W 63-62	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
3/10/2000	Neut	L 61-82	vs. #26 Maryland

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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