NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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INDIANA
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-9
Power Rating: 89.523
Ranking: 20

5-6 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (12-2): 90.836 (18) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 89.867 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 85.179 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 89.711

Away Ratings (5-5): 88.746 (24)
0-4 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 3-5 89.531
Non-League Ratings: 2-0 92.336
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 88.125

Neutral Ratings (3-2): 88.984 (24) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-1 86.570 Non-League Ratings: 3-1 89.703 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 79.554

League Ratings (10-7): 89.054 (22)
3-6 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 89.867
Away Ratings: 3-5 89.531
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 86.570
Last Ten Ratings: 4-5 88.492

Non-League Ratings (10-2): 90.453 (14) 2-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 5-1 85.179 Away Ratings: 2-0 92.336 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 89.703 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 66.773

Wins Ratings: 91.951 (21)
5-6 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 12-2 93.717
Away Ratings: 5-5 90.916
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 91.467
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 87.510

Points Ratings: 87.058 (18) 6-6 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 6-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 12-2 87.371 Away Ratings: 5-5 87.117 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.472 League Ratings: 10-7 86.929 Non-League Ratings: 10-2 87.250 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 84.359

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 85.816 (44)
2-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-1 89.711
Away Ratings: 2-3 88.125
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 79.554
League Ratings: 4-5 88.492
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 66.773

Home Advantage: 6.0340 (103)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1570 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3620 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5195 (5)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6325 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7564 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9043 (14)

Upward Stability: 2.9148 (169)

Downward Stability: 3.3419 (72)

RPI
RPI: 0.6030 (22)
6-5 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (12-2): 0.6257 (18) 2-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5458 (34)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.6537 (12) 2-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (10-7): 0.5889 (29)
1-4 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (10-2): 0.6229 (13) 3-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5741 (14)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Away	W 68-60	vs. #131 Texas Tech
11/26/1999	Neut	W 67-59	vs. #7 Temple
11/30/1999	Home	W 81-64	vs. #61 Notre Dame
12/4/1999	Neut	W 83-75	vs. #18 Kentucky
12/7/1999	Away	W 73-68	vs. #40 Missouri
12/10/1999	Home	W 106-55	vs. #265 Buffalo
12/11/1999	Home	L 60-63	vs. #64 Indiana St
12/18/1999	Home	W 99-80	vs. #88 Wyoming
12/21/1999	Neut	W 82-73	vs. #27 North Carolina
12/27/1999	Home	W 95-53	vs. #252 Canisius
12/28/1999	Home	W 79-44	vs. #284 Holy Cross
1/5/2000	Home	W 71-67	vs. #17 Wisconsin
1/8/2000	Away	W 85-78	vs. #54 Penn St
1/11/2000	Away	L 71-77	vs. #1 Michigan St
1/15/2000	Home	W 86-61	vs. #89 Minnesota
1/18/2000	Home	W 74-71	vs. #45 Iowa
1/22/2000	Away	L 77-83	vs. #16 Purdue
1/25/2000	Home	W 85-50	vs. #73 Michigan
2/2/2000	Home	W 87-77	vs. #54 Penn St
2/5/2000	Away	W 89-67	vs. #251 Northwestern
2/9/2000	Away	L 75-77	vs. #89 Minnesota
2/13/2000	Away	W 86-65	vs. #73 Michigan
2/19/2000	Home	L 71-82	vs. #11 Ohio St
2/22/2000	Away	L 63-87	vs. #19 Illinois
2/26/2000	Home	W 81-79	vs. #1 Michigan St
2/29/2000	Home	W 79-65	vs. #16 Purdue
3/5/2000	Away	L 53-56	vs. #17 Wisconsin
3/10/2000	Neut	L 69-72	vs. #19 Illinois
3/17/2000	Neut	L 57-77	vs. #30 Pepperdine

FUTURE GAMES

Date

Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

Opp. Rating

(Opp. Specific Rating)