NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 29-5
Power Rating: 93.480
Ranking: 4

6-3 v #1-25
6-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
13-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (16-0): 97.519 (3) 3-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 8-0 92.081 Non-League Ratings: 8-0 91.636 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 98.417

Away Ratings (6-3): 89.398 (20)
1-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 6-2 89.374
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 74.011
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 93.792

Neutral Ratings (7-2): 95.425 (3) 2-2 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 3-0 96.792 Non-League Ratings: 4-2 92.159 Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 95.402

League Ratings (17-2): 94.995 (4)
6-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 8-0 92.081
Away Ratings: 6-2 89.374
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 96.792
Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 96.292

Non-League Ratings (12-3): 90.648 (12) 0-2 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-0 91.636 Away Ratings: 0-1 74.011 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 92.159 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 94.480

Wins Ratings: 97.449 (2)
6-3 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
12-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 16-0 108.69
Away Ratings: 6-3 92.738
Neutral Ratings: 7-2 99.378
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 102.58

Points Ratings: 89.271 (8) 6-3 v #1-25 5-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 13-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 16-0 91.161 Away Ratings: 6-3 85.927 Neutral Ratings: 7-2 91.079 League Ratings: 17-2 89.648 Non-League Ratings: 12-3 88.458 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 92.919

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 97.921 (2)
4-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 1-0 98.417
Away Ratings: 2-0 93.792
Neutral Ratings: 6-1 95.402
League Ratings: 6-0 96.292
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 94.480

Home Advantage: 9.1310 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1155 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2833 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4221 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5363 (48)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6731 (51)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8728 (65)

Upward Stability: 2.2020 (285)

Downward Stability: 3.0561 (132)

RPI
RPI: 0.6350 (4)
6-3 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
13-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (16-0): 0.6352 (13) 2-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (6-3): 0.5684 (22)
1-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (7-2): 0.7014 (1) 4-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (17-2): 0.6563 (3)
4-1 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6081 (25) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5624 (28)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Away	L 44-48	vs. #168 Drake
11/27/1999	Neut	W 77-71	vs. #50 Arkansas
11/28/1999	Neut	L 60-75	vs. #2 Cincinnati
12/3/1999	Home	W 106-64	vs. #304 Miss Valley St
12/4/1999	Home	W 84-69	vs. #118 Sam Houston
12/8/1999	Home	W 78-64	vs. #148 Wisc Milwaukee
12/11/1999	Home	W 79-66	vs. #45 Iowa
12/19/1999	Home	W 73-41	vs. #140 Northern Iowa
12/21/1999	Home	W 89-49	vs. #199 Idaho St
12/28/1999	Home	W 81-52	vs. #298 MD Eastrn Shore
1/2/2000	Home	W 84-53	vs. #196 Arkansas St
1/8/2000	Home	W 86-81	vs. #40 Missouri
1/12/2000	Away	W 66-65	vs. #157 Nebraska
1/16/2000	Home	W 86-72	vs. #68 Colorado
1/19/2000	Away	W 72-61	vs. #158 Kansas St
1/22/2000	Away	L 75-80	vs. #12 Oklahoma
1/26/2000	Home	W 65-58	vs. #203 Texas A&M
1/29/2000	Home	W 74-66	vs. #24 Kansas
2/2/2000	Home	W 85-67	vs. #158 Kansas St
2/9/2000	Away	W 72-62	vs. #40 Missouri
2/12/2000	Home	W 87-65	vs. #157 Nebraska
2/16/2000	Away	W 64-62	vs. #24 Kansas
2/19/2000	Away	L 90-102	vs. #68 Colorado
2/22/2000	Home	W 89-77	vs. #13 Texas
2/26/2000	Home	W 72-61	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
3/1/2000	Away	W 87-79	vs. #131 Texas Tech
3/4/2000	Away	W 75-54	vs. #137 Baylor
3/10/2000	Neut	W 76-64	vs. #137 Baylor
3/11/2000	Neut	W 68-64	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
3/12/2000	Neut	W 70-58	vs. #12 Oklahoma
3/16/2000	Neut	W 88-78	vs. #144 Central Conn
3/18/2000	Neut	W 79-60	vs. #31 Auburn
3/23/2000	Neut	W 80-56	vs. #29 UCLA
3/25/2000	Neut	L 64-75	vs. #1 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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