NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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KANSAS
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-10
Power Rating: 88.721
Ranking: 24

2-8 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
12-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (13-1): 92.041 (11) 2-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 86.682 Non-League Ratings: 6-0 95.939 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 86.135

Away Ratings (5-6): 86.225 (34)
0-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 4-4 88.072
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 84.236
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 88.533

Neutral Ratings (5-3): 88.369 (28) 0-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 83.705 Non-League Ratings: 4-2 89.760 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 86.939

League Ratings (12-6): 87.777 (30)
1-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 86.682
Away Ratings: 4-4 88.072
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 83.705
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 86.119

Non-League Ratings (11-4): 89.998 (17) 1-3 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 6-0 95.939 Away Ratings: 1-2 84.236 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 89.760 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 89.033

Wins Ratings: 91.088 (24)
2-8 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
12-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 13-1 95.791
Away Ratings: 5-6 88.146
Neutral Ratings: 5-3 90.416
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 90.260

Points Ratings: 86.248 (22) 2-8 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 12-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 13-1 88.072 Away Ratings: 5-6 84.537 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 86.221 League Ratings: 12-6 85.229 Non-League Ratings: 11-4 87.701 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 84.904

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 87.721 (32)
1-4 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-1 86.135
Away Ratings: 1-1 88.533
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 86.939
League Ratings: 5-3 86.119
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 89.033

Home Advantage: 8.9371 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1401 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3245 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4654 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5824 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7284 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9219 (4)

Upward Stability: 3.0660 (117)

Downward Stability: 3.4607 (50)

RPI
RPI: 0.6101 (19)
1-8 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
12-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (13-1): 0.6741 (2) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (5-6): 0.5358 (42)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (5-3): 0.6004 (53) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318

RPI League (12-6): 0.5910 (27)
1-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (11-4): 0.6331 (6) 0-1 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5812 (9)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 97-71	vs. #175 Fairfield
11/25/1999	Neut	W 88-78	vs. #142 Georgia
11/26/1999	Neut	W 111-70	vs. #70 Xavier
11/27/1999	Neut	W 84-70	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
12/2/1999	Home	W 76-61	vs. #30 Pepperdine
12/5/1999	Away	W 97-77	vs. #166 Middle Tenn St
12/7/1999	Neut	L 54-66	vs. #1 Michigan St
12/16/1999	Home	W 80-67	vs. #11 Ohio St
12/18/1999	Away	L 70-84	vs. #19 Illinois
12/22/1999	Home	W 82-67	vs. #130 Princeton
12/30/1999	Home	W 71-60	vs. #47 St Louis
1/4/2000	Home	W 105-59	vs. #82 Pennsylvania
1/8/2000	Away	W 84-69	vs. #68 Colorado
1/12/2000	Home	W 87-79	vs. #158 Kansas St
1/15/2000	Home	W 97-82	vs. #157 Nebraska
1/17/2000	Away	W 78-57	vs. #203 Texas A&M
1/22/2000	Away	L 59-81	vs. #40 Missouri
1/24/2000	Home	W 89-74	vs. #68 Colorado
1/29/2000	Away	L 66-74	vs. #4 Iowa St
2/3/2000	Away	L 69-77	vs. #45 Iowa
2/5/2000	Home	W 87-62	vs. #131 Texas Tech
2/7/2000	Away	L 53-86	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
2/12/2000	Away	W 94-65	vs. #158 Kansas St
2/16/2000	Home	L 62-64	vs. #4 Iowa St
2/20/2000	Home	W 53-50	vs. #12 Oklahoma
2/23/2000	Away	W 83-58	vs. #157 Nebraska
2/26/2000	Home	W 80-70	vs. #137 Baylor
2/28/2000	Away	L 54-68	vs. #13 Texas
3/5/2000	Home	W 83-82	vs. #40 Missouri
3/9/2000	Neut	W 84-60	vs. #158 Kansas St
3/10/2000	Neut	L 58-77	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
3/17/2000	Neut	W 81-77	vs. #36 DePaul
3/19/2000	Neut	L 64-69	vs. #3 Duke

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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