NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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LONG BEACH ST
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-5
Power Rating: 83.477
Ranking: 58

0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
8-2 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (11-1): 84.274 (53) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 81.711 Non-League Ratings: 4-0 83.727 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 78.500

Away Ratings (10-1): 88.852 (22)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 8-0 85.078
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 82.852
Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 83.039

Neutral Ratings (1-3): 74.243 (154) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 79.602 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 71.961 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 79.602

League Ratings (16-2): 84.856 (44)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 81.711
Away Ratings: 8-0 85.078
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 79.602
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 80.723

Non-League Ratings (6-3): 80.621 (90) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 4-0 83.727 Away Ratings: 2-1 82.852 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 71.961 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 83.477

Wins Ratings: 84.987 (59)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
8-2 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 11-1 85.893
Away Ratings: 10-1 93.916
Neutral Ratings: 1-3 72.877
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 83.553

Points Ratings: 81.785 (58) 0-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 10-1 v #101-200 9-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 11-1 82.578 Away Ratings: 10-1 84.239 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 76.082 League Ratings: 16-2 82.797 Non-League Ratings: 6-3 79.660 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 80.563

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 82.129 (75)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-1 78.500
Away Ratings: 4-0 83.039
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 79.602
League Ratings: 8-2 80.723
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 83.477

Home Advantage: 3.3413 (176)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0263 (246)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1032 (221)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1923 (212)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2982 (197)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4683 (185)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7620 (181)

Upward Stability: 1.8900 (309)

Downward Stability: 2.9058 (173)

RPI
RPI: 0.5458 (75)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (11-1): 0.5698 (91) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (10-1): 0.5521 (30)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (1-3): 0.4570 (202) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (16-2): 0.5641 (54)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
12-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (6-3): 0.5092 (141) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4562 (253)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/1999	Away	L 74-76	vs. #30 Pepperdine
11/28/1999	Home	W 78-77	vs. #67 Southern Ill
12/3/1999	Neut	L 76-79	vs. #111 St Josephs PA
12/4/1999	Neut	L 62-73	vs. #126 Richmond
12/8/1999	Away	W 77-76	vs. #227 Air Force
12/16/1999	Home	W 76-66	vs. #60 USC
12/18/1999	Home	W 95-64	vs. #310 Loyola Marymnt
12/29/1999	Home	W 83-45	vs. #288 Albany NY
1/4/2000	Away	W 70-64	vs. #158 Kansas St
1/13/2000	Away	W 76-64	vs. #181 Idaho
1/15/2000	Away	W 68-56	vs. #170 Boise St
1/20/2000	Home	W 78-66	vs. #75 New Mexico St
1/22/2000	Home	W 100-63	vs. #246 North Texas
1/27/2000	Home	W 75-61	vs. #234 Cal Poly
1/29/2000	Home	W 86-68	vs. #164 Santa Barbara
2/3/2000	Away	W 69-60	vs. #184 UC Irvine
2/5/2000	Away	W 98-82	vs. #255 CS Fullerton
2/10/2000	Home	W 78-63	vs. #211 Pacific
2/12/2000	Home	L 63-71	vs. #34 Utah St
2/17/2000	Away	W 76-66	vs. #211 Pacific
2/19/2000	Away	W 76-66	vs. #206 Nevada
2/24/2000	Home	W 88-75	vs. #255 CS Fullerton
2/26/2000	Home	W 82-65	vs. #184 UC Irvine
3/2/2000	Away	W 72-69	vs. #164 Santa Barbara
3/4/2000	Away	W 100-92	vs. #234 Cal Poly
3/9/2000	Neut	W 97-86	vs. #181 Idaho
3/10/2000	Neut	L 84-89	vs. #75 New Mexico St

FUTURE GAMES

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