NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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LOYOLA MARYMNT
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 0-25
Power Rating: 57.489
Ranking: 310

0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-9 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
0-7 v #201-318

Home Ratings (0-10): 56.989 (309) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-7 64.177 Non-League Ratings: 0-3 59.052 Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 66.458

Away Ratings (0-14): 58.161 (312)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
0-5 v #201-318
League Ratings: 0-7 66.692
Non-League Ratings: 0-7 60.005
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 60.989

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 57.489 (287) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-1 57.489 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 57.489 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 57.489

League Ratings (0-15): 59.145 (307)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 0-7 64.177
Away Ratings: 0-7 66.692
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 57.489
Last Ten Ratings: 0-10 64.520

Non-League Ratings (0-10): 54.708 (314) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 0-3 59.052 Away Ratings: 0-7 60.005 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 57.489 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 57.489

Wins Ratings: 45.208 (316)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-9 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
0-7 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 0-10 43.895
Away Ratings: 0-14 47.958
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 45.208
Last Ten Ratings: 0-10 46.458

Points Ratings: 63.679 (306) 0-0 v #1-25 0-6 v #26-50 0-8 v #51-100 0-7 v #101-200 0-4 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 0-10 63.960 Away Ratings: 0-14 63.444 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 55.679 League Ratings: 0-15 65.155 Non-League Ratings: 0-10 60.741 Last Ten Ratings: 0-10 64.757

Last Ten Ratings (0-10): 58.942 (304)
0-0 v #1-25
0-6 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-3 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 0-4 66.458
Away Ratings: 0-5 60.989
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 57.489
League Ratings: 0-10 64.520
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 57.489

Home Advantage: 2.8965 (192)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0768 (98)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2185 (90)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3596 (89)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4798 (94)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6315 (96)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8704 (69)

Upward Stability: 0.8938 (318)

Downward Stability: 0.4718 (318)

RPI
RPI: 0.3756 (312)
0-0 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
0-8 v #101-200
0-7 v #201-318

RPI Home (0-10): 0.3818 (308) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-318

RPI Away (0-14): 0.3628 (308)
0-0 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
0-5 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.4932 (153) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (0-15): 0.3980 (288)
0-0 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (0-10): 0.3419 (318) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 0-4 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5008 (148)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/1999	Away	L 46-78	vs. #211 Pacific
11/27/1999	Away	L 50-70	vs. #170 Boise St
12/1/1999	Home	L 59-69	vs. #184 UC Irvine
12/4/1999	Away	L 71-82	vs. #255 CS Fullerton
12/11/1999	Home	L 55-96	vs. #60 USC
12/15/1999	Away	L 58-84	vs. #133 Texas El Paso
12/18/1999	Away	L 64-95	vs. #58 Long Beach St
12/31/1999	Away	L 63-70	vs. #278 San Diego St
1/2/2000	Away	L 57-75	vs. #61 Notre Dame
1/5/2000	Home	L 63-73	vs. #164 Santa Barbara
1/14/2000	Home	L 38-82	vs. #71 San Diego
1/15/2000	Home	L 71-74	vs. #239 St Marys CA
1/21/2000	Away	L 66-83	vs. #95 San Francisco
1/22/2000	Away	L 75-79	vs. #76 Santa Clara
1/28/2000	Home	L 55-70	vs. #76 Santa Clara
1/29/2000	Home	L 76-86	vs. #95 San Francisco
2/3/2000	Away	L 70-86	vs. #212 Portland
2/5/2000	Away	L 56-103	vs. #25 Gonzaga
2/11/2000	Home	L 77-101	vs. #25 Gonzaga
2/12/2000	Home	L 55-56	vs. #212 Portland
2/16/2000	Away	L 73-95	vs. #30 Pepperdine
2/19/2000	Home	L 65-77	vs. #30 Pepperdine
2/24/2000	Away	L 65-77	vs. #239 St Marys CA
2/26/2000	Away	L 53-75	vs. #71 San Diego
3/4/2000	Neut	L 49-83	vs. #30 Pepperdine

FUTURE GAMES

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