NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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LSU
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 28-6
Power Rating: 90.755
Ranking: 14

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

Home Ratings (17-1): 92.169 (10) 3-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 86.661 Non-League Ratings: 10-0 95.067 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 80.301

Away Ratings (5-3): 91.028 (13)
0-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 5-3 90.708
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 90.755
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 93.770

Neutral Ratings (6-2): 89.290 (22) 1-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 87.075 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 88.341 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 87.216

League Ratings (13-5): 89.667 (20)
1-2 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 86.661
Away Ratings: 5-3 90.708
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.075
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 89.009

Non-League Ratings (15-1): 93.051 (4) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 10-0 95.067 Away Ratings: 0-0 90.755 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 88.341 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 87.317

Wins Ratings: 93.852 (10)
4-3 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 17-1 96.305
Away Ratings: 5-3 93.907
Neutral Ratings: 6-2 92.266
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 95.563

Points Ratings: 87.460 (14) 4-3 v #1-25 5-2 v #26-50 8-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 17-1 87.960 Away Ratings: 5-3 88.315 Neutral Ratings: 6-2 85.960 League Ratings: 13-5 87.075 Non-League Ratings: 15-1 88.104 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 86.417

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 91.124 (11)
2-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-0 80.301
Away Ratings: 3-0 93.770
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.216
League Ratings: 6-1 89.009
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 87.317

Home Advantage: 6.0334 (104)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0997 (65)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2618 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4132 (52)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5332 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6611 (60)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8457 (106)

Upward Stability: 2.5058 (258)

Downward Stability: 3.5973 (36)

RPI
RPI: 0.6170 (12)
4-3 v #1-25
6-2 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (17-1): 0.6150 (25) 3-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (5-3): 0.5915 (11)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (6-2): 0.6469 (17) 2-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (13-5): 0.6152 (16)
1-2 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (15-1): 0.6189 (15) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5481 (51)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/1999	Home	W 112-37	vs. #318 Grambling
11/22/1999	Home	W 75-36	vs. #262 SE Louisiana
11/26/1999	Neut	W 87-80	vs. #189 Oakland
11/27/1999	Neut	W 103-86	vs. #88 Wyoming
11/28/1999	Neut	W 95-85	vs. #41 Fresno St
12/11/1999	Home	W 71-64	vs. #213 Alcorn St
12/14/1999	Home	W 73-45	vs. #226 Tenn Martin
12/18/1999	Home	W 85-67	vs. #118 Sam Houston
12/21/1999	Home	W 80-52	vs. #247 Centenary
12/23/1999	Home	W 91-74	vs. #238 Nicholls St
12/27/1999	Home	W 81-55	vs. #317 Howard
12/30/1999	Home	W 63-53	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
1/5/2000	Home	W 78-66	vs. #107 Alabama
1/8/2000	Home	L 59-64	vs. #21 Tennessee
1/12/2000	Away	L 57-82	vs. #6 Florida
1/15/2000	Away	L 62-65	vs. #42 Vanderbilt
1/19/2000	Home	W 61-57	vs. #142 Georgia
1/26/2000	Home	W 96-75	vs. #50 Arkansas
1/29/2000	Home	W 86-60	vs. #10 Arizona
2/2/2000	Away	L 66-68	vs. #122 Mississippi St
2/5/2000	Away	W 93-60	vs. #107 Alabama
2/9/2000	Home	W 83-68	vs. #31 Auburn
2/13/2000	Home	W 70-57	vs. #18 Kentucky
2/16/2000	Away	W 97-53	vs. #84 Mississippi
2/19/2000	Away	W 78-67	vs. #50 Arkansas
2/23/2000	Away	W 64-59	vs. #72 South Carolina
2/26/2000	Home	W 71-66	vs. #122 Mississippi St
3/1/2000	Away	W 55-53	vs. #31 Auburn
3/4/2000	Home	W 64-60	vs. #84 Mississippi
3/10/2000	Neut	W 71-60	vs. #42 Vanderbilt
3/11/2000	Neut	L 67-69	vs. #50 Arkansas
3/16/2000	Neut	W 64-61	vs. #80 SE Missouri St
3/18/2000	Neut	W 72-67	vs. #13 Texas
3/23/2000	Neut	L 48-61	vs. #17 Wisconsin

FUTURE GAMES

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