NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MICHIGAN ST
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 32-7
Power Rating: 96.610
Ranking: 1

13-6 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (14-0): 101.31 (1) 5-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 8-0 95.735 Non-League Ratings: 6-0 101.17 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 106.11

Away Ratings (7-6): 93.423 (5)
2-5 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 5-3 95.731
Non-League Ratings: 2-3 93.634
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 109.11

Neutral Ratings (11-1): 100.95 (1) 6-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 4-0 100.00 Non-League Ratings: 7-1 96.509 Last Ten Ratings: 8-0 101.34

League Ratings (17-3): 97.458 (1)
8-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 8-0 95.735
Away Ratings: 5-3 95.731
Neutral Ratings: 4-0 100.00
Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 100.17

Non-League Ratings (15-4): 95.630 (1) 5-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 6-0 101.17 Away Ratings: 2-3 93.634 Neutral Ratings: 7-1 96.509 Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 105.04

Wins Ratings: 100.00 (1)
13-6 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 14-0 110.81
Away Ratings: 7-6 96.063
Neutral Ratings: 11-1 106.47
Last Ten Ratings: 10-0 119.68

Points Ratings: 93.239 (1) 14-6 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 7-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 14-0 95.216 Away Ratings: 7-6 91.329 Neutral Ratings: 11-1 95.169 League Ratings: 17-3 93.827 Non-League Ratings: 15-4 92.497 Last Ten Ratings: 10-0 99.630

Last Ten Ratings (10-0): 107.69 (1)
5-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 1-0 106.11
Away Ratings: 1-0 109.11
Neutral Ratings: 8-0 101.34
League Ratings: 5-0 100.17
Non-League Ratings: 5-0 105.04

Home Advantage: 8.3011 (46)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1654 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3839 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5377 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6442 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7594 (5)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9036 (15)

Upward Stability: 2.5193 (253)

Downward Stability: 3.9073 (9)

RPI
RPI: 0.6399 (2)
13-5 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
8-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-318

RPI Home (14-0): 0.6429 (10) 3-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (7-6): 0.5820 (13)
1-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (11-1): 0.6992 (2) 3-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (17-3): 0.6541 (4)
3-1 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (15-4): 0.6250 (11) 6-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5797 (11)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/1999	Home	W 78-33	vs. #66 Toledo
11/25/1999	Neut	W 82-58	vs. #165 Providence
11/26/1999	Neut	W 59-56	vs. #72 South Carolina
11/27/1999	Neut	L 74-81	vs. #13 Texas
12/1/1999	Away	W 86-76	vs. #27 North Carolina
12/3/1999	Home	W 75-45	vs. #317 Howard
12/4/1999	Home	W 74-57	vs. #113 Eastern Mich
12/7/1999	Neut	W 66-54	vs. #24 Kansas
12/11/1999	Away	L 68-79	vs. #10 Arizona
12/18/1999	Home	W 86-51	vs. #189 Oakland
12/23/1999	Away	L 58-60	vs. #18 Kentucky
12/28/1999	Home	W 96-63	vs. #304 Miss Valley St
12/30/1999	Away	L 49-53	vs. #187 Wright St
1/5/2000	Home	W 76-63	vs. #54 Penn St
1/8/2000	Away	W 75-53	vs. #45 Iowa
1/11/2000	Home	W 77-71	vs. #20 Indiana
1/20/2000	Away	L 67-78	vs. #11 Ohio St
1/22/2000	Home	W 69-45	vs. #251 Northwestern
1/27/2000	Away	W 59-29	vs. #251 Northwestern
1/30/2000	Home	W 91-66	vs. #19 Illinois
2/1/2000	Away	W 82-62	vs. #73 Michigan
2/5/2000	Home	W 85-66	vs. #23 Connecticut
2/8/2000	Away	L 67-70	vs. #16 Purdue
2/12/2000	Away	W 61-44	vs. #17 Wisconsin
2/15/2000	Home	W 83-72	vs. #11 Ohio St
2/19/2000	Home	W 59-54	vs. #17 Wisconsin
2/23/2000	Away	W 79-63	vs. #54 Penn St
2/26/2000	Away	L 79-81	vs. #20 Indiana
3/2/2000	Home	W 79-43	vs. #89 Minnesota
3/4/2000	Home	W 114-63	vs. #73 Michigan
3/10/2000	Neut	W 75-65	vs. #45 Iowa
3/11/2000	Neut	W 55-46	vs. #17 Wisconsin
3/12/2000	Neut	W 76-61	vs. #19 Illinois
3/16/2000	Neut	W 65-38	vs. #171 Valparaiso
3/18/2000	Neut	W 73-61	vs. #46 Utah
3/23/2000	Neut	W 75-58	vs. #15 Syracuse
3/25/2000	Neut	W 75-64	vs. #4 Iowa St
4/1/2000	Neut	W 53-41	vs. #17 Wisconsin
4/3/2000	Away	W 89-76	vs. #6 Florida

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)