NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MIAMI FLA
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-11
Power Rating: 86.454
Ranking: 32

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

Home Ratings (11-5): 81.052 (95) 1-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 6-2 81.607 Non-League Ratings: 5-3 78.337 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 86.251

Away Ratings (8-3): 91.247 (9)
1-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 7-1 92.790
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 80.017
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 96.986

Neutral Ratings (4-3): 87.286 (37) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 87.407 Non-League Ratings: 3-2 86.189 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 89.681

League Ratings (14-4): 89.765 (18)
2-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 6-2 81.607
Away Ratings: 7-1 92.790
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.407
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 90.587

Non-League Ratings (9-7): 81.447 (80) 1-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 5-3 78.337 Away Ratings: 1-2 80.017 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.189 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 91.064

Wins Ratings: 89.021 (34)
3-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
8-3 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 11-5 81.857
Away Ratings: 8-3 95.259
Neutral Ratings: 4-3 89.915
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 97.361

Points Ratings: 83.749 (34) 2-4 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 6-2 v #51-100 6-3 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 11-5 79.939 Away Ratings: 8-3 87.124 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 84.546 League Ratings: 14-4 85.435 Non-League Ratings: 9-7 81.107 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 88.165

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 92.950 (6)
4-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-0 86.251
Away Ratings: 3-0 96.986
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 89.681
League Ratings: 6-1 90.587
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 91.064

Home Advantage: -4.631 (309)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0976 (68)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2628 (60)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4161 (48)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5395 (46)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6739 (49)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8649 (77)

Upward Stability: 3.4850 (23)

Downward Stability: 4.0617 (6)

RPI
RPI: 0.5874 (29)
2-5 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-318

RPI Home (11-5): 0.5658 (101) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-318

RPI Away (8-3): 0.6097 (5)
2-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (4-3): 0.6015 (51) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (14-4): 0.6328 (6)
2-2 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (9-7): 0.5362 (95) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5577 (36)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Away	W 81-54	vs. #236 Central Florida
11/23/1999	Home	W 67-46	vs. #257 Monmouth NJ
11/30/1999	Home	W 102-75	vs. #243 Bethune Cookman
12/4/1999	Away	L 72-82	vs. #98 Memphis
12/7/1999	Home	L 65-75	vs. #48 NC Charlotte
12/11/1999	Home	W 97-61	vs. #285 Hartford
12/18/1999	Home	L 68-78	vs. #27 North Carolina
12/20/1999	Away	L 60-66	vs. #96 Ul Lafayette
12/21/1999	Neut	W 68-64	vs. #117 Detroit
12/22/1999	Neut	L 78-87	vs. #173 Illinois St
12/27/1999	Home	W 89-52	vs. #316 Fla Atlantic
12/29/1999	Home	W 80-66	vs. #217 Quinnipiac
1/5/2000	Home	W 66-58	vs. #97 West Virginia
1/8/2000	Home	L 55-67	vs. #15 Syracuse
1/11/2000	Away	W 71-64	vs. #33 Seton Hall
1/15/2000	Away	L 61-65	vs. #79 Georgetown
1/17/2000	Away	W 67-66	vs. #62 Villanova
1/22/2000	Home	W 62-54	vs. #151 Boston College
1/25/2000	Away	W 63-49	vs. #61 Notre Dame
1/29/2000	Home	L 57-60	vs. #18 Kentucky
2/1/2000	Home	W 64-60	vs. #125 Pittsburgh
2/5/2000	Away	W 58-52	vs. #108 Rutgers
2/7/2000	Home	W 77-55	vs. #79 Georgetown
2/16/2000	Home	L 45-47	vs. #165 Providence
2/19/2000	Away	W 63-57	vs. #23 Connecticut
2/22/2000	Away	W 68-50	vs. #97 West Virginia
2/26/2000	Home	W 55-52	vs. #61 Notre Dame
2/29/2000	Away	W 74-66	vs. #125 Pittsburgh
3/5/2000	Home	W 74-70	vs. #22 St Johns
3/9/2000	Neut	W 61-58	vs. #61 Notre Dame
3/10/2000	Neut	L 57-58	vs. #22 St Johns
3/17/2000	Neut	W 75-71	vs. #50 Arkansas
3/19/2000	Neut	W 75-62	vs. #11 Ohio St
3/24/2000	Neut	L 71-80	vs. #8 Tulsa

FUTURE GAMES

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