NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MISSOURI
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-13
Power Rating: 84.918
Ranking: 40

2-10 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (10-5): 82.692 (74) 1-4 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 5-3 85.696 Non-League Ratings: 5-2 78.832 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 81.512

Away Ratings (5-4): 88.145 (28)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 5-3 88.160
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 85.199
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 88.278

Neutral Ratings (3-4): 84.266 (67) 1-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 89.606 Non-League Ratings: 2-3 82.121 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 84.824

League Ratings (11-7): 86.936 (33)
1-7 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 5-3 85.696
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.160
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 89.606
Last Ten Ratings: 4-5 86.242

Non-League Ratings (7-6): 80.867 (87) 1-3 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 5-2 78.832 Away Ratings: 0-1 85.199 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 82.121 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 73.731

Wins Ratings: 86.336 (43)
2-10 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 10-5 82.973
Away Ratings: 5-4 90.922
Neutral Ratings: 3-4 85.824
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 83.641

Points Ratings: 83.434 (37) 2-11 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 8-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 10-5 82.235 Away Ratings: 5-4 85.391 Neutral Ratings: 3-4 82.781 League Ratings: 11-7 85.393 Non-League Ratings: 7-6 79.485 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 83.348

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 83.367 (63)
0-5 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 1-2 81.512
Away Ratings: 2-2 88.278
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 84.824
League Ratings: 4-5 86.242
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 73.731

Home Advantage: 0.2675 (251)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1265 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3096 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4574 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5722 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7041 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8860 (40)

Upward Stability: 3.3635 (41)

Downward Stability: 3.2675 (86)

RPI
RPI: 0.5724 (40)
2-11 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (10-5): 0.5741 (84) 1-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (5-4): 0.5683 (23)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (3-4): 0.5740 (74) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI League (11-7): 0.5875 (32)
0-6 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (7-6): 0.5516 (74) 0-4 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5697 (19)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/12/1999	Neut	L 55-66	vs. #17 Wisconsin
11/13/1999	Neut	W 51-48	vs. #130 Princeton
11/19/1999	Home	W 75-69	vs. #242 NC Asheville
11/21/1999	Home	W 85-68	vs. #225 Westrn Carolina
11/27/1999	Home	W 91-50	vs. #312 Morgan St
12/1/1999	Home	W 63-60	vs. #59 SMU
12/7/1999	Home	L 68-73	vs. #20 Indiana
12/12/1999	Away	L 72-75	vs. #47 St Louis
12/18/1999	Home	W 72-61	vs. #45 Iowa
12/21/1999	Neut	W 78-72	vs. #19 Illinois
12/30/1999	Neut	L 53-70	vs. #18 Kentucky
1/4/2000	Home	L 46-51	vs. #160 Winthrop
1/8/2000	Away	L 81-86	vs. #4 Iowa St
1/12/2000	Home	W 100-86	vs. #68 Colorado
1/15/2000	Home	W 73-56	vs. #158 Kansas St
1/18/2000	Away	W 74-72	vs. #137 Baylor
1/22/2000	Home	W 81-59	vs. #24 Kansas
1/29/2000	Home	W 93-62	vs. #203 Texas A&M
2/2/2000	Away	W 86-81	vs. #68 Colorado
2/5/2000	Away	W 84-78	vs. #157 Nebraska
2/9/2000	Home	L 62-72	vs. #4 Iowa St
2/12/2000	Home	L 63-66	vs. #13 Texas
2/15/2000	Away	W 86-76	vs. #131 Texas Tech
2/19/2000	Away	W 84-74	vs. #158 Kansas St
2/21/2000	Home	L 72-84	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
2/26/2000	Away	L 56-83	vs. #12 Oklahoma
3/1/2000	Home	W 86-72	vs. #157 Nebraska
3/5/2000	Away	L 82-83	vs. #24 Kansas
3/9/2000	Neut	W 80-47	vs. #131 Texas Tech
3/10/2000	Neut	L 80-84	vs. #12 Oklahoma
3/17/2000	Neut	L 70-84	vs. #27 North Carolina

FUTURE GAMES

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