NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 17-12
Power Rating: 82.681
Ranking: 65

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

Home Ratings (14-3): 83.394 (67) 0-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 5-3 81.665 Non-League Ratings: 9-0 83.173 Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 72.978

Away Ratings (2-8): 80.271 (95)
1-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 1-7 82.064
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 85.806
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 83.658

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 87.009 (41) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 88.415 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 82.681 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 88.415

League Ratings (7-11): 81.466 (80)
0-2 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 5-3 81.665
Away Ratings: 1-7 82.064
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.415
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 82.712

Non-League Ratings (10-1): 88.025 (31) 1-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 9-0 83.173 Away Ratings: 1-1 85.806 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 82.681 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 82.681

Wins Ratings: 83.509 (74)
1-2 v #1-25
4-5 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 14-3 84.466
Away Ratings: 2-8 80.603
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.994
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 77.751

Points Ratings: 81.867 (56) 2-6 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 6-3 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 14-3 81.949 Away Ratings: 2-8 80.386 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.312 League Ratings: 7-11 81.415 Non-League Ratings: 10-1 83.406 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 80.910

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 79.267 (110)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 0-3 72.978
Away Ratings: 1-4 83.658
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.415
League Ratings: 2-8 82.712
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 82.681

Home Advantage: 6.0236 (105)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1057 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2618 (63)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3968 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5109 (69)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6392 (91)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8427 (110)

Upward Stability: 2.9749 (150)

Downward Stability: 2.9224 (167)

RPI
RPI: 0.5453 (77)
2-6 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (14-3): 0.5743 (83) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 7-1 v #201-318

RPI Away (2-8): 0.4834 (122)
1-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.6082 (44) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (7-11): 0.5269 (110)
1-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (10-1): 0.5753 (48) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5316 (87)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 67-63	vs. #142 Georgia
11/23/1999	Home	W 75-61	vs. #207 Old Dominion
11/26/1999	Home	W 79-45	vs. #259 Stetson
12/1/1999	Away	W 61-59	vs. #16 Purdue
12/4/1999	Home	W 64-60	vs. #165 Providence
12/12/1999	Home	W 80-58	vs. #242 NC Asheville
12/17/1999	Home	W 85-50	vs. #258 Liberty
12/22/1999	Away	L 62-73	vs. #77 Tulane
12/28/1999	Home	W 67-40	vs. #307 Yale
12/30/1999	Home	W 79-53	vs. #225 Westrn Carolina
1/6/2000	Home	W 68-66	vs. #26 Maryland
1/8/2000	Away	L 75-83	vs. #27 North Carolina
1/12/2000	Home	W 65-62	vs. #53 Virginia
1/16/2000	Home	W 76-56	vs. #52 Wake Forest
1/19/2000	Away	L 88-92	vs. #3 Duke
1/22/2000	Home	W 66-58	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
1/27/2000	Away	L 42-59	vs. #167 Clemson
1/29/2000	Home	W 79-68	vs. #44 Arizona St
2/2/2000	Home	W 68-58	vs. #110 Florida St
2/6/2000	Away	L 73-78	vs. #26 Maryland
2/9/2000	Home	L 62-70	vs. #27 North Carolina
2/12/2000	Away	L 82-88	vs. #53 Virginia
2/15/2000	Away	L 53-71	vs. #52 Wake Forest
2/19/2000	Home	L 66-71	vs. #3 Duke
2/24/2000	Away	L 63-66	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
2/27/2000	Home	L 63-66	vs. #167 Clemson
3/5/2000	Away	W 70-51	vs. #110 Florida St
3/10/2000	Neut	W 76-65	vs. #53 Virginia
3/11/2000	Neut	L 61-64	vs. #26 Maryland

FUTURE GAMES

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