NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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UNLV
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-8
Power Rating: 84.970
Ranking: 39

0-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (15-2): 85.341 (43) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 6-1 85.501 Non-League Ratings: 9-1 82.634 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 87.720

Away Ratings (4-5): 83.427 (56)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 4-3 84.486
Non-League Ratings: 0-2 67.970
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 81.673

Neutral Ratings (4-1): 87.634 (34) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 3-0 86.782 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 80.501 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 84.048

League Ratings (13-4): 85.966 (36)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 6-1 85.501
Away Ratings: 4-3 84.486
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 86.782
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 84.736

Non-League Ratings (10-4): 82.212 (72) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 9-1 82.634 Away Ratings: 0-2 67.970 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.501 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 68.845

Wins Ratings: 86.669 (41)
0-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 15-2 85.993
Away Ratings: 4-5 85.122
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 91.200
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 86.146

Points Ratings: 83.253 (38) 0-4 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 6-3 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 11-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 15-2 84.456 Away Ratings: 4-5 81.956 Neutral Ratings: 4-1 83.698 League Ratings: 13-4 84.197 Non-League Ratings: 10-4 80.863 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 82.734

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 84.400 (51)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-0 87.720
Away Ratings: 1-2 81.673
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 84.048
League Ratings: 6-2 84.736
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 68.845

Home Advantage: 4.4352 (148)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0737 (101)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1892 (123)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2988 (139)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3993 (142)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5303 (153)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7566 (187)

Upward Stability: 2.4225 (265)

Downward Stability: 2.8725 (177)

RPI
RPI: 0.5660 (48)
0-4 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (15-2): 0.5657 (103) 1-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (4-5): 0.5321 (48)
0-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (4-1): 0.6277 (32) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (13-4): 0.5805 (38)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
6-4 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.5484 (78) 0-4 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5073 (136)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 99-73	vs. #304 Miss Valley St
11/21/1999	Home	W 92-68	vs. #175 Fairfield
11/24/1999	Home	W 98-79	vs. #206 Nevada
11/28/1999	Home	W 85-69	vs. #79 Georgetown
12/3/1999	Neut	W 76-66	vs. #130 Princeton
12/4/1999	Away	L 78-102	vs. #27 North Carolina
12/15/1999	Home	W 87-66	vs. #149 Austin Peay
12/18/1999	Home	L 75-89	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
12/21/1999	Home	W 104-82	vs. #234 Cal Poly
12/28/1999	Home	W 87-80	vs. #292 Eastern KY
1/2/2000	Away	L 66-106	vs. #2 Cincinnati
1/4/2000	Home	W 72-53	vs. #279 High Point
1/10/2000	Home	L 75-77	vs. #69 BYU
1/15/2000	Away	W 98-73	vs. #227 Air Force
1/17/2000	Away	W 85-73	vs. #109 New Mexico
1/22/2000	Home	W 83-55	vs. #278 San Diego St
1/29/2000	Away	W 78-75	vs. #94 Colorado St
1/31/2000	Away	L 98-109	vs. #88 Wyoming
2/5/2000	Home	W 72-66	vs. #46 Utah
2/10/2000	Home	W 74-63	vs. #94 Colorado St
2/12/2000	Home	W 87-60	vs. #88 Wyoming
2/19/2000	Away	L 82-83	vs. #69 BYU
2/21/2000	Away	L 52-96	vs. #46 Utah
2/22/2000	Home	W 81-60	vs. #316 Fla Atlantic
2/26/2000	Home	W 84-61	vs. #227 Air Force
3/2/2000	Away	W 85-64	vs. #278 San Diego St
3/4/2000	Home	W 80-67	vs. #109 New Mexico
3/9/2000	Neut	W 77-72	vs. #278 San Diego St
3/10/2000	Neut	W 97-92	vs. #88 Wyoming
3/11/2000	Neut	W 79-56	vs. #69 BYU
3/17/2000	Neut	L 62-89	vs. #8 Tulsa

FUTURE GAMES

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