NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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VILLANOVA
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-12
Power Rating: 83.187
Ranking: 62

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

Home Ratings (13-2): 85.136 (47) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 6-2 83.729 Non-League Ratings: 7-0 79.882 Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 85.390

Away Ratings (3-8): 80.687 (88)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 2-6 79.944
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 87.265
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 76.999

Neutral Ratings (3-2): 84.085 (68) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 85.780 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 81.577 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.780

League Ratings (9-9): 82.175 (71)
0-4 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 6-2 83.729
Away Ratings: 2-6 79.944
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 85.780
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 83.155

Non-League Ratings (10-3): 85.179 (47) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 7-0 79.882 Away Ratings: 1-2 87.265 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 81.577 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 81.905

Wins Ratings: 85.044 (57)
0-5 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
11-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 13-2 87.825
Away Ratings: 3-8 81.817
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.114
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 85.353

Points Ratings: 81.163 (69) 0-3 v #1-25 3-4 v #26-50 5-3 v #51-100 9-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 13-2 82.007 Away Ratings: 3-8 79.882 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 81.741 League Ratings: 9-9 80.761 Non-League Ratings: 10-3 81.866 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 81.690

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 83.624 (58)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 5-0 85.390
Away Ratings: 0-3 76.999
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 85.780
League Ratings: 5-4 83.155
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 81.905

Home Advantage: 7.4108 (65)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0926 (72)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2452 (72)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3857 (73)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5168 (65)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6752 (48)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8974 (21)

Upward Stability: 3.3937 (33)

Downward Stability: 3.8261 (15)

RPI
RPI: 0.5704 (44)
0-5 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
11-4 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (13-2): 0.6194 (22) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 8-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (3-8): 0.5031 (85)
0-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.5713 (77) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI League (9-9): 0.5450 (81)
0-5 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
6-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (10-3): 0.6056 (29) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5562 (40)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/1999	Home	W 74-70	vs. #121 Lafayette
11/29/1999	Home	W 62-52	vs. #200 Fair Dickinson
12/6/1999	Away	L 51-52	vs. #90 Massachusetts
12/11/1999	Home	W 73-61	vs. #54 Penn St
12/15/1999	Away	L 66-69	vs. #7 Temple
12/22/1999	Home	W 77-71	vs. #235 SO Carolina St
12/27/1999	Neut	L 56-79	vs. #68 Colorado
12/29/1999	Neut	W 63-62	vs. #112 Bradley
12/30/1999	Neut	W 70-57	vs. #52 Wake Forest
1/4/2000	Away	L 64-71	vs. #33 Seton Hall
1/9/2000	Away	W 67-65	vs. #82 Pennsylvania
1/12/2000	Home	W 80-72	vs. #156 LA Salle
1/15/2000	Home	W 67-59	vs. #151 Boston College
1/17/2000	Home	L 66-67	vs. #32 Miami Fla
1/20/2000	Away	W 66-57	vs. #165 Providence
1/23/2000	Away	L 60-73	vs. #108 Rutgers
1/27/2000	Away	L 70-79	vs. #125 Pittsburgh
1/30/2000	Home	W 78-75	vs. #142 Georgia
2/2/2000	Home	L 60-74	vs. #23 Connecticut
2/5/2000	Away	W 72-69	vs. #79 Georgetown
2/8/2000	Home	W 86-69	vs. #61 Notre Dame
2/12/2000	Away	L 75-78	vs. #22 St Johns
2/15/2000	Home	W 87-77	vs. #97 West Virginia
2/17/2000	Home	W 68-61	vs. #111 St Josephs PA
2/20/2000	Home	W 82-70	vs. #108 Rutgers
2/23/2000	Away	L 63-91	vs. #15 Syracuse
2/26/2000	Home	W 87-74	vs. #33 Seton Hall
3/1/2000	Home	W 77-72	vs. #165 Providence
3/4/2000	Away	L 67-79	vs. #151 Boston College
3/8/2000	Neut	W 65-55	vs. #125 Pittsburgh
3/9/2000	Neut	L 70-75	vs. #22 St Johns

FUTURE GAMES

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