NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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OLD DOMINION
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-19
Power Rating: 71.157
Ranking: 207

0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-12 v #101-200
7-5 v #201-318

Home Ratings (8-5): 71.966 (198) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 4-3 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-318 League Ratings: 5-3 71.712 Non-League Ratings: 3-2 70.376 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 73.056

Away Ratings (3-11): 72.169 (189)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-7 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-318
League Ratings: 1-7 76.017
Non-League Ratings: 2-4 73.884
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 74.642

Neutral Ratings (0-3): 60.095 (281) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-1 65.657 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 66.032 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 65.657

League Ratings (6-11): 71.657 (198)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-8 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 5-3 71.712
Away Ratings: 1-7 76.017
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 65.657
Last Ten Ratings: 3-6 73.357

Non-League Ratings (5-8): 70.267 (216) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 3-2 70.376 Away Ratings: 2-4 73.884 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 66.032 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 71.095

Wins Ratings: 69.386 (218)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-12 v #101-200
7-5 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 8-5 70.997
Away Ratings: 3-11 69.827
Neutral Ratings: 0-3 49.761
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 68.308

Points Ratings: 73.116 (185) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-12 v #101-200 7-5 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-5 72.562 Away Ratings: 3-11 74.903 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 66.601 League Ratings: 6-11 73.774 Non-League Ratings: 5-8 71.933 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 73.483

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 70.735 (214)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-1 73.056
Away Ratings: 0-5 74.642
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 65.657
League Ratings: 3-6 73.357
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 71.095

Home Advantage: 5.9512 (107)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0288 (238)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1081 (208)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2042 (195)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3127 (189)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4731 (180)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7811 (167)

Upward Stability: 3.6180 (13)

Downward Stability: 3.1137 (117)

RPI
RPI: 0.4434 (241)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
4-9 v #101-200
5-5 v #201-318

RPI Home (8-5): 0.5027 (204) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-3 v #201-318

RPI Away (3-11): 0.4072 (250)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (0-3): 0.3550 (295) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (6-11): 0.4620 (215)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
4-4 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (5-8): 0.4191 (268) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4690 (219)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/1999	Home	W 77-64	vs. #237 Chattanooga
11/23/1999	Away	L 61-75	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
11/26/1999	Neut	L 64-76	vs. #154 Wisc Green Bay
11/27/1999	Away	W 61-57	vs. #236 Central Florida
11/28/1999	Neut	L 65-68	vs. #221 Furman
12/1/1999	Away	L 57-59	vs. #232 East Carolina
12/4/1999	Home	L 70-78	vs. #146 Washington
12/8/1999	Away	W 71-62	vs. #306 VMI
12/11/1999	Home	W 65-60	vs. #220 New Orleans
12/18/1999	Home	L 49-60	vs. #132 NC Wilmington
12/22/1999	Away	L 64-68	vs. #158 Kansas St
12/29/1999	Home	L 64-67	vs. #287 Norfolk St
1/3/2000	Home	W 82-75	vs. #103 Geo Washington
1/5/2000	Away	L 67-73	vs. #177 VA Commonwealth
1/8/2000	Home	W 60-58	vs. #126 Richmond
1/12/2000	Home	L 66-70	vs. #143 James Madison
1/15/2000	Away	L 75-77	vs. #135 George Mason
1/19/2000	Home	W 62-57	vs. #228 American
1/22/2000	Away	W 74-60	vs. #215 William & Mary
1/26/2000	Away	L 48-72	vs. #48 NC Charlotte
1/29/2000	Home	W 72-69	vs. #177 VA Commonwealth
2/2/2000	Home	W 75-64	vs. #135 George Mason
2/5/2000	Away	L 60-66	vs. #132 NC Wilmington
2/7/2000	Away	L 67-78	vs. #124 Virginia Tech
2/10/2000	Away	L 66-73	vs. #228 American
2/12/2000	Home	W 71-62	vs. #215 William & Mary
2/16/2000	Home	L 60-62	vs. #232 East Carolina
2/19/2000	Away	L 59-61	vs. #143 James Madison
2/23/2000	Away	L 55-56	vs. #126 Richmond
3/4/2000	Neut	L 55-67	vs. #126 Richmond

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)