NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-7
Power Rating: 90.811
Ranking: 12

4-6 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
13-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (15-2): 89.964 (21) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 93.499 Non-League Ratings: 8-1 81.171 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 107.31

Away Ratings (6-3): 91.245 (10)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 5-3 89.608
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 102.06
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 94.147

Neutral Ratings (6-2): 91.218 (14) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 2-1 91.780 Non-League Ratings: 4-1 90.264 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 90.538

League Ratings (14-5): 91.796 (10)
4-4 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 93.499
Away Ratings: 5-3 89.608
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 91.780
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 93.401

Non-League Ratings (13-2): 88.636 (26) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-1 81.171 Away Ratings: 1-0 102.06 Neutral Ratings: 4-1 90.264 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 88.155

Wins Ratings: 93.427 (13)
4-6 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
13-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 15-2 92.122
Away Ratings: 6-3 94.407
Neutral Ratings: 6-2 93.700
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 95.106

Points Ratings: 88.106 (12) 4-6 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 12-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 15-2 87.544 Away Ratings: 6-3 88.149 Neutral Ratings: 6-2 88.653 League Ratings: 14-5 88.938 Non-League Ratings: 13-2 86.235 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 89.516

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 92.313 (9)
2-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-0 107.31
Away Ratings: 2-1 94.147
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 90.538
League Ratings: 6-2 93.401
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 88.155

Home Advantage: 2.7552 (199)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1123 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2785 (46)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4087 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5172 (64)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6498 (72)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8620 (82)

Upward Stability: 2.6095 (239)

Downward Stability: 3.2257 (92)

RPI
RPI: 0.6160 (13)
4-6 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
15-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (15-2): 0.6227 (20) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (6-3): 0.5845 (12)
1-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (6-2): 0.6371 (27) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (14-5): 0.6232 (13)
4-3 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (13-2): 0.6069 (27) 0-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5567 (38)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Neut	W 91-76	vs. #178 Montana St
11/20/1999	Neut	W 73-54	vs. #103 Geo Washington
11/21/1999	Neut	W 75-58	vs. #78 California
11/26/1999	Home	W 68-61	vs. #71 San Diego
11/27/1999	Home	W 80-68	vs. #184 UC Irvine
12/4/1999	Home	W 81-73	vs. #84 Mississippi
12/7/1999	Away	W 66-52	vs. #50 Arkansas
12/11/1999	Home	W 80-56	vs. #299 Arkansas Lr
12/18/1999	Home	W 102-63	vs. #194 Geo Southern
12/22/1999	Home	L 57-72	vs. #2 Cincinnati
12/29/1999	Home	W 94-41	vs. #276 Mt St Marys
12/30/1999	Home	W 64-51	vs. #196 Arkansas St
1/3/2000	Home	W 67-63	vs. #186 Lamar
1/8/2000	Home	W 78-53	vs. #203 Texas A&M
1/11/2000	Home	W 76-43	vs. #137 Baylor
1/15/2000	Away	L 66-79	vs. #13 Texas
1/19/2000	Away	L 80-88	vs. #68 Colorado
1/22/2000	Home	W 80-75	vs. #4 Iowa St
1/29/2000	Away	W 78-61	vs. #131 Texas Tech
1/31/2000	Home	W 83-59	vs. #13 Texas
2/5/2000	Away	W 68-59	vs. #137 Baylor
2/8/2000	Home	W 85-64	vs. #158 Kansas St
2/12/2000	Home	L 71-74	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
2/14/2000	Away	W 62-54	vs. #157 Nebraska
2/20/2000	Away	L 50-53	vs. #24 Kansas
2/23/2000	Home	W 93-65	vs. #131 Texas Tech
2/26/2000	Home	W 83-56	vs. #40 Missouri
3/1/2000	Away	W 77-59	vs. #203 Texas A&M
3/4/2000	Away	W 59-56	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
3/10/2000	Neut	W 84-80	vs. #40 Missouri
3/11/2000	Neut	W 81-65	vs. #13 Texas
3/12/2000	Neut	L 58-70	vs. #4 Iowa St
3/16/2000	Neut	W 74-50	vs. #160 Winthrop
3/18/2000	Neut	L 62-66	vs. #16 Purdue

FUTURE GAMES

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