NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-7
Power Rating: 91.417
Ranking: 9

4-6 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-318

Home Ratings (14-1): 90.979 (17) 2-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 90.823 Non-League Ratings: 7-0 87.698 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 87.331

Away Ratings (8-4): 91.143 (12)
1-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-318
League Ratings: 5-3 89.530
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 92.604
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 93.417

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 91.987 (9) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 94.432 Non-League Ratings: 3-1 89.596 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 91.397

League Ratings (13-5): 91.061 (12)
4-4 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 90.823
Away Ratings: 5-3 89.530
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 94.432
Last Ten Ratings: 3-3 92.174

Non-League Ratings (13-2): 92.002 (6) 0-2 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 7-0 87.698 Away Ratings: 3-1 92.604 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 89.596 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 89.596

Wins Ratings: 94.379 (7)
4-6 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 14-1 92.051
Away Ratings: 8-4 94.692
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 95.278
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 93.444

Points Ratings: 88.424 (9) 4-6 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 11-0 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 14-1 89.667 Away Ratings: 8-4 87.631 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 88.459 League Ratings: 13-5 88.631 Non-League Ratings: 13-2 88.018 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 88.292

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 90.891 (14)
0-4 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 1-1 87.331
Away Ratings: 1-1 93.417
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 91.397
League Ratings: 3-3 92.174
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 89.596

Home Advantage: 3.5783 (170)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1313 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3035 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4375 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5445 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6692 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8714 (67)

Upward Stability: 2.6125 (238)

Downward Stability: 3.1828 (103)

RPI
RPI: 0.6145 (16)
4-6 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
13-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (14-1): 0.6143 (26) 2-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (8-4): 0.5776 (19)
2-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6891 (5) 0-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (13-5): 0.6146 (18)
2-4 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (13-2): 0.6145 (19) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5568 (37)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 87-75	vs. #104 Appalachian St
11/20/1999	Home	W 81-50	vs. #181 Idaho
11/23/1999	Away	W 93-64	vs. #299 Arkansas Lr
11/27/1999	Home	W 103-65	vs. #246 North Texas
12/1/1999	Home	W 68-56	vs. #159 Wichita St
12/4/1999	Home	W 87-66	vs. #190 Tex San Antonio
12/12/1999	Home	W 97-63	vs. #278 San Diego St
12/15/1999	Home	W 79-53	vs. #213 Alcorn St
12/18/1999	Away	W 89-75	vs. #39 Unlv
12/21/1999	Away	W 84-72	vs. #146 Washington
12/30/1999	Away	L 53-63	vs. #14 LSU
1/8/2000	Home	W 55-47	vs. #131 Texas Tech
1/15/2000	Away	W 56-41	vs. #137 Baylor
1/19/2000	Home	W 73-65	vs. #13 Texas
1/22/2000	Away	L 59-64	vs. #203 Texas A&M
1/26/2000	Away	W 71-56	vs. #158 Kansas St
1/30/2000	Home	W 67-51	vs. #137 Baylor
2/2/2000	Away	W 63-59	vs. #131 Texas Tech
2/5/2000	Home	W 87-55	vs. #203 Texas A&M
2/7/2000	Home	W 86-53	vs. #24 Kansas
2/12/2000	Away	W 74-71	vs. #12 Oklahoma
2/16/2000	Away	L 57-68	vs. #13 Texas
2/19/2000	Home	W 94-55	vs. #157 Nebraska
2/21/2000	Away	W 84-72	vs. #40 Missouri
2/26/2000	Away	L 61-72	vs. #4 Iowa St
3/1/2000	Home	W 96-60	vs. #68 Colorado
3/4/2000	Home	L 56-59	vs. #12 Oklahoma
3/10/2000	Neut	W 77-58	vs. #24 Kansas
3/11/2000	Neut	L 64-68	vs. #4 Iowa St
3/17/2000	Neut	W 86-66	vs. #81 Hofstra
3/19/2000	Neut	W 75-67	vs. #30 Pepperdine
3/24/2000	Neut	W 68-66	vs. #33 Seton Hall
3/26/2000	Neut	L 65-77	vs. #6 Florida

FUTURE GAMES

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