NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-8
Power Rating: 87.309
Ranking: 28

2-3 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (11-3): 85.231 (45) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-2 83.763 Non-League Ratings: 4-1 82.216 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 82.208

Away Ratings (8-4): 88.870 (21)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 6-3 88.419
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 82.356
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 87.817

Neutral Ratings (2-1): 87.770 (32) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-0 87.309 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 87.442 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 85.091

League Ratings (13-5): 88.548 (26)
1-3 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-2 83.763
Away Ratings: 6-3 88.419
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 87.309
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 85.192

Non-League Ratings (8-3): 84.794 (50) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 4-1 82.216 Away Ratings: 2-1 82.356 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 87.442 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 85.091

Wins Ratings: 90.093 (27)
2-3 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 11-3 86.960
Away Ratings: 8-4 92.522
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 90.429
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 88.436

Points Ratings: 84.311 (29) 1-3 v #1-25 7-2 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 6-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 11-3 83.050 Away Ratings: 8-4 85.190 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 85.046 League Ratings: 13-5 84.868 Non-League Ratings: 8-3 83.159 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 83.483

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 86.009 (43)
0-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 4-1 82.208
Away Ratings: 2-2 87.817
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 85.091
League Ratings: 6-3 85.192
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 85.091

Home Advantage: 0.6049 (243)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1098 (51)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2750 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4245 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5505 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6992 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8966 (23)

Upward Stability: 2.7967 (203)

Downward Stability: 3.3396 (74)

RPI
RPI: 0.5851 (32)
1-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (11-3): 0.5883 (64) 1-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-318

RPI Away (8-4): 0.5679 (24)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.6390 (24) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (13-5): 0.5975 (26)
1-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.5648 (60) 0-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5388 (76)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/1999	Away	W 65-58	vs. #195 Illinois Chi
11/30/1999	Home	W 74-62	vs. #212 Portland
12/3/1999	Away	W 91-87	vs. #150 Portland St
12/11/1999	Home	L 77-79	vs. #83 CS Northridge
12/14/1999	Home	W 101-53	vs. #275 Denver
12/18/1999	Home	W 82-75	vs. #89 Minnesota
12/22/1999	Home	W 91-54	vs. #86 Northrn Arizona
12/28/1999	Neut	W 67-66	vs. #52 Wake Forest
12/29/1999	Neut	W 70-64	vs. #25 Gonzaga
12/31/1999	Away	L 63-66	vs. #105 Hawaii
1/8/2000	Away	W 67-49	vs. #115 Oregon St
1/13/2000	Home	W 83-68	vs. #78 California
1/15/2000	Home	L 71-85	vs. #5 Stanford
1/20/2000	Away	W 76-74	vs. #146 Washington
1/22/2000	Away	W 81-80	vs. #219 Washington St
1/27/2000	Home	W 68-67	vs. #60 USC
1/29/2000	Home	W 73-58	vs. #29 UCLA
2/3/2000	Away	L 71-77	vs. #10 Arizona
2/5/2000	Away	W 86-73	vs. #44 Arizona St
2/10/2000	Away	L 61-76	vs. #5 Stanford
2/12/2000	Away	W 64-60	vs. #78 California
2/17/2000	Home	W 70-53	vs. #219 Washington St
2/19/2000	Home	L 58-67	vs. #146 Washington
2/24/2000	Away	L 69-75	vs. #29 UCLA
2/26/2000	Away	W 80-77	vs. #60 USC
3/2/2000	Home	W 76-74	vs. #44 Arizona St
3/4/2000	Home	W 86-81	vs. #10 Arizona
3/11/2000	Home	W 83-65	vs. #115 Oregon St
3/17/2000	Neut	L 71-72	vs. #33 Seton Hall

FUTURE GAMES

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