NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-16
Power Rating: 78.728
Ranking: 115

1-3 v #1-25
0-7 v #26-50
2-6 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (7-6): 78.228 (125) 1-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 3-6 76.396 Non-League Ratings: 4-0 82.806 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 82.603

Away Ratings (3-9): 79.900 (102)
0-2 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 2-7 81.072
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 82.931
Last Ten Ratings: 0-6 79.142

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 75.447 (142) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-0 78.728 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 75.728 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 78.728

League Ratings (5-13): 77.521 (131)
1-3 v #1-25
0-6 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-6 76.396
Away Ratings: 2-7 81.072
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 78.728
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 80.876

Non-League Ratings (6-3): 81.505 (78) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 4-0 82.806 Away Ratings: 1-2 82.931 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 75.728 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 78.728

Wins Ratings: 79.062 (119)
1-3 v #1-25
0-7 v #26-50
2-6 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-6 78.454
Away Ratings: 3-9 80.593
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 75.374
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 80.304

Points Ratings: 78.382 (110) 1-3 v #1-25 0-9 v #26-50 1-4 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 7-6 77.675 Away Ratings: 3-9 79.605 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 75.507 League Ratings: 5-13 77.484 Non-League Ratings: 6-3 80.472 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 79.386

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 79.790 (100)
0-1 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-1 82.603
Away Ratings: 0-6 79.142
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 78.728
League Ratings: 3-7 80.876
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 78.728

Home Advantage: 2.9879 (187)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1217 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2966 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4432 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5637 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7029 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8951 (25)

Upward Stability: 2.9905 (143)

Downward Stability: 2.6472 (226)

RPI
RPI: 0.5086 (140)
1-3 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
1-7 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (7-6): 0.5342 (156) 1-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (3-9): 0.4779 (129)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5269 (122) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI League (5-13): 0.4898 (162)
1-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (6-3): 0.5463 (82) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5424 (68)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/26/1999	Neut	W 92-57	vs. #235 SO Carolina St
11/27/1999	Neut	L 58-77	vs. #84 Mississippi
11/28/1999	Away	W 53-35	vs. #167 Clemson
12/1/1999	Home	W 66-49	vs. #181 Idaho
12/4/1999	Away	L 78-83	vs. #94 Colorado St
12/11/1999	Home	W 70-63	vs. #275 Denver
12/15/1999	Home	W 78-62	vs. #99 Eastern Wash
12/20/1999	Home	W 83-77	vs. #88 Wyoming
12/28/1999	Away	L 77-87	vs. #46 Utah
1/8/2000	Home	L 49-67	vs. #28 Oregon
1/13/2000	Home	L 45-73	vs. #5 Stanford
1/15/2000	Home	L 65-71	vs. #78 California
1/20/2000	Away	W 77-73	vs. #219 Washington St
1/23/2000	Away	W 74-57	vs. #146 Washington
1/27/2000	Home	L 74-85	vs. #29 UCLA
1/29/2000	Home	L 69-82	vs. #60 USC
2/3/2000	Away	L 64-75	vs. #44 Arizona St
2/5/2000	Away	L 73-90	vs. #10 Arizona
2/10/2000	Away	L 68-70	vs. #78 California
2/12/2000	Away	L 56-82	vs. #5 Stanford
2/17/2000	Home	W 71-47	vs. #146 Washington
2/19/2000	Home	W 64-56	vs. #219 Washington St
2/24/2000	Away	L 71-82	vs. #60 USC
2/26/2000	Away	L 59-69	vs. #29 UCLA
3/2/2000	Home	W 70-69	vs. #10 Arizona
3/4/2000	Home	L 74-77	vs. #44 Arizona St
3/11/2000	Away	L 65-83	vs. #28 Oregon

FUTURE GAMES

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