NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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PORTLAND
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 7-18
Power Rating: 70.958
Ranking: 212

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

Home Ratings (6-5): 74.427 (171) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 3-4 73.958 Non-League Ratings: 3-1 73.693 Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 72.318

Away Ratings (1-12): 66.302 (271)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-3 v #201-318
League Ratings: 1-6 70.216
Non-League Ratings: 0-6 70.732
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 70.146

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 71.271 (187) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-1 78.177 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 70.958 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 78.177

League Ratings (4-11): 71.259 (205)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-6 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-4 73.958
Away Ratings: 1-6 70.216
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.177
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 72.575

Non-League Ratings (3-7): 70.552 (214) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 1-2 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 3-1 73.693 Away Ratings: 0-6 70.732 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 70.958 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 70.958

Wins Ratings: 69.269 (220)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
2-6 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
4-4 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 6-5 74.605
Away Ratings: 1-12 59.097
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 62.769
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 67.909

Points Ratings: 72.554 (198) 0-0 v #1-25 0-5 v #26-50 2-6 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 4-3 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 6-5 74.198 Away Ratings: 1-12 70.288 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 76.460 League Ratings: 4-11 72.589 Non-League Ratings: 3-7 72.464 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 72.566

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 70.677 (215)
0-0 v #1-25
0-6 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-3 72.318
Away Ratings: 1-3 70.146
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.177
League Ratings: 3-7 72.575
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 70.958

Home Advantage: 11.793 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0698 (113)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2001 (109)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3249 (113)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4407 (123)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5912 (129)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8144 (146)

Upward Stability: 2.4104 (267)

Downward Stability: 1.8427 (295)

RPI
RPI: 0.4280 (264)
0-0 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-6 v #101-200
4-5 v #201-318

RPI Home (6-5): 0.4894 (220) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-318

RPI Away (1-12): 0.3765 (295)
0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.4210 (239) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-318

RPI League (4-11): 0.4489 (235)
0-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (3-7): 0.3965 (291) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 1-2 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4773 (196)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/1999	Away	L 51-61	vs. #150 Portland St
11/27/1999	Home	W 69-55	vs. #268 Rice
11/30/1999	Away	L 62-74	vs. #28 Oregon
12/4/1999	Home	W 47-39	vs. #138 San Jose St
12/7/1999	Away	L 56-59	vs. #219 Washington St
12/11/1999	Home	L 66-78	vs. #199 Idaho St
12/17/1999	Away	L 67-74	vs. #182 Loyola Chi
12/22/1999	Home	W 68-66	vs. #63 Ohio
12/31/1999	Away	L 59-62	vs. #218 Sacramento St
1/3/2000	Away	L 55-67	vs. #170 Boise St
1/13/2000	Home	L 52-64	vs. #76 Santa Clara
1/15/2000	Home	W 77-70	vs. #95 San Francisco
1/20/2000	Away	L 56-83	vs. #71 San Diego
1/23/2000	Away	L 78-80	vs. #239 St Marys CA
1/26/2000	Away	L 66-84	vs. #25 Gonzaga
1/29/2000	Home	L 57-81	vs. #25 Gonzaga
2/3/2000	Home	W 86-70	vs. #310 Loyola Marymnt
2/5/2000	Home	L 68-75	vs. #30 Pepperdine
2/11/2000	Away	L 60-80	vs. #30 Pepperdine
2/12/2000	Away	W 56-55	vs. #310 Loyola Marymnt
2/17/2000	Home	W 74-68	vs. #239 St Marys CA
2/19/2000	Home	L 62-65	vs. #71 San Diego
2/25/2000	Away	L 49-68	vs. #95 San Francisco
2/26/2000	Away	L 53-56	vs. #76 Santa Clara
3/4/2000	Neut	L 52-56	vs. #71 San Diego

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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