NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 3-22
Power Rating: 66.087
Ranking: 268

0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-9 v #101-200
0-6 v #201-318

Home Ratings (3-7): 69.892 (223) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-4 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-6 70.775 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 69.931 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 70.384

Away Ratings (0-13): 59.353 (309)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
0-5 v #201-318
League Ratings: 0-7 69.767
Non-League Ratings: 0-6 61.494
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 66.134

Neutral Ratings (0-2): 62.087 (271) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-1 71.587 Non-League Ratings: 0-1 68.431 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 71.587

League Ratings (1-14): 67.861 (253)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 1-6 70.775
Away Ratings: 0-7 69.767
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 71.587
Last Ten Ratings: 1-8 70.337

Non-League Ratings (2-8): 64.490 (280) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 0-6 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 2-1 69.931 Away Ratings: 0-6 61.494 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 68.431 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 57.962

Wins Ratings: 63.746 (267)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-9 v #101-200
0-6 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-7 68.671
Away Ratings: 0-13 48.433
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 49.996
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 66.464

Points Ratings: 68.480 (263) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-6 v #51-100 3-9 v #101-200 0-4 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 3-7 70.964 Away Ratings: 0-13 64.855 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 69.105 League Ratings: 1-14 70.011 Non-League Ratings: 2-8 66.863 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 68.531

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 67.533 (246)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 1-3 70.384
Away Ratings: 0-5 66.134
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 71.587
League Ratings: 1-8 70.337
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 57.962

Home Advantage: 14.198 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0764 (99)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2103 (100)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3369 (107)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4582 (108)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6172 (103)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8763 (59)

Upward Stability: 2.1788 (288)

Downward Stability: 1.3285 (311)

RPI
RPI: 0.4143 (278)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
3-8 v #101-200
0-5 v #201-318

RPI Home (3-7): 0.5064 (200) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (0-13): 0.3445 (315)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
0-5 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (0-2): 0.4075 (258) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (1-14): 0.4587 (222)
0-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (2-8): 0.3478 (317) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 1-5 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5125 (122)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 70-64	vs. #141 Navy
11/27/1999	Away	L 55-69	vs. #212 Portland
12/2/1999	Home	W 52-49	vs. #176 Northwestern St
12/4/1999	Away	L 71-77	vs. #286 Stephen Austin
12/7/1999	Away	L 71-84	vs. #163 Houston
12/11/1999	Neut	L 53-56	vs. #203 Texas A&M
12/22/1999	Home	L 40-51	vs. #186 Lamar
12/28/1999	Away	L 57-72	vs. #202 Duquesne
1/3/2000	Away	L 62-72	vs. #231 TX Pan American
1/8/2000	Away	L 71-80	vs. #59 SMU
1/16/2000	Home	L 49-67	vs. #8 Tulsa
1/20/2000	Home	L 65-68	vs. #105 Hawaii
1/22/2000	Home	L 56-58	vs. #138 San Jose St
1/27/2000	Away	L 53-86	vs. #41 Fresno St
1/29/2000	Away	L 70-92	vs. #133 Texas El Paso
2/3/2000	Home	L 70-83	vs. #101 TCU
2/7/2000	Home	L 50-65	vs. #59 SMU
2/9/2000	Away	L 47-61	vs. #251 Northwestern
2/14/2000	Away	L 33-75	vs. #8 Tulsa
2/17/2000	Away	L 48-52	vs. #138 San Jose St
2/19/2000	Away	L 63-90	vs. #105 Hawaii
2/24/2000	Home	W 62-59	vs. #133 Texas El Paso
2/26/2000	Home	L 57-69	vs. #41 Fresno St
3/3/2000	Away	L 62-85	vs. #101 TCU
3/9/2000	Neut	L 51-71	vs. #8 Tulsa

FUTURE GAMES

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