NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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SYRACUSE
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-6
Power Rating: 90.428
Ranking: 15

4-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (17-1): 92.908 (9) 3-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 91.412 Non-League Ratings: 10-0 91.084 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 96.365

Away Ratings (7-3): 90.772 (15)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 6-2 91.233
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 84.772
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 88.069

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 85.545 (51) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-1 77.459 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 88.928 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 84.865

League Ratings (13-4): 90.205 (16)
2-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 91.412
Away Ratings: 6-2 91.233
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.459
Last Ten Ratings: 4-3 87.319

Non-League Ratings (13-2): 90.772 (11) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 10-0 91.084 Away Ratings: 1-1 84.772 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.928 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.928

Wins Ratings: 93.379 (14)
4-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 17-1 95.223
Away Ratings: 7-3 94.528
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 87.895
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 90.692

Points Ratings: 87.354 (15) 3-2 v #1-25 3-3 v #26-50 7-1 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 17-1 90.221 Away Ratings: 7-3 87.002 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 83.057 League Ratings: 13-4 87.617 Non-League Ratings: 13-2 86.920 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 85.412

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 88.072 (28)
0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-0 96.365
Away Ratings: 1-2 88.069
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 84.865
League Ratings: 4-3 87.319
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 88.928

Home Advantage: 7.6536 (61)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1066 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2699 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4100 (53)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5306 (53)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6733 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8614 (84)

Upward Stability: 2.4736 (262)

Downward Stability: 3.1995 (98)

RPI
RPI: 0.6195 (11)
4-3 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (17-1): 0.6350 (14) 3-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (7-3): 0.5972 (8)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.6057 (47) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (13-4): 0.6280 (9)
3-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (13-2): 0.6099 (22) 3-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5552 (42)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/12/1999	Home	W 60-43	vs. #130 Princeton
11/13/1999	Home	W 68-49	vs. #17 Wisconsin
11/22/1999	Home	W 105-79	vs. #316 Fla Atlantic
11/29/1999	Home	W 83-49	vs. #271 Colgate
12/3/1999	Home	W 74-60	vs. #126 Richmond
12/4/1999	Home	W 82-60	vs. #111 St Josephs PA
12/7/1999	Home	W 86-46	vs. #288 Albany NY
12/22/1999	Home	W 68-52	vs. #156 LA Salle
12/29/1999	Home	W 90-69	vs. #285 Hartford
1/5/2000	Home	W 93-74	vs. #108 Rutgers
1/8/2000	Away	W 67-55	vs. #32 Miami Fla
1/11/2000	Away	W 76-63	vs. #97 West Virginia
1/13/2000	Away	W 77-74	vs. #72 South Carolina
1/16/2000	Home	W 80-57	vs. #61 Notre Dame
1/19/2000	Away	W 82-72	vs. #125 Pittsburgh
1/24/2000	Home	W 88-74	vs. #23 Connecticut
1/29/2000	Away	W 73-65	vs. #151 Boston College
1/31/2000	Home	W 63-57	vs. #22 St Johns
2/5/2000	Away	W 74-58	vs. #165 Providence
2/7/2000	Home	L 67-69	vs. #33 Seton Hall
2/10/2000	Away	L 69-82	vs. #37 Louisville
2/13/2000	Home	W 71-67	vs. #29 UCLA
2/16/2000	Home	W 83-62	vs. #125 Pittsburgh
2/19/2000	Away	L 75-76	vs. #22 St Johns
2/23/2000	Home	W 91-63	vs. #62 Villanova
2/27/2000	Home	W 67-52	vs. #79 Georgetown
3/1/2000	Away	W 73-71	vs. #61 Notre Dame
3/4/2000	Away	L 54-69	vs. #23 Connecticut
3/9/2000	Neut	L 72-76	vs. #79 Georgetown
3/16/2000	Neut	W 79-65	vs. #153 Samford
3/18/2000	Neut	W 52-50	vs. #18 Kentucky
3/23/2000	Neut	L 58-75	vs. #1 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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