NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-10
Power Rating: 81.679
Ranking: 77

0-1 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (15-2): 83.768 (59) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 6-2 79.561 Non-League Ratings: 9-0 81.046 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 79.702

Away Ratings (4-7): 80.354 (93)
0-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 2-6 79.011
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 86.554
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 78.585

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 78.163 (114) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 76.647 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 81.679 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 76.647

League Ratings (9-9): 80.290 (97)
0-1 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 6-2 79.561
Away Ratings: 2-6 79.011
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 76.647
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 78.729

Non-League Ratings (11-1): 87.147 (35) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 9-0 81.046 Away Ratings: 2-1 86.554 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 81.679 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 81.679

Wins Ratings: 83.763 (69)
0-1 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
8-2 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 15-2 87.056
Away Ratings: 4-7 82.067
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 79.591
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 81.657

Points Ratings: 79.364 (94) 0-2 v #1-25 1-4 v #26-50 6-3 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 15-2 80.214 Away Ratings: 4-7 78.890 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 76.630 League Ratings: 9-9 78.286 Non-League Ratings: 11-1 82.645 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 77.970

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 79.944 (97)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-1 79.702
Away Ratings: 1-3 78.585
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 76.647
League Ratings: 5-5 78.729
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 81.679

Home Advantage: 7.7748 (59)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0668 (118)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1972 (111)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3241 (116)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4409 (122)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5977 (122)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8258 (136)

Upward Stability: 3.0322 (127)

Downward Stability: 3.3693 (68)

RPI
RPI: 0.5418 (88)
0-2 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (15-2): 0.5815 (76) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (4-7): 0.4928 (100)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.4735 (182) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (9-9): 0.5234 (114)
0-1 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (11-1): 0.5694 (55) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5002 (151)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/1999	Home	W 80-69	vs. #127 Fordham
11/19/1999	Away	L 70-78	vs. #26 Maryland
11/21/1999	Home	W 88-59	vs. #308 Prairie View
11/24/1999	Home	W 86-61	vs. #238 Nicholls St
11/30/1999	Away	W 85-44	vs. #177 VA Commonwealth
12/4/1999	Home	W 73-57	vs. #247 Centenary
12/8/1999	Home	W 64-60	vs. #203 Texas A&M
12/11/1999	Away	W 51-45	vs. #186 Lamar
12/22/1999	Home	W 73-62	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
12/29/1999	Home	W 76-63	vs. #317 Howard
12/31/1999	Home	W 75-70	vs. #59 SMU
1/3/2000	Away	L 70-81	vs. #37 Louisville
1/8/2000	Away	L 74-75	vs. #163 Houston
1/12/2000	Home	L 59-72	vs. #2 Cincinnati
1/15/2000	Away	W 54-53	vs. #91 SO Mississippi
1/19/2000	Home	W 75-71	vs. #93 South Florida
1/23/2000	Home	W 73-62	vs. #114 Uab
1/24/2000	Home	W 53-46	vs. #220 New Orleans
1/29/2000	Home	W 78-75	vs. #163 Houston
2/2/2000	Away	L 54-85	vs. #36 DePaul
2/5/2000	Home	L 71-72	vs. #91 SO Mississippi
2/9/2000	Home	W 64-63	vs. #98 Memphis
2/12/2000	Away	W 77-66	vs. #114 Uab
2/16/2000	Away	L 54-65	vs. #93 South Florida
2/19/2000	Home	W 62-58	vs. #47 St Louis
2/26/2000	Away	L 59-78	vs. #48 NC Charlotte
3/1/2000	Away	L 49-77	vs. #98 Memphis
3/4/2000	Home	W 73-68	vs. #85 Marquette
3/9/2000	Neut	W 76-69	vs. #163 Houston
3/10/2000	Neut	L 46-64	vs. #47 St Louis

FUTURE GAMES

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