NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TEXAS TECH
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-15
Power Rating: 77.533
Ranking: 131

0-9 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (8-6): 78.518 (122) 0-5 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 2-5 78.338 Non-League Ratings: 6-1 80.158 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 78.947

Away Ratings (3-8): 77.303 (130)
0-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 1-7 76.791
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 81.455
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 77.721

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 56.533 (289) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-1 56.533 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 77.533 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 56.533

League Ratings (3-13): 75.326 (154)
0-8 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-5 78.338
Away Ratings: 1-7 76.791
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 56.533
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 77.346

Non-League Ratings (8-2): 82.455 (70) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 6-1 80.158 Away Ratings: 2-1 81.455 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 77.533 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 77.533

Wins Ratings: 77.697 (132)
0-9 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 8-6 78.233
Away Ratings: 3-8 78.010
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 58.197
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 77.936

Points Ratings: 77.313 (130) 0-9 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-6 78.586 Away Ratings: 3-8 76.750 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 55.313 League Ratings: 3-13 75.742 Non-League Ratings: 8-2 80.797 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 76.274

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 77.217 (134)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-2 78.947
Away Ratings: 1-4 77.721
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 56.533
League Ratings: 3-7 77.346
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 77.533

Home Advantage: 6.9692 (77)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1197 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2853 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4224 (46)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5296 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6511 (69)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8476 (104)

Upward Stability: 2.5019 (259)

Downward Stability: 2.1961 (275)

RPI
RPI: 0.5110 (137)
0-9 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (8-6): 0.5460 (140) 0-4 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (3-8): 0.4745 (133)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.4205 (240) 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

RPI League (3-13): 0.4892 (165)
0-7 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (8-2): 0.5457 (83) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5403 (71)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	L 60-68	vs. #20 Indiana
11/27/1999	Away	W 75-74	vs. #133 Texas El Paso
12/1/1999	Home	W 100-70	vs. #246 North Texas
12/4/1999	Home	W 67-54	vs. #96 Ul Lafayette
12/8/1999	Away	W 80-56	vs. #286 Stephen Austin
12/17/1999	Away	L 75-84	vs. #75 New Mexico St
12/21/1999	Home	W 77-68	vs. #230 SW Texas St
12/29/1999	Home	W 84-70	vs. #214 Oral Roberts
1/3/2000	Home	W 82-62	vs. #308 Prairie View
1/8/2000	Away	L 47-55	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
1/10/2000	Home	W 51-41	vs. #247 Centenary
1/19/2000	Away	L 67-70	vs. #157 Nebraska
1/22/2000	Home	L 59-72	vs. #13 Texas
1/26/2000	Away	L 57-71	vs. #137 Baylor
1/29/2000	Home	L 61-78	vs. #12 Oklahoma
2/2/2000	Home	L 59-63	vs. #9 Oklahoma St
2/5/2000	Away	L 62-87	vs. #24 Kansas
2/9/2000	Away	L 60-76	vs. #13 Texas
2/12/2000	Home	W 79-68	vs. #137 Baylor
2/15/2000	Home	L 76-86	vs. #40 Missouri
2/19/2000	Away	W 76-64	vs. #203 Texas A&M
2/23/2000	Away	L 65-93	vs. #12 Oklahoma
2/26/2000	Home	W 75-64	vs. #158 Kansas St
3/1/2000	Home	L 79-87	vs. #4 Iowa St
3/4/2000	Away	L 67-88	vs. #68 Colorado
3/9/2000	Neut	L 47-80	vs. #40 Missouri

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)