NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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KENTUCKY
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-10
Power Rating: 89.806
Ranking: 18

3-6 v #1-25
9-3 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (13-0): 97.744 (2) 3-0 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 8-0 90.791 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 94.447 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 89.666

Away Ratings (5-5): 89.814 (17)
0-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 4-4 89.471
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 90.603
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 87.728

Neutral Ratings (4-5): 84.896 (58) 0-3 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 0-1 70.056 Non-League Ratings: 4-4 87.474 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 83.814

League Ratings (12-5): 89.695 (19)
2-3 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 8-0 90.791
Away Ratings: 4-4 89.471
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 70.056
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 85.990

Non-League Ratings (10-5): 89.904 (18) 1-3 v #1-25 6-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 5-0 94.447 Away Ratings: 1-1 90.603 Neutral Ratings: 4-4 87.474 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 88.705

Wins Ratings: 92.551 (18)
3-6 v #1-25
8-2 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 13-0 109.92
Away Ratings: 5-5 93.015
Neutral Ratings: 4-5 86.328
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 89.297

Points Ratings: 86.890 (19) 4-7 v #1-25 7-2 v #26-50 6-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 13-0 91.047 Away Ratings: 5-5 86.777 Neutral Ratings: 4-5 83.558 League Ratings: 12-5 86.681 Non-League Ratings: 10-5 87.109 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 84.976

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 87.224 (35)
2-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 4-0 89.666
Away Ratings: 1-2 87.728
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 83.814
League Ratings: 5-3 85.990
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 88.705

Home Advantage: 14.282 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1470 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3609 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5250 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6549 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7925 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9440 (1)

Upward Stability: 3.3373 (45)

Downward Stability: 3.8271 (14)

RPI
RPI: 0.6327 (5)
4-7 v #1-25
8-3 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (13-0): 0.6964 (1) 5-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5932 (10)
1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (4-5): 0.5846 (63) 1-2 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI League (12-5): 0.6242 (11)
2-3 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (10-5): 0.6423 (3) 2-4 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.6144 (1)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/1999	Home	W 67-50	vs. #82 Pennsylvania
11/19/1999	Home	W 56-48	vs. #46 Utah
11/24/1999	Neut	W 61-58	vs. #26 Maryland
11/26/1999	Neut	L 51-63	vs. #10 Arizona
11/29/1999	Neut	L 66-68	vs. #55 Dayton
12/4/1999	Neut	L 75-83	vs. #20 Indiana
12/7/1999	Home	W 86-41	vs. #242 NC Asheville
12/11/1999	Away	L 66-72	vs. #26 Maryland
12/18/1999	Home	W 76-46	vs. #37 Louisville
12/23/1999	Home	W 60-58	vs. #1 Michigan St
12/30/1999	Neut	W 70-53	vs. #40 Missouri
1/5/2000	Neut	W 80-71	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
1/8/2000	Home	W 72-52	vs. #42 Vanderbilt
1/11/2000	Away	L 63-66	vs. #31 Auburn
1/15/2000	Away	W 64-48	vs. #72 South Carolina
1/19/2000	Home	W 74-69	vs. #84 Mississippi
1/22/2000	Away	W 81-73	vs. #42 Vanderbilt
1/26/2000	Away	W 75-69	vs. #142 Georgia
1/29/2000	Away	W 60-57	vs. #32 Miami Fla
2/1/2000	Home	W 81-68	vs. #21 Tennessee
2/5/2000	Home	W 76-63	vs. #72 South Carolina
2/8/2000	Away	L 73-90	vs. #6 Florida
2/13/2000	Away	L 57-70	vs. #14 LSU
2/16/2000	Home	W 66-54	vs. #107 Alabama
2/19/2000	Home	W 70-64	vs. #142 Georgia
2/23/2000	Away	L 67-74	vs. #21 Tennessee
2/26/2000	Home	W 60-55	vs. #50 Arkansas
2/29/2000	Away	W 73-61	vs. #122 Mississippi St
3/4/2000	Home	W 85-70	vs. #6 Florida
3/10/2000	Neut	L 72-86	vs. #50 Arkansas
3/16/2000	Neut	W 85-80	vs. #49 St Bonaventure
3/18/2000	Neut	L 50-52	vs. #15 Syracuse

FUTURE GAMES

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