NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MARYLAND
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-10
Power Rating: 88.063
Ranking: 26

3-4 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (16-1): 91.212 (16) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 88.243 Non-League Ratings: 9-0 87.032 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 91.188

Away Ratings (4-5): 87.884 (30)
1-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 4-4 89.860
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 87.688
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 89.485

Neutral Ratings (5-4): 85.454 (53) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 2-1 86.954 Non-League Ratings: 3-3 83.353 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 84.298

League Ratings (13-6): 89.044 (23)
1-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 88.243
Away Ratings: 4-4 89.860
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 86.954
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 88.837

Non-League Ratings (12-4): 86.376 (40) 2-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 9-0 87.032 Away Ratings: 0-1 87.688 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 83.353 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 80.532

Wins Ratings: 90.229 (26)
3-4 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 16-1 95.190
Away Ratings: 4-5 89.179
Neutral Ratings: 5-4 87.835
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 90.511

Points Ratings: 85.767 (24) 4-5 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 7-2 v #51-100 9-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 16-1 87.071 Away Ratings: 4-5 87.239 Neutral Ratings: 5-4 82.817 League Ratings: 13-6 87.085 Non-League Ratings: 12-4 83.571 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 85.245

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 87.989 (29)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 2-0 91.188
Away Ratings: 2-1 89.485
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 84.298
League Ratings: 6-2 88.837
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 80.532

Home Advantage: 8.5666 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1132 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2809 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4246 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5491 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6977 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8950 (27)

Upward Stability: 3.1723 (83)

Downward Stability: 3.8112 (17)

RPI
RPI: 0.6127 (18)
4-5 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
10-2 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (16-1): 0.6547 (7) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 7-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (4-5): 0.5498 (31)
1-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (5-4): 0.5964 (54) 0-1 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (13-6): 0.6020 (22)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
8-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (12-4): 0.6255 (10) 1-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5789 (13)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/1999	Home	W 71-61	vs. #95 San Francisco
11/19/1999	Home	W 78-70	vs. #77 Tulane
11/22/1999	Home	W 104-45	vs. #200 Fair Dickinson
11/24/1999	Neut	L 58-61	vs. #18 Kentucky
11/26/1999	Neut	W 72-67	vs. #61 Notre Dame
11/30/1999	Home	W 83-65	vs. #45 Iowa
12/4/1999	Neut	W 69-67	vs. #19 Illinois
12/5/1999	Neut	L 69-74	vs. #103 Geo Washington
12/7/1999	Home	W 76-65	vs. #160 Winthrop
12/11/1999	Home	W 72-66	vs. #18 Kentucky
12/27/1999	Home	W 69-66	vs. #135 George Mason
12/30/1999	Home	W 82-52	vs. #269 Umbc
1/2/2000	Home	W 100-48	vs. #256 Coast Carolina
1/6/2000	Away	L 66-68	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
1/9/2000	Home	L 70-80	vs. #3 Duke
1/15/2000	Away	L 68-69	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
1/19/2000	Home	W 73-51	vs. #52 Wake Forest
1/22/2000	Home	W 74-62	vs. #167 Clemson
1/27/2000	Away	L 63-75	vs. #27 North Carolina
1/29/2000	Away	W 82-63	vs. #110 Florida St
2/2/2000	Home	W 91-79	vs. #53 Virginia
2/6/2000	Home	W 78-73	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
2/9/2000	Away	W 98-87	vs. #3 Duke
2/13/2000	Away	L 65-73	vs. #7 Temple
2/16/2000	Home	W 92-70	vs. #123 Georgia Tech
2/19/2000	Away	W 73-67	vs. #52 Wake Forest
2/22/2000	Away	W 76-63	vs. #167 Clemson
2/26/2000	Home	W 81-73	vs. #27 North Carolina
3/1/2000	Home	W 85-70	vs. #110 Florida St
3/4/2000	Away	L 87-89	vs. #53 Virginia
3/10/2000	Neut	W 82-61	vs. #110 Florida St
3/11/2000	Neut	W 64-61	vs. #65 NO Carolina St
3/12/2000	Neut	L 68-81	vs. #3 Duke
3/16/2000	Neut	W 74-59	vs. #147 Iona
3/18/2000	Neut	L 70-105	vs. #29 UCLA

FUTURE GAMES

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