NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-14
Power Rating: 83.257
Ranking: 61

4-4 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (13-4): 81.886 (82) 2-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 5-3 82.100 Non-League Ratings: 8-1 80.147 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 77.163

Away Ratings (4-7): 85.054 (44)
2-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 3-5 85.171
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 83.038
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 86.265

Neutral Ratings (1-3): 81.921 (88) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 86.022 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 80.319 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.022

League Ratings (9-9): 83.893 (54)
3-2 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 5-3 82.100
Away Ratings: 3-5 85.171
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.022
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 84.077

Non-League Ratings (9-5): 81.147 (82) 1-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-1 80.147 Away Ratings: 1-2 83.038 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 80.319 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 83.257

Wins Ratings: 84.981 (60)
4-4 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
6-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 13-4 82.681
Away Ratings: 4-7 88.208
Neutral Ratings: 1-3 81.809
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 84.329

Points Ratings: 81.573 (64) 3-5 v #1-25 2-4 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 13-4 80.870 Away Ratings: 4-7 81.987 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 82.315 League Ratings: 9-9 82.001 Non-League Ratings: 9-5 80.222 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 81.850

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 83.013 (68)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 1-2 77.163
Away Ratings: 2-3 86.265
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.022
League Ratings: 4-6 84.077
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 83.257

Home Advantage: 1.6911 (223)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1135 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2820 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4231 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5309 (51)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6477 (78)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8315 (126)

Upward Stability: 3.2864 (52)

Downward Stability: 2.9974 (144)

RPI
RPI: 0.5550 (63)
3-5 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (13-4): 0.5627 (112) 1-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-318

RPI Away (4-7): 0.5498 (32)
3-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (1-3): 0.5361 (114) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (9-9): 0.5676 (49)
3-5 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (9-5): 0.5387 (94) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5525 (44)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/1999	Away	W 59-57	vs. #11 Ohio St
11/18/1999	Home	W 107-96	vs. #128 Siena
11/21/1999	Home	W 73-60	vs. #280 St Francis PA
11/24/1999	Neut	L 60-76	vs. #10 Arizona
11/26/1999	Neut	L 67-72	vs. #26 Maryland
11/30/1999	Away	L 64-81	vs. #20 Indiana
12/4/1999	Home	L 85-87	vs. #42 Vanderbilt
12/8/1999	Home	W 65-42	vs. #171 Valparaiso
12/11/1999	Away	L 55-71	vs. #87 Miami Ohio
12/18/1999	Home	W 79-66	vs. #306 VMI
12/22/1999	Home	W 75-62	vs. #205 Rider
12/28/1999	Home	W 97-71	vs. #240 Elon
12/31/1999	Home	W 85-67	vs. #301 St Peters
1/2/2000	Home	W 75-57	vs. #310 Loyola Marymnt
1/5/2000	Away	W 75-70	vs. #23 Connecticut
1/12/2000	Home	W 86-77	vs. #151 Boston College
1/16/2000	Away	L 57-80	vs. #15 Syracuse
1/18/2000	Away	L 51-76	vs. #108 Rutgers
1/22/2000	Home	W 81-66	vs. #125 Pittsburgh
1/25/2000	Home	L 49-63	vs. #32 Miami Fla
1/29/2000	Home	W 73-60	vs. #22 St Johns
2/2/2000	Home	W 79-65	vs. #97 West Virginia
2/6/2000	Away	L 66-72	vs. #125 Pittsburgh
2/8/2000	Away	L 69-86	vs. #62 Villanova
2/12/2000	Home	W 68-66	vs. #23 Connecticut
2/19/2000	Away	W 76-74	vs. #33 Seton Hall
2/23/2000	Home	L 79-89	vs. #165 Providence
2/26/2000	Away	L 52-55	vs. #32 Miami Fla
3/1/2000	Home	L 71-73	vs. #15 Syracuse
3/4/2000	Away	W 77-54	vs. #79 Georgetown
3/8/2000	Neut	W 74-62	vs. #108 Rutgers
3/9/2000	Neut	L 58-61	vs. #32 Miami Fla

FUTURE GAMES

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