NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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USC
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 15-14
Power Rating: 83.294
Ranking: 60

1-4 v #1-25
2-7 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (10-3): 85.431 (42) 1-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 6-3 84.373 Non-League Ratings: 4-0 93.669 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 82.943

Away Ratings (3-8): 81.158 (81)
0-2 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 2-6 83.958
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 77.826
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 80.044

Neutral Ratings (2-3): 82.451 (79) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-0 92.294 Non-League Ratings: 1-3 83.810 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 83.294

League Ratings (9-9): 83.531 (57)
1-3 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 6-3 84.373
Away Ratings: 2-6 83.958
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 92.294
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 81.677

Non-League Ratings (6-5): 82.630 (65) 0-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 4-0 93.669 Away Ratings: 1-2 77.826 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 83.810 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 83.294

Wins Ratings: 84.017 (66)
1-4 v #1-25
2-7 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 10-3 86.056
Away Ratings: 3-8 82.126
Neutral Ratings: 2-3 82.408
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 78.150

Points Ratings: 82.732 (46) 1-5 v #1-25 2-5 v #26-50 2-4 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 10-3 84.662 Away Ratings: 3-8 80.751 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 82.669 League Ratings: 9-9 82.787 Non-League Ratings: 6-5 82.533 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 80.279

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 79.220 (111)
0-1 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-2 82.943
Away Ratings: 0-5 80.044
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 83.294
League Ratings: 3-7 81.677
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 83.294

Home Advantage: 7.8930 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1283 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3062 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4517 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5671 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6969 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8864 (39)

Upward Stability: 3.0814 (109)

Downward Stability: 2.9686 (152)

RPI
RPI: 0.5461 (74)
1-5 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (10-3): 0.5966 (46) 1-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (3-8): 0.4929 (99)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (2-3): 0.5320 (116) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI League (9-9): 0.5470 (77)
1-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (6-5): 0.5447 (85) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5558 (41)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/1999	Home	W 73-59	vs. #83 CS Northridge
11/22/1999	Neut	L 65-82	vs. #27 North Carolina
11/23/1999	Neut	W 92-65	vs. #98 Memphis
11/24/1999	Neut	L 50-52	vs. #34 Utah St
11/27/1999	Neut	L 68-81	vs. #3 Duke
12/1/1999	Home	W 94-73	vs. #164 Santa Barbara
12/4/1999	Away	L 67-80	vs. #49 St Bonaventure
12/8/1999	Home	W 85-56	vs. #105 Hawaii
12/11/1999	Away	W 96-55	vs. #310 Loyola Marymnt
12/16/1999	Away	L 66-76	vs. #58 Long Beach St
12/29/1999	Home	W 85-44	vs. #251 Northwestern
1/6/2000	Neut	W 83-61	vs. #219 Washington St
1/8/2000	Away	W 81-79	vs. #146 Washington
1/12/2000	Home	W 91-79	vs. #29 UCLA
1/20/2000	Home	W 95-92	vs. #44 Arizona St
1/22/2000	Home	W 80-72	vs. #10 Arizona
1/27/2000	Away	L 67-68	vs. #28 Oregon
1/29/2000	Away	W 82-69	vs. #115 Oregon St
2/3/2000	Home	L 62-66	vs. #78 California
2/5/2000	Home	L 57-67	vs. #5 Stanford
2/9/2000	Away	L 78-83	vs. #29 UCLA
2/17/2000	Away	L 85-92	vs. #10 Arizona
2/19/2000	Away	L 81-93	vs. #44 Arizona St
2/24/2000	Home	W 82-71	vs. #115 Oregon St
2/26/2000	Home	L 77-80	vs. #28 Oregon
3/2/2000	Away	L 68-111	vs. #5 Stanford
3/4/2000	Away	L 73-86	vs. #78 California
3/9/2000	Home	W 90-71	vs. #146 Washington
3/11/2000	Home	W 82-63	vs. #219 Washington St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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