NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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UTAH
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-9
Power Rating: 84.323
Ranking: 46

1-2 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (15-0): 95.284 (4) 1-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-0 89.042 Non-League Ratings: 8-0 91.495 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 97.698

Away Ratings (4-7): 78.878 (112)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 3-4 79.147
Non-League Ratings: 1-3 78.964
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 72.511

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 83.018 (74) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 78.573 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 86.417 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 82.604

League Ratings (11-5): 82.868 (65)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-0 89.042
Away Ratings: 3-4 79.147
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 78.573
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 81.022

Non-League Ratings (10-4): 86.753 (38) 1-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 8-0 91.495 Away Ratings: 1-3 78.964 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.417 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.417

Wins Ratings: 86.038 (45)
1-2 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
4-4 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 15-0 105.66
Away Ratings: 4-7 80.065
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 84.647
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 82.714

Points Ratings: 82.575 (48) 1-2 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 4-3 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 15-0 89.841 Away Ratings: 4-7 77.895 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 81.302 League Ratings: 11-5 81.520 Non-League Ratings: 10-4 84.317 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 80.962

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 81.815 (78)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-0 97.698
Away Ratings: 0-3 72.511
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 82.604
League Ratings: 4-4 81.022
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 86.417

Home Advantage: 19.325 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0821 (88)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2131 (97)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3407 (103)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4553 (110)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5954 (124)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8312 (127)

Upward Stability: 2.8134 (199)

Downward Stability: 3.1937 (100)

RPI
RPI: 0.5707 (43)
1-2 v #1-25
5-3 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (15-0): 0.6347 (15) 1-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (4-7): 0.4863 (113)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.5629 (89) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI League (11-5): 0.5619 (57)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.5808 (42) 1-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5276 (97)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/1999	Home	W 76-43	vs. #196 Arkansas St
11/19/1999	Away	L 48-56	vs. #18 Kentucky
11/29/1999	Home	W 74-45	vs. #290 Stony Brook
12/1/1999	Away	L 72-84	vs. #102 Weber St
12/7/1999	Home	W 77-42	vs. #34 Utah St
12/11/1999	Away	W 78-66	vs. #219 Washington St
12/18/1999	Home	W 84-58	vs. #248 Chicago St
12/22/1999	Home	W 79-73	vs. #13 Texas
12/28/1999	Home	W 87-77	vs. #115 Oregon St
12/30/1999	Home	W 71-57	vs. #148 Wisc Milwaukee
1/1/2000	Home	W 73-56	vs. #179 Southern Utah
1/6/2000	Away	L 55-75	vs. #37 Louisville
1/10/2000	Away	W 70-55	vs. #278 San Diego St
1/15/2000	Away	W 56-49	vs. #69 BYU
1/22/2000	Home	W 69-61	vs. #88 Wyoming
1/24/2000	Home	W 76-70	vs. #94 Colorado St
1/29/2000	Away	W 64-63	vs. #227 Air Force
1/31/2000	Home	W 82-70	vs. #109 New Mexico
2/5/2000	Away	L 66-72	vs. #39 Unlv
2/10/2000	Home	W 83-65	vs. #278 San Diego St
2/12/2000	Home	W 77-62	vs. #69 BYU
2/19/2000	Away	L 65-72	vs. #109 New Mexico
2/21/2000	Home	W 96-52	vs. #39 Unlv
2/26/2000	Away	L 49-60	vs. #94 Colorado St
2/28/2000	Away	L 61-88	vs. #88 Wyoming
3/4/2000	Home	W 86-63	vs. #227 Air Force
3/9/2000	Neut	W 74-65	vs. #227 Air Force
3/10/2000	Neut	L 54-58	vs. #69 BYU
3/16/2000	Neut	W 48-45	vs. #47 St Louis
3/18/2000	Neut	L 61-73	vs. #1 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)