NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-6
Power Rating: 86.064
Ranking: 34

0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (12-1): 85.510 (41) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 8-0 83.486 Non-League Ratings: 4-1 82.689 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 81.564

Away Ratings (8-3): 86.338 (33)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 8-0 87.072
Non-League Ratings: 0-3 70.627
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 86.393

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 86.080 (46) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 3-0 84.268 Non-League Ratings: 1-2 85.018 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 83.408

League Ratings (19-0): 91.643 (11)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 8-0 83.486
Away Ratings: 8-0 87.072
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 84.268
Last Ten Ratings: 9-0 84.619

Non-League Ratings (5-6): 80.846 (88) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 4-1 82.689 Away Ratings: 0-3 70.627 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 85.018 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 81.064

Wins Ratings: 89.227 (32)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 12-1 87.531
Away Ratings: 8-3 90.227
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 88.617
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 92.227

Points Ratings: 82.852 (42) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 7-2 v #51-100 8-1 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 12-1 83.344 Away Ratings: 8-3 82.191 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 83.434 League Ratings: 19-0 85.172 Non-League Ratings: 5-6 79.668 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 83.371

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 87.689 (33)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-0 81.564
Away Ratings: 3-0 86.393
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 83.408
League Ratings: 9-0 84.619
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 81.064

Home Advantage: 3.2865 (178)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0519 (160)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1598 (151)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2742 (150)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3843 (152)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5379 (152)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8124 (148)

Upward Stability: 2.2892 (276)

Downward Stability: 2.9672 (153)

RPI
RPI: 0.5857 (31)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-318

RPI Home (12-1): 0.5988 (43) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (8-3): 0.5677 (25)
0-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.5900 (58) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (19-0): 0.6006 (23)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (5-6): 0.5599 (65) 0-3 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5142 (116)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/1999	Neut	L 58-60	vs. #6 Florida
11/24/1999	Neut	W 52-50	vs. #60 USC
11/30/1999	Away	L 52-64	vs. #86 Northrn Arizona
12/7/1999	Away	L 42-77	vs. #46 Utah
12/9/1999	Home	W 80-58	vs. #86 Northrn Arizona
12/21/1999	Away	L 73-86	vs. #102 Weber St
12/28/1999	Home	W 74-55	vs. #261 Mercer
12/29/1999	Home	W 68-65	vs. #71 San Diego
1/4/2000	Home	W 83-66	vs. #41 Fresno St
1/8/2000	Home	L 73-82	vs. #69 BYU
1/13/2000	Home	W 82-70	vs. #255 CS Fullerton
1/15/2000	Home	W 81-46	vs. #184 UC Irvine
1/20/2000	Away	W 61-57	vs. #164 Santa Barbara
1/22/2000	Away	W 74-62	vs. #234 Cal Poly
1/27/2000	Away	W 75-68	vs. #170 Boise St
1/30/2000	Away	W 67-60	vs. #181 Idaho
2/3/2000	Home	W 83-70	vs. #246 North Texas
2/5/2000	Home	W 66-51	vs. #75 New Mexico St
2/10/2000	Home	W 69-54	vs. #206 Nevada
2/12/2000	Away	W 71-63	vs. #58 Long Beach St
2/17/2000	Away	W 62-53	vs. #206 Nevada
2/19/2000	Home	W 64-55	vs. #211 Pacific
2/24/2000	Away	W 70-66	vs. #75 New Mexico St
2/26/2000	Away	W 76-68	vs. #246 North Texas
3/2/2000	Home	W 73-52	vs. #181 Idaho
3/4/2000	Home	W 74-62	vs. #170 Boise St
3/9/2000	Neut	W 64-41	vs. #211 Pacific
3/10/2000	Neut	W 69-64	vs. #206 Nevada
3/11/2000	Neut	W 71-66	vs. #75 New Mexico St
3/17/2000	Neut	L 67-75	vs. #23 Connecticut

FUTURE GAMES

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