NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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WISC MILWAUKEE
Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 14-14
Power Rating: 76.424
Ranking: 148

0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
9-6 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-318

Home Ratings (10-3): 78.365 (123) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 5-2 77.760 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 78.346 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 78.674

Away Ratings (3-9): 74.639 (161)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
League Ratings: 1-6 74.963
Non-League Ratings: 2-3 77.041
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 74.916

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 76.994 (127) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 76.627 Non-League Ratings: 0-1 72.174 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 76.627

League Ratings (7-9): 75.510 (151)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
7-6 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 5-2 77.760
Away Ratings: 1-6 74.963
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 76.627
Last Ten Ratings: 4-5 76.272

Non-League Ratings (7-5): 79.143 (109) 0-3 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 5-1 78.346 Away Ratings: 2-3 77.041 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 72.174 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 82.299

Wins Ratings: 76.078 (151)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
8-5 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 10-3 77.180
Away Ratings: 3-9 74.571
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 78.063
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 76.215

Points Ratings: 76.832 (135) 0-3 v #1-25 0-5 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 10-6 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 10-3 79.274 Away Ratings: 3-9 75.102 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 75.762 League Ratings: 7-9 76.647 Non-League Ratings: 7-5 77.301 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 76.824

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 76.463 (145)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 3-1 78.674
Away Ratings: 1-3 74.916
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 76.627
League Ratings: 4-5 76.272
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 82.299

Home Advantage: 7.2791 (69)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0727 (104)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1792 (138)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2884 (144)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3962 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5463 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8117 (149)

Upward Stability: 2.9711 (153)

Downward Stability: 3.0189 (140)

RPI
RPI: 0.5142 (136)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
6-3 v #101-200
8-3 v #201-318

RPI Home (10-3): 0.5589 (117) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (3-9): 0.4638 (148)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5216 (126) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-318

RPI League (7-9): 0.4847 (174)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
6-5 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (7-5): 0.5535 (73) 0-4 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5189 (109)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/1999	Away	W 69-68	vs. #210 Central Mich
11/23/1999	Home	L 49-69	vs. #17 Wisconsin
11/27/1999	Away	W 70-68	vs. #192 Mo Kansas City
12/3/1999	Home	W 80-61	vs. #204 Troy St
12/4/1999	Neut	L 58-71	vs. #38 Ball St
12/8/1999	Away	L 64-78	vs. #4 Iowa St
12/11/1999	Home	W 76-59	vs. #200 Fair Dickinson
12/14/1999	Home	W 84-76	vs. #243 Bethune Cookman
12/27/1999	Away	L 60-93	vs. #2 Cincinnati
12/30/1999	Away	L 57-71	vs. #46 Utah
1/4/2000	Home	W 83-48	vs. #290 Stony Brook
1/8/2000	Away	L 65-67	vs. #154 Wisc Green Bay
1/13/2000	Home	W 82-64	vs. #195 Illinois Chi
1/15/2000	Home	W 92-58	vs. #182 Loyola Chi
1/20/2000	Away	L 60-67	vs. #187 Wright St
1/22/2000	Away	L 64-72	vs. #51 Butler
1/27/2000	Home	W 64-59	vs. #117 Detroit
1/29/2000	Home	L 105-109	vs. #139 Cleveland St
2/5/2000	Home	W 67-42	vs. #154 Wisc Green Bay
2/10/2000	Away	L 77-79	vs. #182 Loyola Chi
2/12/2000	Away	L 75-81	vs. #195 Illinois Chi
2/15/2000	Home	W 79-61	vs. #248 Chicago St
2/17/2000	Home	L 72-84	vs. #51 Butler
2/19/2000	Home	W 81-67	vs. #187 Wright St
2/24/2000	Away	W 70-67	vs. #139 Cleveland St
2/26/2000	Away	L 48-88	vs. #117 Detroit
3/4/2000	Neut	W 62-58	vs. #154 Wisc Green Bay
3/5/2000	Neut	L 51-65	vs. #51 Butler

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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