NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Game Breakdown
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-11
Power Rating: 82.228
Ranking: 70

1-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
8-1 v #201-318

Home Ratings (13-1): 87.775 (30) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 7-1 82.064 Non-League Ratings: 6-0 89.697 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 89.759

Away Ratings (4-8): 78.123 (121)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-318
League Ratings: 2-6 79.084
Non-League Ratings: 2-2 82.306
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 82.877

Neutral Ratings (3-2): 83.252 (73) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318 League Ratings: 1-1 81.916 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 84.322 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 81.916

League Ratings (10-8): 80.214 (99)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 7-1 82.064
Away Ratings: 2-6 79.084
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.916
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 84.486

Non-League Ratings (10-3): 86.255 (41) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 6-0 89.697 Away Ratings: 2-2 82.306 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 84.322 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 80.791

Wins Ratings: 83.009 (79)
1-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
8-1 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 13-1 90.720
Away Ratings: 4-8 77.798
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 84.470
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 83.681

Points Ratings: 81.468 (66) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-5 v #51-100 8-4 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-318 Home Ratings: 13-1 84.586 Away Ratings: 4-8 78.937 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 82.023 League Ratings: 10-8 80.152 Non-League Ratings: 10-3 84.082 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 83.543

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 83.494 (60)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318
Home Ratings: 4-0 89.759
Away Ratings: 2-2 82.877
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.916
League Ratings: 6-3 84.486
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 80.791

Home Advantage: 12.167 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0666 (119)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1896 (122)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3151 (128)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4300 (133)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5871 (132)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8468 (105)

Upward Stability: 3.0511 (123)

Downward Stability: 3.4148 (60)

RPI
RPI: 0.5388 (90)
1-2 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
8-1 v #201-318

RPI Home (13-1): 0.6172 (23) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-318

RPI Away (4-8): 0.4482 (173)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-318

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.5366 (112) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-318

RPI League (10-8): 0.5143 (125)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
4-2 v #201-318

RPI Non-League (10-3): 0.5727 (50) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-318

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5033 (142)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/1999	Home	W 96-52	vs. #298 MD Eastrn Shore
11/25/1999	Neut	W 81-79	vs. #37 Louisville
11/26/1999	Neut	L 70-111	vs. #24 Kansas
11/27/1999	Neut	W 81-65	vs. #146 Washington
12/4/1999	Home	W 80-55	vs. #216 East Tenn St
12/8/1999	Away	L 58-67	vs. #87 Miami Ohio
12/11/1999	Away	W 94-75	vs. #210 Central Mich
12/18/1999	Home	W 66-64	vs. #2 Cincinnati
12/21/1999	Home	W 92-48	vs. #239 St Marys CA
12/27/1999	Home	W 58-54	vs. #130 Princeton
12/30/1999	Home	W 84-55	vs. #66 Toledo
1/2/2000	Away	L 63-65	vs. #85 Marquette
1/6/2000	Home	W 86-67	vs. #124 Virginia Tech
1/9/2000	Away	W 78-75	vs. #233 Rhode Island
1/11/2000	Away	L 72-76	vs. #55 Dayton
1/15/2000	Away	L 78-85	vs. #202 Duquesne
1/23/2000	Home	L 49-80	vs. #156 LA Salle
1/25/2000	Away	L 40-59	vs. #7 Temple
1/30/2000	Home	W 97-79	vs. #127 Fordham
2/2/2000	Home	W 65-64	vs. #55 Dayton
2/5/2000	Away	L 67-78	vs. #103 Geo Washington
2/9/2000	Away	W 87-78	vs. #252 Canisius
2/12/2000	Home	W 87-77	vs. #90 Massachusetts
2/15/2000	Home	W 95-66	vs. #202 Duquesne
2/19/2000	Away	L 65-73	vs. #124 Virginia Tech
2/22/2000	Home	W 88-76	vs. #103 Geo Washington
2/27/2000	Away	W 71-60	vs. #156 LA Salle
3/1/2000	Away	L 64-65	vs. #49 St Bonaventure
3/5/2000	Home	W 94-66	vs. #111 St Josephs PA
3/8/2000	Neut	W 75-60	vs. #233 Rhode Island
3/9/2000	Neut	L 69-72	vs. #49 St Bonaventure

FUTURE GAMES

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