NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-8
Power Rating: 86.347
Ranking: 31

2-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
12-4 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (13-1): 86.823 (37) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 8-0 84.542 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 84.612 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 83.659

Away Ratings (6-6): 83.823 (50)
1-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 4-3 82.249
Non-League Ratings: 2-3 88.847
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 82.331

Neutral Ratings (3-1): 92.480 (12) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-0 91.316 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 90.706 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 90.925

League Ratings (14-3): 85.837 (33)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 8-0 84.542
Away Ratings: 4-3 82.249
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 91.316
Last Ten Ratings: 8-0 85.034

Non-League Ratings (8-5): 87.073 (31) 2-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-1 84.612 Away Ratings: 2-3 88.847 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 90.706 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 90.706

Wins Ratings: 87.757 (36)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
11-4 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 13-1 88.046
Away Ratings: 6-6 84.901
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 95.234
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 95.898

Points Ratings: 84.681 (26) 2-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 12-4 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 13-1 85.025 Away Ratings: 6-6 82.790 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 89.017 League Ratings: 14-3 83.441 Non-League Ratings: 8-5 86.532 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 85.888

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 91.167 (12)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-0 83.659
Away Ratings: 3-0 82.331
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 90.925
League Ratings: 8-0 85.034
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 90.706

Home Advantage: 4.9676 (131)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0807 (81)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2062 (93)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3265 (99)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4459 (100)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6080 (97)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8572 (82)

Upward Stability: 2.3614 (288)

Downward Stability: 3.1298 (133)

RPI
RPI: 0.5916 (28)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (13-1): 0.6234 (27) 1-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (6-6): 0.5290 (47)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (3-1): 0.6679 (8) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (14-3): 0.5943 (28)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (8-5): 0.5898 (41) 2-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5444 (65)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2000	Home	W 90-73	vs. #106 Eastern Ill
11/27/2000	Home	W 71-48	vs. #124 Ball St
12/2/2000	Away	L 73-74	vs. #159 Evansville
12/6/2000	Away	L 88-90	vs. #90 Indiana St
12/16/2000	Home	L 48-53	vs. #107 NC Wilmington
12/18/2000	Home	W 77-48	vs. #260 Tenn Martin
12/20/2000	Home	W 84-60	vs. #86 Santa Clara
12/23/2000	Home	W 86-73	vs. #75 TCU
12/28/2000	Away	L 60-72	vs. #3 Arizona
12/30/2000	Away	W 74-63	vs. #149 Ul Lafayette
1/6/2001	Away	L 61-62	vs. #126 Wright St
1/11/2001	Home	W 65-52	vs. #105 Cleveland St
1/13/2001	Home	W 74-59	vs. #64 Detroit
1/20/2001	Away	W 60-51	vs. #116 Wisc Milwaukee
1/22/2001	Away	L 68-69	vs. #169 Wisc Green Bay
1/25/2001	Home	W 76-69	vs. #150 Illinois Chi
1/27/2001	Home	W 71-57	vs. #232 Loyola Chi
1/30/2001	Away	W 58-44	vs. #25 Wisconsin
2/3/2001	Home	W 59-48	vs. #126 Wright St
2/8/2001	Away	L 63-68	vs. #64 Detroit
2/10/2001	Away	W 59-56	vs. #105 Cleveland St
2/15/2001	Home	W 80-75	vs. #116 Wisc Milwaukee
2/17/2001	Home	W 78-52	vs. #169 Wisc Green Bay
2/22/2001	Away	W 66-62	vs. #232 Loyola Chi
2/24/2001	Away	W 68-66	vs. #150 Illinois Chi
3/3/2001	Home	W 78-52	vs. #232 Loyola Chi
3/4/2001	Neut	W 66-58	vs. #126 Wright St
3/6/2001	Neut	W 53-38	vs. #64 Detroit
3/16/2001	Neut	W 79-63	vs. #22 Wake Forest
3/18/2001	Neut	L 52-73	vs. #3 Arizona

FUTURE GAMES

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