NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-8
Power Rating: 84.358
Ranking: 47

0-0 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (14-0): 91.546 (13) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 9-0 86.999 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 86.327 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 90.327

Away Ratings (7-5): 83.612 (52)
0-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-4 81.092
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 90.764
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 90.264

Neutral Ratings (3-3): 80.686 (93) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 78.858 Non-League Ratings: 2-2 82.780 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 77.850

League Ratings (15-5): 82.823 (62)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
8-3 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 9-0 86.999
Away Ratings: 5-4 81.092
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 78.858
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 85.210

Non-League Ratings (9-3): 86.893 (34) 0-0 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-0 86.327 Away Ratings: 2-1 90.764 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 82.780 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 81.749

Wins Ratings: 85.620 (49)
0-0 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 14-0 97.807
Away Ratings: 7-5 84.964
Neutral Ratings: 3-3 81.323
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 85.823

Points Ratings: 82.856 (41) 0-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 5-3 v #51-100 13-4 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 14-0 87.208 Away Ratings: 7-5 82.135 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 80.005 League Ratings: 15-5 81.778 Non-League Ratings: 9-3 84.661 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 83.774

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 84.928 (41)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-0 90.327
Away Ratings: 3-0 90.264
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 77.850
League Ratings: 7-1 85.210
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 81.749

Home Advantage: 13.040 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0459 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1533 (134)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2776 (124)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4035 (119)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5739 (112)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8445 (98)

Upward Stability: 2.8561 (205)

Downward Stability: 3.7269 (29)

RPI
RPI: 0.5890 (29)
0-0 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
6-4 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (14-0): 0.6443 (11) 0-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (7-5): 0.5353 (43)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (3-3): 0.5676 (78) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (15-5): 0.5663 (55)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (9-3): 0.6269 (14) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5353 (78)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/2000	Home	W 96-50	vs. #279 Western Ill
11/24/2000	Neut	W 66-59	vs. #105 Cleveland St
11/25/2000	Neut	W 63-51	vs. #41 Providence
11/26/2000	Neut	L 57-61	vs. #82 Toledo
12/1/2000	Away	L 74-78	vs. #71 Wyoming
12/6/2000	Home	W 74-51	vs. #127 Colorado St
12/9/2000	Home	W 81-74	vs. #48 Georgia St
12/16/2000	Home	W 74-64	vs. #208 Wichita St
12/19/2000	Away	W 86-76	vs. #43 Tulsa
12/23/2000	Home	W 89-82	vs. #214 Miss Valley St
12/30/2000	Home	W 87-57	vs. #159 Evansville
1/2/2001	Away	W 62-51	vs. #98 Nebraska
1/6/2001	Away	L 68-73	vs. #115 Bradley
1/8/2001	Away	L 63-75	vs. #96 Illinois St
1/11/2001	Home	W 81-72	vs. #90 Indiana St
1/14/2001	Home	W 80-56	vs. #243 Northern Iowa
1/17/2001	Away	L 67-74	vs. #153 SW Missouri St
1/20/2001	Away	W 56-52	vs. #208 Wichita St
1/24/2001	Away	L 52-61	vs. #159 Evansville
1/27/2001	Home	W 78-69	vs. #96 Illinois St
1/31/2001	Home	W 78-63	vs. #138 Southern Ill
2/4/2001	Away	W 77-71	vs. #90 Indiana St
2/7/2001	Home	W 69-44	vs. #180 Drake
2/10/2001	Away	W 77-63	vs. #138 Southern Ill
2/14/2001	Home	W 74-60	vs. #115 Bradley
2/17/2001	Home	W 84-72	vs. #71 Wyoming
2/21/2001	Away	W 69-50	vs. #243 Northern Iowa
2/24/2001	Away	W 78-70	vs. #180 Drake
2/26/2001	Home	W 72-48	vs. #153 SW Missouri St
3/3/2001	Neut	W 63-41	vs. #153 SW Missouri St
3/4/2001	Neut	L 74-87	vs. #90 Indiana St
3/15/2001	Neut	L 56-69	vs. #28 Iowa

FUTURE GAMES

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