NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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CINCINNATI
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-10
Power Rating: 86.381
Ranking: 30

1-1 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
11-4 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (11-4): 81.303 (83) 1-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 6-3 79.452 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 83.975 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 80.303

Away Ratings (7-3): 89.956 (12)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 88.686
Non-League Ratings: 2-0 96.475
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 95.381

Neutral Ratings (7-3): 88.108 (34) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-0 86.850 Non-League Ratings: 5-3 86.608 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 91.381

League Ratings (13-6): 85.290 (40)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 6-3 79.452
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.686
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 86.850
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 86.307

Non-League Ratings (12-4): 88.022 (22) 1-1 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-1 83.975 Away Ratings: 2-0 96.475 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 86.608 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 94.178

Wins Ratings: 87.842 (35)
0-1 v #1-25
3-4 v #26-50
9-4 v #51-100
12-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 11-4 81.389
Away Ratings: 7-3 91.963
Neutral Ratings: 7-3 90.292
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 92.499

Points Ratings: 84.581 (27) 1-1 v #1-25 4-4 v #26-50 9-4 v #51-100 9-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 11-4 81.010 Away Ratings: 7-3 87.674 Neutral Ratings: 7-3 85.213 League Ratings: 13-6 83.963 Non-League Ratings: 12-4 85.506 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 87.522

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 90.319 (15)
0-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-1 80.303
Away Ratings: 2-0 95.381
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 91.381
League Ratings: 6-1 86.307
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 94.178

Home Advantage: -3.596 (313)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0835 (77)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2279 (78)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3791 (69)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5199 (61)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6791 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9016 (25)

Upward Stability: 3.3892 (44)

Downward Stability: 4.5397 (2)

RPI
RPI: 0.5975 (24)
0-1 v #1-25
4-4 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
12-4 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (11-4): 0.5802 (84) 1-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (7-3): 0.5857 (13)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (7-3): 0.6352 (27) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (13-6): 0.5622 (58)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
6-4 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (12-4): 0.6392 (9) 1-2 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5586 (47)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2000	Home	W 73-61	vs. #143 Boise St
11/21/2000	Home	W 79-75	vs. #95 Marshall
11/25/2000	Neut	L 51-69	vs. #39 Notre Dame
11/29/2000	Away	W 82-75	vs. #57 Dayton
12/11/2000	Home	W 97-58	vs. #200 Oakland
12/14/2000	Home	L 67-69	vs. #40 Xavier
12/16/2000	Away	W 90-72	vs. #112 Unlv
12/20/2000	Neut	W 74-65	vs. #165 Youngstown St
12/21/2000	Neut	W 88-80	vs. #146 Clemson
12/22/2000	Neut	W 77-74	vs. #38 Alabama
12/28/2000	Home	W 65-55	vs. #107 NC Wilmington
12/30/2000	Neut	L 66-69	vs. #82 Toledo
1/6/2001	Home	W 76-66	vs. #36 NC Charlotte
1/10/2001	Away	L 44-47	vs. #97 Marquette
1/13/2001	Away	W 72-52	vs. #121 Louisville
1/17/2001	Home	W 90-83	vs. #100 Uab
1/20/2001	Away	L 62-71	vs. #87 St Louis
1/24/2001	Home	L 54-63	vs. #121 Louisville
1/27/2001	Home	W 78-72	vs. #22 Wake Forest
1/29/2001	Home	W 105-57	vs. #225 Tulane
2/1/2001	Away	L 58-60	vs. #36 NC Charlotte
2/3/2001	Home	W 91-70	vs. #141 DePaul
2/10/2001	Away	W 64-52	vs. #52 SO Mississippi
2/15/2001	Away	W 66-65	vs. #70 Memphis
2/18/2001	Home	L 63-66	vs. #97 Marquette
2/21/2001	Home	W 68-61	vs. #87 St Louis
2/24/2001	Home	W 85-50	vs. #182 Houston
3/1/2001	Away	W 77-66	vs. #76 South Florida
3/3/2001	Away	W 75-62	vs. #141 DePaul
3/8/2001	Neut	W 73-70	vs. #100 Uab
3/9/2001	Neut	W 89-79	vs. #70 Memphis
3/10/2001	Home	L 72-80	vs. #36 NC Charlotte
3/15/2001	Neut	W 84-59	vs. #51 BYU
3/17/2001	Neut	W 66-43	vs. #63 Kent
3/22/2001	Neut	L 65-78	vs. #2 Stanford

FUTURE GAMES

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