NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 14-15
Power Rating: 79.656
Ranking: 99

0-7 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (8-7): 76.790 (137) 0-4 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-6 76.468 Non-League Ratings: 6-1 83.257 Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 72.148

Away Ratings (5-6): 83.976 (48)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-5 83.558
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 83.624
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 83.835

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 78.140 (118) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 78.781 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 83.265 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 78.781

League Ratings (5-12): 77.892 (121)
0-6 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-6 76.468
Away Ratings: 3-5 83.558
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.781
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 78.175

Non-League Ratings (9-3): 83.492 (65) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 6-1 83.257 Away Ratings: 2-1 83.624 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 83.265 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 79.656

Wins Ratings: 79.826 (104)
0-7 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 8-7 75.685
Away Ratings: 5-6 86.263
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 77.044
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 75.080

Points Ratings: 79.617 (88) 0-8 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 3-3 v #51-100 7-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 8-7 78.169 Away Ratings: 5-6 81.386 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 79.976 League Ratings: 5-12 78.148 Non-League Ratings: 9-3 82.976 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 76.706

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 75.773 (145)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 0-4 72.148
Away Ratings: 2-3 83.835
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.781
League Ratings: 2-8 78.175
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 79.656

Home Advantage: -1.803 (300)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0935 (58)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2456 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3812 (68)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5057 (68)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6490 (69)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8664 (66)

Upward Stability: 3.2777 (73)

Downward Stability: 2.9887 (163)

RPI
RPI: 0.5263 (110)
0-6 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (8-7): 0.5395 (153) 1-3 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (5-6): 0.5130 (64)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5089 (134) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (5-12): 0.4985 (156)
0-6 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (9-3): 0.5641 (66) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5408 (69)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2000	Neut	L 86-91	vs. #110 Austin Peay
11/19/2000	Neut	W 100-72	vs. #76 South Florida
11/26/2000	Home	L 78-92	vs. #21 St Josephs
11/28/2000	Home	W 94-79	vs. #233 Loyola Marymnt
12/3/2000	Home	W 119-75	vs. #238 Texas Arlington
12/6/2000	Away	W 105-61	vs. #316 St Marys CA
12/9/2000	Away	L 63-75	vs. #27 California
12/13/2000	Home	W 80-64	vs. #194 Mo Kansas City
12/23/2000	Home	W 109-86	vs. #127 Colorado St
12/28/2000	Home	W 98-71	vs. #132 Murray St
12/30/2000	Away	W 74-71	vs. #116 Wisc Milwaukee
1/2/2001	Home	W 91-63	vs. #234 Coppin St
1/6/2001	Away	L 56-61	vs. #89 Baylor
1/10/2001	Home	L 76-82	vs. #44 Missouri
1/13/2001	Home	W 88-58	vs. #170 Texas A&M
1/16/2001	Away	L 68-84	vs. #16 Iowa St
1/20/2001	Away	W 88-71	vs. #185 Texas Tech
1/22/2001	Home	L 75-85	vs. #12 Kansas
1/27/2001	Home	W 81-71	vs. #53 Oklahoma St
1/31/2001	Home	L 61-71	vs. #16 Iowa St
2/3/2001	Away	W 60-57	vs. #98 Nebraska
2/7/2001	Home	L 72-77	vs. #17 Texas
2/10/2001	Away	W 70-63	vs. #120 Kansas St
2/14/2001	Away	L 69-80	vs. #44 Missouri
2/17/2001	Home	L 82-87	vs. #98 Nebraska
2/21/2001	Away	L 79-91	vs. #12 Kansas
2/28/2001	Away	L 67-86	vs. #15 Oklahoma
3/3/2001	Home	L 67-72	vs. #120 Kansas St
3/8/2001	Neut	L 84-86	vs. #89 Baylor

FUTURE GAMES

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