NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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CENTENARY
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 5-17
Power Rating: 65.977
Ranking: 271

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

Home Ratings (5-2): 70.114 (224) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-1 66.634 Non-League Ratings: 3-1 72.329 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 68.915

Away Ratings (0-13): 59.087 (313)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-6 v #201-319
League Ratings: 0-3 66.180
Non-League Ratings: 0-10 63.821
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 65.227

Neutral Ratings (0-2): 61.227 (276) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-0 65.977 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 65.040 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 65.977

League Ratings (2-4): 65.485 (274)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-1 66.634
Away Ratings: 0-3 66.180
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 65.977
Last Ten Ratings: 2-4 66.473

Non-League Ratings (3-13): 66.352 (262) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 2-3 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 3-1 72.329 Away Ratings: 0-10 63.821 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 65.040 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 70.055

Wins Ratings: 63.796 (274)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
4-7 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 5-2 68.682
Away Ratings: 0-13 50.764
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 57.296
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 64.358

Points Ratings: 68.555 (266) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 4-8 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-2 71.614 Away Ratings: 0-13 65.169 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 64.180 League Ratings: 2-4 68.778 Non-League Ratings: 3-13 68.407 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 69.221

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 66.548 (264)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-2 68.915
Away Ratings: 0-5 65.227
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 65.977
League Ratings: 2-4 66.473
Non-League Ratings: 1-3 70.055

Home Advantage: 14.873 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0455 (149)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1400 (156)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2403 (163)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3410 (168)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4805 (176)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7701 (180)

Upward Stability: 2.1880 (299)

Downward Stability: 1.8112 (301)

RPI
RPI: 0.3941 (298)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
4-7 v #201-319

RPI Home (5-2): 0.5016 (216) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 5-2 v #201-319

RPI Away (0-13): 0.3334 (318)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-7 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (0-2): 0.4213 (215) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (2-4): 0.3666 (309)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (3-13): 0.4048 (275) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-5 v #101-200 3-3 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4497 (257)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2000	Home	W 70-63	vs. #245 SW Texas St
11/25/2000	Away	L 56-69	vs. #260 Tenn Martin
11/28/2000	Away	L 57-88	vs. #35 Arkansas
12/1/2000	Neut	L 47-66	vs. #97 Marquette
12/2/2000	Neut	L 47-61	vs. #63 Kent
12/5/2000	Away	L 57-68	vs. #225 Tulane
12/9/2000	Away	L 54-59	vs. #303 Southern
12/16/2000	Away	L 58-64	vs. #156 Louisiana Tech
12/19/2000	Away	L 52-72	vs. #28 Iowa
12/30/2000	Away	L 59-93	vs. #65 Minnesota
1/2/2001	Home	W 78-66	vs. #260 Tenn Martin
1/4/2001	Away	L 67-77	vs. #170 Texas A&M
1/13/2001	Away	L 85-90	vs. #237 Texas A&M-CC
1/17/2001	Away	L 44-85	vs. #104 LSU
1/20/2001	Home	W 74-63	vs. #156 Louisiana Tech
1/22/2001	Home	W 85-80	vs. #235 Belmont
1/27/2001	Home	W 82-80	vs. #237 Texas A&M-CC
2/1/2001	Away	L 73-76	vs. #235 Belmont
2/12/2001	Away	L 62-97	vs. #100 Uab
2/17/2001	Home	L 66-68	vs. #222 TX Pan American
2/21/2001	Home	L 78-80	vs. #193 Northwestern St
2/24/2001	Away	L 61-81	vs. #222 TX Pan American

FUTURE GAMES

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