NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 8-18
Power Rating: 68.133
Ranking: 250

0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
3-11 v #101-200
5-3 v #201-319

Home Ratings (4-9): 66.875 (255) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-6 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-0 68.133 Non-League Ratings: 4-9 69.164 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 69.735

Away Ratings (4-8): 71.719 (200)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319
League Ratings: 0-0 68.133
Non-League Ratings: 4-8 71.356
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 71.946

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 54.258 (304) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-0 68.133 Non-League Ratings: 0-1 60.477 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 60.477

League Ratings (0-0): 68.133 (250)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 0-0 68.133
Away Ratings: 0-0 68.133
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 68.133
Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 68.133

Non-League Ratings (8-18): 68.133 (244) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 3-11 v #101-200 5-3 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 4-9 69.164 Away Ratings: 4-8 71.356 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 60.477 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 69.422

Wins Ratings: 66.221 (255)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
3-11 v #101-200
5-3 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-9 63.901
Away Ratings: 4-8 71.893
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 45.471
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 62.752

Points Ratings: 70.510 (237) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 3-11 v #101-200 5-3 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 4-9 70.588 Away Ratings: 4-8 71.573 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 62.479 League Ratings: 0-0 70.510 Non-League Ratings: 8-18 70.508 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 70.139

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 66.090 (270)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 1-3 69.735
Away Ratings: 1-4 71.946
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 60.477
League Ratings: 0-0 68.133
Non-League Ratings: 2-8 69.422

Home Advantage: 0.6310 (250)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0278 (249)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1020 (229)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1895 (219)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2882 (212)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4420 (208)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7570 (192)

Upward Stability: 3.1122 (122)

Downward Stability: 2.5172 (246)

RPI
RPI: 0.4211 (270)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
4-8 v #101-200
4-5 v #201-319

RPI Home (4-9): 0.4387 (280) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-5 v #101-200 1-4 v #201-319

RPI Away (4-8): 0.4191 (220)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (298) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (0-0): 0.4211 (266)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (8-18): 0.4211 (255) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 3-8 v #101-200 5-6 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4589 (239)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2000	Home	L 90-99	vs. #81 Oregon
11/24/2000	Away	W 65-56	vs. #229 Air Force
11/27/2000	Away	L 55-70	vs. #71 Wyoming
11/30/2000	Home	L 78-92	vs. #168 Navy
12/3/2000	Home	W 83-65	vs. #211 Brown
12/7/2000	Away	L 46-83	vs. #29 Ohio St
12/13/2000	Home	W 54-53	vs. #135 Oregon St
12/18/2000	Away	L 53-80	vs. #127 Colorado St
12/22/2000	Home	L 49-51	vs. #229 Air Force
12/31/2000	Home	L 61-80	vs. #69 Western KY
1/4/2001	Home	L 68-70	vs. #156 Louisiana Tech
1/6/2001	Away	L 44-66	vs. #183 New Orleans
1/11/2001	Home	W 69-65	vs. #164 Arkansas Lr
1/13/2001	Away	W 74-64	vs. #310 North Texas
1/18/2001	Away	W 59-57	vs. #304 Middle Tenn St
1/20/2001	Home	L 42-44	vs. #183 New Orleans
1/25/2001	Home	L 80-81	vs. #149 Ul Lafayette
1/27/2001	Home	L 67-69	vs. #158 New Mexico St
2/1/2001	Away	L 61-65	vs. #108 South Alabama
2/8/2001	Away	W 90-75	vs. #176 Arkansas St
2/10/2001	Home	W 100-81	vs. #310 North Texas
2/15/2001	Away	L 69-100	vs. #149 Ul Lafayette
2/17/2001	Away	L 54-76	vs. #256 Florida Intl
2/22/2001	Home	L 80-86	vs. #108 South Alabama
2/24/2001	Away	L 69-81	vs. #158 New Mexico St
3/2/2001	Neut	L 52-59	vs. #256 Florida Intl

FUTURE GAMES

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