NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 35-4
Power Rating: 99.070
Ranking: 1

16-4 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (14-2): 91.644 (11) 4-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 6-2 90.570 Non-League Ratings: 8-0 95.195 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 99.070

Away Ratings (9-1): 101.11 (2)
4-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 7-1 97.617
Non-League Ratings: 2-0 117.07
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 110.44

Neutral Ratings (12-1): 102.87 (1) 8-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 4-0 100.28 Non-League Ratings: 8-1 99.472 Last Ten Ratings: 9-0 101.16

League Ratings (17-3): 97.347 (2)
8-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 6-2 90.570
Away Ratings: 7-1 97.617
Neutral Ratings: 4-0 100.28
Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 102.57

Non-League Ratings (18-1): 102.31 (1) 8-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 8-0 95.195 Away Ratings: 2-0 117.07 Neutral Ratings: 8-1 99.472 Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 101.99

Wins Ratings: 102.58 (1)
14-4 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 14-2 92.560
Away Ratings: 9-1 105.54
Neutral Ratings: 12-1 107.79
Last Ten Ratings: 10-0 117.20

Points Ratings: 94.885 (1) 16-4 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 14-2 90.721 Away Ratings: 9-1 95.963 Neutral Ratings: 12-1 96.889 League Ratings: 17-3 93.787 Non-League Ratings: 18-1 96.814 Last Ten Ratings: 10-0 99.213

Last Ten Ratings (10-0): 107.68 (1)
5-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 0-0 99.070
Away Ratings: 1-0 110.44
Neutral Ratings: 9-0 101.16
League Ratings: 5-0 102.57
Non-League Ratings: 5-0 101.99

Home Advantage: -6.334 (318)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1651 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3799 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5304 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6396 (5)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7540 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9119 (18)

Upward Stability: 1.9466 (313)

Downward Stability: 3.1967 (112)

RPI
RPI: 0.6757 (1)
13-3 v #1-25
6-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (14-2): 0.6405 (15) 4-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (9-1): 0.6677 (2)
3-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (12-1): 0.7251 (1) 6-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (17-3): 0.6660 (1)
5-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (18-1): 0.6853 (1) 6-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.6018 (4)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/14/2000	Home	W 87-50	vs. #154 Princeton
11/17/2000	Home	W 98-85	vs. #56 Villanova
11/22/2000	Neut	W 95-69	vs. #17 Texas
11/24/2000	Neut	W 63-61	vs. #18 Temple
11/25/2000	Home	W 91-48	vs. #300 Army
11/28/2000	Home	W 78-77	vs. #5 Illinois
12/2/2000	Away	W 93-68	vs. #18 Temple
12/5/2000	Home	W 102-60	vs. #220 Davidson
12/9/2000	Home	W 104-61	vs. #131 Michigan
12/19/2000	Neut	W 97-64	vs. #231 Portland
12/21/2000	Neut	L 83-84	vs. #2 Stanford
12/30/2000	Home	W 108-73	vs. #253 NO Carolina A&T
1/4/2001	Away	W 99-72	vs. #145 Florida St
1/7/2001	Home	W 115-74	vs. #146 Clemson
1/10/2001	Away	W 84-78	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
1/13/2001	Home	W 103-61	vs. #19 Virginia
1/16/2001	Home	W 97-75	vs. #9 Boston College
1/20/2001	Away	W 98-77	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
1/24/2001	Home	W 85-62	vs. #22 Wake Forest
1/27/2001	Away	W 98-96	vs. #7 Maryland
2/1/2001	Home	L 83-85	vs. #6 North Carolina
2/4/2001	Home	W 100-58	vs. #145 Florida St
2/7/2001	Away	W 81-64	vs. #146 Clemson
2/11/2001	Home	W 101-75	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
2/14/2001	Away	L 89-91	vs. #19 Virginia
2/18/2001	Away	W 91-59	vs. #84 St Johns
2/21/2001	Home	W 98-54	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
2/24/2001	Away	W 82-80	vs. #22 Wake Forest
2/27/2001	Home	L 80-91	vs. #7 Maryland
3/4/2001	Away	W 95-81	vs. #6 North Carolina
3/9/2001	Neut	W 76-61	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
3/10/2001	Neut	W 84-82	vs. #7 Maryland
3/11/2001	Neut	W 79-53	vs. #6 North Carolina
3/15/2001	Neut	W 95-52	vs. #188 Monmouth NJ
3/17/2001	Neut	W 94-81	vs. #44 Missouri
3/22/2001	Neut	W 76-63	vs. #11 UCLA
3/24/2001	Neut	W 79-69	vs. #14 USC
3/31/2001	Neut	W 95-84	vs. #7 Maryland
4/2/2001	Neut	W 82-72	vs. #3 Arizona

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)