NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-7
Power Rating: 87.287
Ranking: 24

0-1 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
9-5 v #51-100
11-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (16-0): 93.756 (5) 0-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 8-0 88.740 Non-League Ratings: 8-0 89.381 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 84.537

Away Ratings (6-4): 85.830 (35)
0-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 85.283
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 85.568
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 82.772

Neutral Ratings (4-3): 84.998 (52) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 79.193 Non-League Ratings: 3-2 87.857 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 84.428

League Ratings (14-4): 86.854 (27)
0-0 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 8-0 88.740
Away Ratings: 5-3 85.283
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 79.193
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 82.143

Non-League Ratings (12-3): 88.107 (20) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 8-0 89.381 Away Ratings: 1-1 85.568 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.857 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 89.834

Wins Ratings: 89.186 (24)
0-1 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
8-5 v #51-100
12-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 16-0 99.998
Away Ratings: 6-4 87.932
Neutral Ratings: 4-3 86.326
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 86.729

Points Ratings: 84.924 (22) 1-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 9-5 v #51-100 11-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 16-0 88.947 Away Ratings: 6-4 83.412 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 83.373 League Ratings: 14-4 84.107 Non-League Ratings: 12-3 86.553 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 82.490

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 84.854 (45)
0-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-0 84.537
Away Ratings: 1-2 82.772
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 84.428
League Ratings: 5-3 82.143
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 89.834

Home Advantage: 12.400 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0700 (96)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2040 (94)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3426 (90)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4742 (88)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6374 (83)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8735 (56)

Upward Stability: 2.6926 (242)

Downward Stability: 3.6765 (34)

RPI
RPI: 0.6057 (17)
0-1 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
8-5 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-319

RPI Home (16-0): 0.6451 (10) 0-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (6-4): 0.5556 (27)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (4-3): 0.5864 (58) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (14-4): 0.6109 (17)
0-0 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.5993 (33) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5450 (64)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Home	W 104-66	vs. #316 St Marys CA
11/19/2000	Neut	L 74-87	vs. #77 St Bonaventure
11/22/2000	Neut	W 82-63	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
11/27/2000	Home	W 70-62	vs. #147 San Diego St
11/30/2000	Home	W 66-55	vs. #136 Pacific
12/2/2000	Away	L 89-90	vs. #197 San Francisco
12/13/2000	Away	W 64-51	vs. #86 Santa Clara
12/16/2000	Home	W 87-67	vs. #100 Uab
12/19/2000	Neut	W 88-72	vs. #82 Toledo
12/20/2000	Home	W 85-69	vs. #149 Ul Lafayette
12/23/2000	Home	W 80-61	vs. #42 Georgia
12/28/2000	Home	W 84-59	vs. #177 SO Carolina St
12/30/2000	Home	W 107-80	vs. #227 Norfolk St
1/4/2001	Away	W 69-58	vs. #139 Rice
1/6/2001	Away	W 93-79	vs. #43 Tulsa
1/10/2001	Home	W 94-82	vs. #75 TCU
1/13/2001	Home	W 92-86	vs. #88 SMU
1/20/2001	Away	W 72-69	vs. #173 Nevada
1/25/2001	Home	W 108-56	vs. #54 Texas El Paso
2/1/2001	Away	L 73-91	vs. #67 Hawaii
2/3/2001	Away	W 86-75	vs. #125 San Jose St
2/8/2001	Home	W 82-57	vs. #125 San Jose St
2/11/2001	Home	W 86-63	vs. #67 Hawaii
2/15/2001	Away	L 88-102	vs. #75 TCU
2/17/2001	Away	L 61-80	vs. #54 Texas El Paso
2/22/2001	Away	W 77-64	vs. #88 SMU
2/25/2001	Home	W 91-68	vs. #173 Nevada
3/1/2001	Home	W 79-74	vs. #139 Rice
3/3/2001	Home	W 84-77	vs. #43 Tulsa
3/8/2001	Neut	W 60-52	vs. #139 Rice
3/9/2001	Neut	L 67-76	vs. #67 Hawaii
3/16/2001	Neut	W 82-70	vs. #27 California
3/18/2001	Neut	L 65-81	vs. #4 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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