NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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GEORGETOWN
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-8
Power Rating: 86.286
Ranking: 32

0-1 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
6-4 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (13-3): 82.044 (73) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 5-3 82.333 Non-League Ratings: 8-0 83.786 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 84.270

Away Ratings (7-3): 89.704 (15)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 88.743
Non-League Ratings: 2-0 90.599
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.130

Neutral Ratings (5-2): 85.591 (48) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 63.161 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 88.247 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 82.528

League Ratings (10-7): 84.634 (46)
0-0 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 5-3 82.333
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.743
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 63.161
Last Ten Ratings: 4-3 83.677

Non-League Ratings (15-1): 90.786 (10) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 8-0 83.786 Away Ratings: 2-0 90.599 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 88.247 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 87.466

Wins Ratings: 88.231 (32)
0-1 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
6-4 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 13-3 82.224
Away Ratings: 7-3 92.583
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 87.888
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 87.231

Points Ratings: 84.007 (31) 0-1 v #1-25 3-3 v #26-50 6-4 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 9-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 13-3 81.987 Away Ratings: 7-3 86.268 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 82.624 League Ratings: 10-7 82.921 Non-League Ratings: 15-1 86.640 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 83.081

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 85.364 (40)
1-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-1 84.270
Away Ratings: 2-1 88.130
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 82.528
League Ratings: 4-3 83.677
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 87.466

Home Advantage: -1.834 (302)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0738 (93)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2105 (90)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3416 (91)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4603 (97)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6033 (101)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8084 (134)

Upward Stability: 2.8979 (194)

Downward Stability: 3.5599 (45)

RPI
RPI: 0.5849 (33)
1-2 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
10-4 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (13-3): 0.5679 (101) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (7-3): 0.5897 (11)
1-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (5-2): 0.6166 (39) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (10-7): 0.5759 (43)
2-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (15-1): 0.5928 (38) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5273 (89)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Home	W 85-75	vs. #293 Bethune Cookman
11/24/2000	Neut	W 77-65	vs. #273 Central Florida
11/25/2000	Neut	W 79-68	vs. #113 Coll Of Charltn
11/26/2000	Neut	W 76-60	vs. #65 Minnesota
12/2/2000	Home	W 90-48	vs. #219 Nicholls St
12/5/2000	Away	W 70-63	vs. #121 Louisville
12/9/2000	Home	W 88-51	vs. #309 Grambling
12/12/2000	Home	W 78-60	vs. #292 Coast Carolina
12/16/2000	Home	W 123-90	vs. #280 Howard
12/22/2000	Home	W 75-51	vs. #262 MD Eastrn Shore
12/31/2000	Away	W 79-63	vs. #182 Houston
1/3/2001	Away	W 90-66	vs. #83 West Virginia
1/6/2001	Home	W 78-66	vs. #80 Seton Hall
1/10/2001	Home	W 86-68	vs. #288 Morgan St
1/13/2001	Home	W 96-68	vs. #210 Virginia Tech
1/15/2001	Away	W 99-91	vs. #80 Seton Hall
1/20/2001	Home	L 66-70	vs. #66 Pittsburgh
1/25/2001	Home	W 79-62	vs. #112 Unlv
1/27/2001	Home	L 71-78	vs. #39 Notre Dame
1/29/2001	Away	L 63-70	vs. #34 Syracuse
2/3/2001	Home	W 94-77	vs. #83 West Virginia
2/5/2001	Away	W 81-67	vs. #66 Pittsburgh
2/10/2001	Away	L 79-103	vs. #41 Providence
2/12/2001	Home	L 56-59	vs. #56 Villanova
2/17/2001	Away	W 76-73	vs. #114 Rutgers
2/21/2001	Away	L 70-73	vs. #84 St Johns
2/24/2001	Home	W 72-61	vs. #34 Syracuse
2/28/2001	Home	W 74-58	vs. #114 Rutgers
3/4/2001	Away	W 79-72	vs. #39 Notre Dame
3/8/2001	Neut	L 40-58	vs. #80 Seton Hall
3/15/2001	Neut	W 63-61	vs. #35 Arkansas
3/17/2001	Neut	W 76-57	vs. #118 Hampton
3/22/2001	Neut	L 66-76	vs. #7 Maryland

FUTURE GAMES

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