NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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GONZAGA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-7
Power Rating: 85.702
Ranking: 37

1-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (13-1): 84.764 (44) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 8-0 84.327 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 81.217 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 93.264

Away Ratings (8-4): 83.858 (49)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 6-1 86.257
Non-League Ratings: 2-3 77.139
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 80.655

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 88.952 (30) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-0 84.624 Non-League Ratings: 2-2 86.866 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 87.155

League Ratings (16-1): 89.233 (17)
0-0 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 8-0 84.327
Away Ratings: 6-1 86.257
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 84.624
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 83.936

Non-League Ratings (9-6): 82.151 (79) 1-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-1 81.217 Away Ratings: 2-3 77.139 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 86.866 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.382

Wins Ratings: 88.132 (33)
1-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 13-1 85.608
Away Ratings: 8-4 86.014
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 92.389
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 91.901

Points Ratings: 82.764 (43) 1-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 5-2 v #51-100 9-2 v #101-200 10-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 13-1 83.569 Away Ratings: 8-4 81.307 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 84.413 League Ratings: 16-1 84.391 Non-League Ratings: 9-6 80.874 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 84.010

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 88.421 (24)
0-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-0 93.264
Away Ratings: 1-1 80.655
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 87.155
League Ratings: 6-1 83.936
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 88.382

Home Advantage: 3.3400 (174)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0694 (97)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1773 (112)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2788 (123)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3805 (135)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5193 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7588 (190)

Upward Stability: 2.2433 (296)

Downward Stability: 2.8814 (192)

RPI
RPI: 0.5620 (61)
0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
12-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (13-1): 0.5548 (126) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 9-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (8-4): 0.5271 (52)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6489 (20) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (16-1): 0.5802 (39)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (9-6): 0.5441 (87) 0-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4890 (159)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Away	W 74-65	vs. #140 Eastern Wash
11/19/2000	Home	W 85-58	vs. #169 Wisc Green Bay
11/25/2000	Home	W 92-42	vs. #272 Idaho
11/29/2000	Away	L 87-101	vs. #3 Arizona
12/2/2000	Home	W 86-74	vs. #162 Washington
12/6/2000	Away	W 77-69	vs. #228 Montana
12/9/2000	Away	L 69-94	vs. #143 Boise St
12/16/2000	Neut	L 71-85	vs. #10 Florida
12/20/2000	Away	L 61-72	vs. #169 Wisc Green Bay
12/30/2000	Home	W 95-69	vs. #188 Monmouth NJ
1/2/2001	Home	L 80-81	vs. #93 New Mexico
1/6/2001	Home	W 93-50	vs. #318 Prairie View
1/12/2001	Away	W 78-58	vs. #197 San Francisco
1/13/2001	Away	W 102-48	vs. #316 St Marys CA
1/17/2001	Home	W 81-57	vs. #231 Portland
1/20/2001	Away	W 77-72	vs. #231 Portland
1/25/2001	Home	W 70-64	vs. #86 Santa Clara
1/27/2001	Home	W 78-57	vs. #123 San Diego
2/2/2001	Away	W 93-79	vs. #46 Pepperdine
2/3/2001	Away	W 84-64	vs. #233 Loyola Marymnt
2/9/2001	Home	W 84-82	vs. #197 San Francisco
2/11/2001	Home	W 90-64	vs. #316 St Marys CA
2/15/2001	Home	W 101-68	vs. #233 Loyola Marymnt
2/17/2001	Home	W 82-69	vs. #46 Pepperdine
2/22/2001	Away	L 71-84	vs. #86 Santa Clara
2/24/2001	Away	W 72-69	vs. #123 San Diego
3/3/2001	Home	W 105-65	vs. #316 St Marys CA
3/4/2001	Neut	W 76-68	vs. #123 San Diego
3/5/2001	Neut	W 80-77	vs. #86 Santa Clara
3/16/2001	Neut	W 86-85	vs. #19 Virginia
3/18/2001	Neut	W 85-68	vs. #90 Indiana St
3/23/2001	Neut	L 62-77	vs. #4 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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