NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ILLINOIS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-8
Power Rating: 93.189
Ranking: 5

7-6 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (13-0): 100.67 (2) 4-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 8-0 95.908 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 94.064 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 108.18

Away Ratings (6-5): 90.884 (10)
1-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 91.087
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 93.251
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 93.205

Neutral Ratings (8-3): 92.857 (9) 2-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 89.642 Non-League Ratings: 7-2 94.306 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 93.962

League Ratings (14-4): 92.492 (7)
4-2 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 8-0 95.908
Away Ratings: 5-3 91.087
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 89.642
Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 92.736

Non-League Ratings (13-4): 94.160 (5) 3-4 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-0 94.064 Away Ratings: 1-2 93.251 Neutral Ratings: 7-2 94.306 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 96.142

Wins Ratings: 95.568 (6)
7-6 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 13-0 109.13
Away Ratings: 6-5 93.365
Neutral Ratings: 8-3 94.599
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 95.009

Points Ratings: 90.419 (5) 6-5 v #1-25 5-3 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 13-0 93.818 Away Ratings: 6-5 88.187 Neutral Ratings: 8-3 90.994 League Ratings: 14-4 89.595 Non-League Ratings: 13-4 91.515 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 91.419

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 93.183 (7)
3-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 1-0 108.18
Away Ratings: 2-1 93.205
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 93.962
League Ratings: 4-2 92.736
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 96.142

Home Advantage: 12.934 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1533 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3603 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5161 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6388 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7664 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9261 (7)

Upward Stability: 2.7628 (230)

Downward Stability: 3.8565 (19)

RPI
RPI: 0.6384 (5)
7-6 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (13-0): 0.6843 (2) 3-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (6-5): 0.5751 (18)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (8-3): 0.6478 (21) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (14-4): 0.6319 (9)
3-2 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (13-4): 0.6455 (6) 3-4 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5941 (7)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Home	W 86-57	vs. #155 Maine
11/20/2000	Neut	W 74-69	vs. #112 Unlv
11/21/2000	Neut	W 90-80	vs. #7 Maryland
11/22/2000	Neut	L 76-79	vs. #3 Arizona
11/26/2000	Home	W 86-67	vs. #317 Texas Southern
11/28/2000	Away	L 77-78	vs. #1 Duke
12/2/2000	Away	W 76-56	vs. #120 Kansas St
12/6/2000	Home	W 85-44	vs. #116 Wisc Milwaukee
12/9/2000	Home	W 87-79	vs. #80 Seton Hall
12/16/2000	Home	W 81-73	vs. #3 Arizona
12/21/2000	Neut	W 86-81	vs. #44 Missouri
12/23/2000	Away	L 64-72	vs. #17 Texas
12/29/2000	Neut	W 77-64	vs. #150 Illinois Chi
1/3/2001	Home	W 80-64	vs. #65 Minnesota
1/6/2001	Home	W 83-68	vs. #29 Ohio St
1/11/2001	Away	L 62-78	vs. #28 Iowa
1/13/2001	Home	W 80-51	vs. #131 Michigan
1/17/2001	Away	W 63-49	vs. #128 Northwestern
1/20/2001	Home	W 92-60	vs. #23 Penn St
1/25/2001	Away	W 55-51	vs. #131 Michigan
1/31/2001	Away	L 95-98	vs. #23 Penn St
2/3/2001	Home	W 84-59	vs. #128 Northwestern
2/6/2001	Home	W 77-66	vs. #4 Michigan St
2/10/2001	Away	W 82-61	vs. #60 Purdue
2/13/2001	Home	W 68-67	vs. #25 Wisconsin
2/17/2001	Away	W 67-61	vs. #20 Indiana
2/22/2001	Away	L 61-63	vs. #29 Ohio St
2/24/2001	Home	W 89-63	vs. #28 Iowa
3/4/2001	Away	W 67-59	vs. #65 Minnesota
3/9/2001	Neut	W 83-66	vs. #60 Purdue
3/10/2001	Neut	L 56-58	vs. #20 Indiana
3/16/2001	Neut	W 96-54	vs. #193 Northwestern St
3/18/2001	Neut	W 79-61	vs. #36 NC Charlotte
3/23/2001	Neut	W 80-64	vs. #12 Kansas
3/25/2001	Neut	L 81-87	vs. #3 Arizona

FUTURE GAMES

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