NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-12
Power Rating: 86.719
Ranking: 28

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

Home Ratings (11-4): 84.842 (43) 3-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 4-4 83.801 Non-League Ratings: 7-0 86.719 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 81.266

Away Ratings (4-6): 83.219 (58)
1-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-5 84.204
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 77.485
Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 71.719

Neutral Ratings (8-2): 91.778 (16) 2-1 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 4-0 95.188 Non-League Ratings: 4-2 86.422 Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 91.836

League Ratings (11-9): 86.456 (31)
5-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-4 83.801
Away Ratings: 3-5 84.204
Neutral Ratings: 4-0 95.188
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 87.778

Non-League Ratings (12-3): 87.223 (27) 1-1 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 7-0 86.719 Away Ratings: 1-1 77.485 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 86.422 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 87.751

Wins Ratings: 88.840 (28)
6-7 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
4-4 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 11-4 85.860
Away Ratings: 4-6 85.618
Neutral Ratings: 8-2 94.973
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 90.182

Points Ratings: 84.049 (30) 4-5 v #1-25 7-3 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 4-4 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 11-4 83.495 Away Ratings: 4-6 80.409 Neutral Ratings: 8-2 87.647 League Ratings: 11-9 84.225 Non-League Ratings: 12-3 83.745 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 85.555

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 88.126 (26)
2-2 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 1-2 81.266
Away Ratings: 0-1 71.719
Neutral Ratings: 5-1 91.836
League Ratings: 5-3 87.778
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 87.751

Home Advantage: 1.4754 (233)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1289 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3130 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4781 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6161 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7595 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9257 (8)

Upward Stability: 3.8901 (2)

Downward Stability: 4.5660 (1)

RPI
RPI: 0.5948 (27)
6-7 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
5-4 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (11-4): 0.6070 (49) 4-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (4-6): 0.5132 (62)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (8-2): 0.6572 (14) 2-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (11-9): 0.5774 (41)
4-3 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6166 (22) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5740 (26)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2000	Home	W 83-79	vs. #116 Wisc Milwaukee
11/21/2000	Away	W 73-71	vs. #180 Drake
11/28/2000	Home	W 85-67	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
12/1/2000	Neut	W 79-60	vs. #157 Chattanooga
12/2/2000	Neut	W 66-65	vs. #43 Tulsa
12/5/2000	Home	W 74-42	vs. #243 Northern Iowa
12/9/2000	Home	W 80-68	vs. #16 Iowa St
12/16/2000	Home	W 99-94	vs. #44 Missouri
12/19/2000	Home	W 72-52	vs. #271 Centenary
12/23/2000	Away	L 78-86	vs. #120 Kansas St
12/28/2000	Home	W 69-68	vs. #64 Detroit
12/29/2000	Neut	L 68-80	vs. #26 Tennessee
12/30/2000	Neut	W 68-56	vs. #87 St Louis
1/6/2001	Away	W 86-85	vs. #23 Penn St
1/11/2001	Home	W 78-62	vs. #5 Illinois
1/13/2001	Away	W 83-73	vs. #60 Purdue
1/16/2001	Away	L 54-67	vs. #25 Wisconsin
1/20/2001	Home	L 69-70	vs. #131 Michigan
1/24/2001	Away	W 87-74	vs. #65 Minnesota
1/27/2001	Home	W 71-66	vs. #20 Indiana
1/31/2001	Home	W 64-55	vs. #65 Minnesota
2/7/2001	Home	L 68-69	vs. #29 Ohio St
2/10/2001	Away	L 61-69	vs. #128 Northwestern
2/14/2001	Away	L 85-95	vs. #131 Michigan
2/18/2001	Away	L 70-94	vs. #4 Michigan St
2/21/2001	Home	W 78-72	vs. #60 Purdue
2/24/2001	Away	L 63-89	vs. #5 Illinois
3/1/2001	Home	L 73-78	vs. #23 Penn St
3/3/2001	Home	L 57-59	vs. #25 Wisconsin
3/8/2001	Neut	W 72-55	vs. #128 Northwestern
3/9/2001	Neut	W 75-66	vs. #29 Ohio St
3/10/2001	Neut	W 94-74	vs. #23 Penn St
3/11/2001	Neut	W 63-61	vs. #20 Indiana
3/15/2001	Neut	W 69-56	vs. #47 Creighton
3/17/2001	Neut	L 79-92	vs. #8 Kentucky

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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