NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-6
Power Rating: 88.478
Ranking: 16

4-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (13-0): 96.322 (3) 2-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 8-0 91.189 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 91.103 Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 88.424

Away Ratings (6-4): 88.326 (25)
1-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 88.006
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 82.510
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 89.994

Neutral Ratings (5-2): 83.232 (75) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 67.791 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 85.978 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 73.900

League Ratings (13-4): 89.064 (18)
3-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 8-0 91.189
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.006
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 67.791
Last Ten Ratings: 7-2 85.986

Non-League Ratings (11-2): 87.111 (30) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-0 91.103 Away Ratings: 1-1 82.510 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 85.978 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 76.900

Wins Ratings: 91.183 (16)
4-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 13-0 104.55
Away Ratings: 6-4 91.332
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 84.988
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 88.121

Points Ratings: 85.217 (21) 4-1 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 5-2 v #51-100 8-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 13-0 90.459 Away Ratings: 6-4 84.830 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 80.935 League Ratings: 13-4 85.514 Non-League Ratings: 11-2 84.580 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 83.006

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 85.889 (35)
2-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 5-0 88.424
Away Ratings: 2-1 89.994
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 73.900
League Ratings: 7-2 85.986
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 76.900

Home Advantage: 14.225 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0839 (74)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2298 (75)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3637 (78)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4836 (82)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6320 (87)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8511 (90)

Upward Stability: 2.3557 (289)

Downward Stability: 3.0296 (155)

RPI
RPI: 0.6090 (15)
4-1 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
11-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (13-0): 0.6352 (19) 1-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (6-4): 0.5575 (25)
1-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (5-2): 0.6342 (29) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (13-4): 0.6149 (16)
3-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.6010 (32) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5454 (62)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/24/2000	Home	W 109-70	vs. #317 Texas Southern
11/27/2000	Away	W 69-55	vs. #243 Northern Iowa
12/1/2000	Neut	W 94-62	vs. #303 Southern
12/2/2000	Neut	W 69-67	vs. #52 SO Mississippi
12/5/2000	Home	W 89-74	vs. #111 Tennessee Tech
12/9/2000	Away	L 68-80	vs. #28 Iowa
12/17/2000	Home	W 75-55	vs. #180 Drake
12/21/2000	Neut	W 66-56	vs. #151 Troy St
12/22/2000	Neut	W 77-71	vs. #51 BYU
12/23/2000	Neut	W 73-68	vs. #13 Mississippi
12/30/2000	Home	W 91-53	vs. #285 Westrn Carolina
1/2/2001	Home	W 95-44	vs. #150 Illinois Chi
1/6/2001	Home	W 100-80	vs. #15 Oklahoma
1/8/2001	Away	L 80-88	vs. #53 Oklahoma St
1/13/2001	Away	L 109-112	vs. #44 Missouri
1/16/2001	Home	W 84-68	vs. #99 Colorado
1/20/2001	Away	W 60-59	vs. #98 Nebraska
1/25/2001	Home	W 72-51	vs. #89 Baylor
1/28/2001	Away	W 72-53	vs. #170 Texas A&M
1/31/2001	Away	W 71-61	vs. #99 Colorado
2/3/2001	Home	W 84-78	vs. #120 Kansas St
2/5/2001	Away	W 79-77	vs. #12 Kansas
2/11/2001	Home	W 72-64	vs. #44 Missouri
2/17/2001	Home	W 79-71	vs. #12 Kansas
2/21/2001	Away	W 62-51	vs. #120 Kansas St
2/24/2001	Away	L 78-94	vs. #17 Texas
2/28/2001	Home	W 80-63	vs. #185 Texas Tech
3/3/2001	Home	W 86-73	vs. #98 Nebraska
3/9/2001	Neut	L 49-62	vs. #89 Baylor
3/15/2001	Neut	L 57-58	vs. #118 Hampton

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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