NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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KANSAS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-7
Power Rating: 90.207
Ranking: 12

3-5 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (11-1): 92.004 (8) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-1 91.121 Non-League Ratings: 4-0 99.457 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 92.269

Away Ratings (7-4): 88.937 (18)
1-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 87.855
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 86.316
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.402

Neutral Ratings (6-2): 90.839 (19) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 87.988 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 91.933 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 90.347

League Ratings (13-5): 88.748 (20)
2-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-1 91.121
Away Ratings: 5-3 87.855
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.988
Last Ten Ratings: 5-2 88.879

Non-League Ratings (11-2): 92.613 (7) 1-2 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 4-0 99.457 Away Ratings: 2-1 86.316 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 91.933 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 92.027

Wins Ratings: 92.607 (13)
3-4 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 11-1 92.693
Away Ratings: 7-4 92.213
Neutral Ratings: 6-2 93.064
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 92.197

Points Ratings: 87.359 (11) 3-5 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 7-1 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 11-1 91.140 Away Ratings: 7-4 85.007 Neutral Ratings: 6-2 88.242 League Ratings: 13-5 86.668 Non-League Ratings: 11-2 88.496 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 87.605

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 90.058 (16)
0-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-0 92.269
Away Ratings: 2-1 88.402
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 90.347
League Ratings: 5-2 88.879
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 92.027

Home Advantage: 6.3970 (94)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1091 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2889 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4410 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5746 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7264 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9140 (15)

Upward Stability: 2.7470 (232)

Downward Stability: 3.4276 (69)

RPI
RPI: 0.6222 (10)
4-4 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (11-1): 0.6453 (9) 2-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (7-4): 0.5763 (17)
2-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (6-2): 0.6506 (18) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (13-5): 0.6055 (21)
2-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.6447 (7) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 7-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5716 (30)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/9/2000	Neut	W 99-98	vs. #11 UCLA
11/10/2000	Neut	W 82-74	vs. #84 St Johns
11/20/2000	Home	W 101-61	vs. #143 Boise St
11/27/2000	Home	W 92-66	vs. #304 Middle Tenn St
11/30/2000	Home	W 80-61	vs. #96 Illinois St
12/7/2000	Away	L 53-84	vs. #22 Wake Forest
12/12/2000	Away	W 75-69	vs. #141 DePaul
12/16/2000	Home	W 92-69	vs. #43 Tulsa
12/23/2000	Away	W 69-68	vs. #29 Ohio St
12/30/2000	Neut	W 77-43	vs. #153 SW Missouri St
1/6/2001	Away	W 94-82	vs. #185 Texas Tech
1/13/2001	Away	W 69-61	vs. #15 Oklahoma
1/17/2001	Home	W 84-62	vs. #98 Nebraska
1/20/2001	Home	W 100-70	vs. #170 Texas A&M
1/22/2001	Away	W 85-75	vs. #99 Colorado
1/27/2001	Home	W 92-66	vs. #120 Kansas St
1/29/2001	Away	L 66-75	vs. #44 Missouri
2/3/2001	Home	W 82-66	vs. #17 Texas
2/5/2001	Home	L 77-79	vs. #16 Iowa St
2/10/2001	Home	W 77-61	vs. #53 Oklahoma St
2/12/2001	Away	L 77-85	vs. #89 Baylor
2/17/2001	Away	L 71-79	vs. #16 Iowa St
2/21/2001	Home	W 91-79	vs. #99 Colorado
2/25/2001	Away	W 78-74	vs. #98 Nebraska
2/28/2001	Away	W 77-65	vs. #120 Kansas St
3/4/2001	Home	W 75-59	vs. #44 Missouri
3/9/2001	Neut	W 94-63	vs. #120 Kansas St
3/10/2001	Neut	L 57-62	vs. #15 Oklahoma
3/16/2001	Neut	W 99-75	vs. #79 CS Northridge
3/18/2001	Neut	W 87-58	vs. #34 Syracuse
3/23/2001	Neut	L 64-80	vs. #5 Illinois

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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(Opp. Specific Rating)