NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-10
Power Rating: 82.670
Ranking: 63

1-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
4-5 v #51-100
11-3 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (9-2): 79.928 (100) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-2 79.346 Non-League Ratings: 2-0 83.170 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 77.842

Away Ratings (7-5): 82.608 (67)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 6-3 83.045
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 81.858
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 78.592

Neutral Ratings (7-3): 84.670 (59) 1-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 3-0 85.655 Non-League Ratings: 4-3 81.569 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 84.694

League Ratings (16-5): 82.842 (61)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-2 79.346
Away Ratings: 6-3 83.045
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 85.655
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 80.874

Non-League Ratings (7-5): 82.381 (74) 1-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 2-0 83.170 Away Ratings: 1-2 81.858 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 81.569 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 83.756

Wins Ratings: 83.743 (67)
1-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
5-5 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 9-2 79.649
Away Ratings: 7-5 83.672
Neutral Ratings: 7-3 86.700
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 84.778

Points Ratings: 81.436 (60) 1-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 4-5 v #51-100 11-3 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 9-2 80.319 Away Ratings: 7-5 81.616 Neutral Ratings: 7-3 81.983 League Ratings: 16-5 81.774 Non-League Ratings: 7-5 80.842 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 80.651

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 82.995 (66)
1-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-1 77.842
Away Ratings: 1-1 78.592
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 84.694
League Ratings: 6-2 80.874
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 83.756

Home Advantage: 0.5144 (255)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0457 (148)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1509 (141)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2735 (128)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3920 (126)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5586 (121)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8156 (125)

Upward Stability: 3.3255 (59)

Downward Stability: 3.9502 (15)

RPI
RPI: 0.5431 (83)
1-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
13-5 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (9-2): 0.5634 (113) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (7-5): 0.5017 (86)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (7-3): 0.5707 (73) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (16-5): 0.5434 (85)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
9-4 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (7-5): 0.5438 (88) 0-1 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4919 (151)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/25/2000	Away	L 61-76	vs. #92 Arizona St
11/29/2000	Home	W 56-53	vs. #77 St Bonaventure
12/1/2000	Away	L 85-89	vs. #79 CS Northridge
12/2/2000	Neut	W 61-47	vs. #271 Centenary
12/6/2000	Home	W 76-55	vs. #165 Youngstown St
12/9/2000	Away	W 64-47	vs. #169 Wisc Green Bay
12/20/2000	Neut	W 67-58	vs. #128 Northwestern
12/21/2000	Neut	L 68-69	vs. #98 Nebraska
12/22/2000	Neut	W 81-75	vs. #144 VA Commonwealth
12/30/2000	Neut	L 60-71	vs. #40 Xavier
1/3/2001	Home	W 70-57	vs. #306 Eastern Mich
1/6/2001	Home	W 73-61	vs. #178 Akron
1/8/2001	Away	L 65-67	vs. #91 Ohio
1/10/2001	Home	W 94-68	vs. #286 Northern Ill
1/17/2001	Away	W 58-52	vs. #277 Buffalo
1/20/2001	Home	W 89-67	vs. #95 Marshall
1/24/2001	Away	W 79-51	vs. #306 Eastern Mich
1/27/2001	Home	W 81-57	vs. #137 Bowling Green
1/30/2001	Away	L 71-76	vs. #124 Ball St
2/3/2001	Away	W 68-54	vs. #82 Toledo
2/7/2001	Home	L 45-48	vs. #109 Miami Ohio
2/11/2001	Away	W 68-65	vs. #95 Marshall
2/14/2001	Away	W 77-60	vs. #246 Western Mich
2/17/2001	Home	W 58-45	vs. #103 Central Mich
2/20/2001	Away	W 70-64	vs. #137 Bowling Green
2/24/2001	Home	L 63-69	vs. #91 Ohio
2/28/2001	Home	W 99-65	vs. #277 Buffalo
3/3/2001	Away	L 68-76	vs. #178 Akron
3/8/2001	Neut	W 71-64	vs. #137 Bowling Green
3/9/2001	Neut	W 67-55	vs. #124 Ball St
3/10/2001	Neut	W 67-61	vs. #109 Miami Ohio
3/15/2001	Neut	W 77-73	vs. #20 Indiana
3/17/2001	Neut	L 43-66	vs. #30 Cincinnati

FUTURE GAMES

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