NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-18
Power Rating: 77.820
Ranking: 120

0-9 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-6 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319

Home Ratings (8-7): 77.379 (127) 0-4 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-6 77.160 Non-League Ratings: 6-1 79.664 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 74.461

Away Ratings (2-10): 77.066 (129)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-319
League Ratings: 2-6 81.863
Non-League Ratings: 0-4 67.820
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 82.257

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 82.836 (78) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 80.242 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 77.820 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 80.242

League Ratings (5-13): 77.945 (119)
0-7 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-6 77.160
Away Ratings: 2-6 81.863
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.242
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 78.925

Non-League Ratings (6-5): 77.531 (127) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 6-1 79.664 Away Ratings: 0-4 67.820 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 77.820 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 77.820

Wins Ratings: 78.277 (118)
0-9 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 8-7 77.134
Away Ratings: 2-10 77.800
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 85.886
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 78.664

Points Ratings: 77.314 (118) 0-9 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-6 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 8-7 77.601 Away Ratings: 2-10 76.462 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 79.095 League Ratings: 5-13 77.968 Non-League Ratings: 6-5 75.873 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 77.689

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 78.121 (118)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 1-3 74.461
Away Ratings: 1-3 82.257
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.242
League Ratings: 3-7 78.925
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 77.820

Home Advantage: 3.6199 (165)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1110 (46)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2865 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4354 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5568 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6988 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8986 (28)

Upward Stability: 3.1963 (94)

Downward Stability: 2.8435 (198)

RPI
RPI: 0.5155 (121)
0-9 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319

RPI Home (8-7): 0.5550 (125) 0-3 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (2-10): 0.4576 (155)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5651 (82) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (5-13): 0.5032 (147)
0-7 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (6-5): 0.5341 (102) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5609 (42)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2000	Home	W 71-55	vs. #215 Tex San Antonio
11/21/2000	Away	L 66-76	vs. #208 Wichita St
11/28/2000	Home	W 69-67	vs. #226 Tennessee St
12/2/2000	Home	L 56-76	vs. #5 Illinois
12/5/2000	Away	L 46-60	vs. #13 Mississippi
12/9/2000	Away	L 51-62	vs. #163 Old Dominion
12/16/2000	Home	W 70-56	vs. #140 Eastern Wash
12/20/2000	Home	W 86-71	vs. #118 Hampton
12/23/2000	Home	W 86-78	vs. #28 Iowa
12/30/2000	Away	L 58-81	vs. #70 Memphis
1/2/2001	Home	W 69-68	vs. #222 TX Pan American
1/6/2001	Away	W 53-48	vs. #170 Texas A&M
1/10/2001	Away	L 41-63	vs. #17 Texas
1/13/2001	Home	L 55-63	vs. #89 Baylor
1/16/2001	Home	W 80-59	vs. #44 Missouri
1/20/2001	Home	L 63-64	vs. #15 Oklahoma
1/27/2001	Away	L 66-92	vs. #12 Kansas
1/30/2001	Home	L 61-63	vs. #98 Nebraska
2/3/2001	Away	L 78-84	vs. #16 Iowa St
2/7/2001	Away	L 66-70	vs. #44 Missouri
2/10/2001	Home	L 63-70	vs. #99 Colorado
2/14/2001	Away	L 56-82	vs. #98 Nebraska
2/18/2001	Home	W 73-54	vs. #185 Texas Tech
2/21/2001	Home	L 51-62	vs. #16 Iowa St
2/24/2001	Away	L 47-52	vs. #53 Oklahoma St
2/28/2001	Home	L 65-77	vs. #12 Kansas
3/3/2001	Away	W 72-67	vs. #99 Colorado
3/8/2001	Neut	W 62-58	vs. #98 Nebraska
3/9/2001	Neut	L 63-94	vs. #12 Kansas

FUTURE GAMES

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