NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 8-18
Power Rating: 65.090
Ranking: 282

0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
6-12 v #201-319

Home Ratings (7-5): 68.016 (247) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 5-3 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-3 66.885 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 62.559 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 66.445

Away Ratings (1-13): 59.617 (308)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-9 v #201-319
League Ratings: 0-10 61.734
Non-League Ratings: 1-3 65.543
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 62.324

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 65.090 (244) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-0 65.090 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 65.090 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 65.090

League Ratings (7-13): 65.338 (277)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
5-11 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-3 66.885
Away Ratings: 0-10 61.734
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 65.090
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 65.227

Non-League Ratings (1-5): 63.387 (286) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 0-2 62.559 Away Ratings: 1-3 65.543 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 65.090 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 65.090

Wins Ratings: 63.918 (273)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
6-12 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-5 67.426
Away Ratings: 1-13 56.606
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 63.918
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 63.574

Points Ratings: 66.387 (288) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 7-13 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 7-5 68.295 Away Ratings: 1-13 63.176 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 66.387 League Ratings: 7-13 66.568 Non-League Ratings: 1-5 65.184 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 66.412

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 64.912 (279)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-2 66.445
Away Ratings: 0-5 62.324
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 65.090
League Ratings: 3-7 65.227
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 65.090

Home Advantage: 12.530 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0140 (310)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0636 (301)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1307 (293)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2108 (284)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3521 (270)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6899 (257)

Upward Stability: 3.1920 (95)

Downward Stability: 2.6067 (233)

RPI
RPI: 0.4055 (283)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
5-11 v #201-319

RPI Home (7-5): 0.4871 (235) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 5-2 v #201-319

RPI Away (1-13): 0.3359 (317)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
1-7 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.4055 (227) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (7-13): 0.4172 (268)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
3-9 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (1-5): 0.3680 (313) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4381 (290)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2000	Away	W 78-69	vs. #317 Texas Southern
11/25/2000	Home	L 70-92	vs. #88 SMU
12/2/2000	Home	L 53-60	vs. #139 Rice
12/5/2000	Away	L 60-83	vs. #170 Texas A&M
12/16/2000	Home	W 74-72	vs. #133 McNeese St
12/22/2000	Away	L 45-86	vs. #53 Oklahoma St
12/28/2000	Away	L 64-75	vs. #252 Ul Monroe
12/30/2000	Away	L 43-62	vs. #193 Northwestern St
1/3/2001	Away	L 71-81	vs. #225 Tulane
1/6/2001	Home	L 51-58	vs. #238 Texas Arlington
1/8/2001	Home	W 54-52	vs. #276 Stephen Austin
1/13/2001	Away	L 73-77	vs. #245 SW Texas St
1/15/2001	Away	L 65-95	vs. #215 Tex San Antonio
1/20/2001	Home	W 79-77	vs. #219 Nicholls St
1/22/2001	Home	W 74-46	vs. #284 SE Louisiana
1/27/2001	Away	L 44-56	vs. #276 Stephen Austin
1/29/2001	Away	L 59-79	vs. #238 Texas Arlington
2/3/2001	Home	L 67-78	vs. #252 Ul Monroe
2/5/2001	Home	W 81-73	vs. #193 Northwestern St
2/8/2001	Away	L 55-70	vs. #207 Sam Houston
2/10/2001	Away	L 52-61	vs. #133 McNeese St
2/17/2001	Away	L 42-53	vs. #284 SE Louisiana
2/19/2001	Away	L 53-60	vs. #219 Nicholls St
2/24/2001	Home	W 81-75	vs. #215 Tex San Antonio
2/26/2001	Home	L 44-50	vs. #245 SW Texas St
3/3/2001	Home	W 97-94	vs. #207 Sam Houston

FUTURE GAMES

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