NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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LOYOLA CHI
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 7-21
Power Rating: 69.300
Ranking: 232

0-1 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-12 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-319

Home Ratings (7-8): 71.437 (204) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-5 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-5 73.460 Non-League Ratings: 5-3 69.605 Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 73.816

Away Ratings (0-13): 63.980 (289)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-7 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-319
League Ratings: 0-8 73.417
Non-League Ratings: 0-5 65.034
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 74.409

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 69.300 (205) 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 69.300 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 69.300 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 69.300

League Ratings (2-13): 70.066 (226)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-9 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-5 73.460
Away Ratings: 0-8 73.417
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 69.300
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 74.007

Non-League Ratings (5-8): 68.300 (243) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 3-3 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-3 69.605 Away Ratings: 0-5 65.034 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 69.300 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 69.300

Wins Ratings: 67.409 (242)
0-1 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-11 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-8 70.298
Away Ratings: 0-13 54.941
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 67.409
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 66.425

Points Ratings: 71.532 (219) 0-1 v #1-25 0-4 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-12 v #101-200 3-3 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 7-8 72.630 Away Ratings: 0-13 69.454 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.532 League Ratings: 2-13 73.204 Non-League Ratings: 5-8 69.193 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 73.607

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 69.874 (228)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 1-4 73.816
Away Ratings: 0-5 74.409
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 69.300
League Ratings: 1-9 74.007
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 69.300

Home Advantage: 11.588 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0610 (110)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1824 (108)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2982 (112)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4135 (113)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5633 (119)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8140 (127)

Upward Stability: 2.7427 (233)

Downward Stability: 2.1305 (289)

RPI
RPI: 0.4376 (244)
0-1 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
3-10 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-319

RPI Home (7-8): 0.4936 (229) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-319

RPI Away (0-13): 0.3725 (289)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.4376 (199) 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 (2-13): 0.4325 (250)
0-0 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (5-8): 0.4421 (223) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 3-3 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5002 (134)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2000	Away	L 60-64	vs. #276 Stephen Austin
11/22/2000	Away	L 68-107	vs. #39 Notre Dame
11/27/2000	Home	W 76-73	vs. #111 Tennessee Tech
11/29/2000	Away	L 76-78	vs. #295 Chicago St
12/2/2000	Away	L 78-99	vs. #142 Canisius
12/6/2000	Home	W 75-70	vs. #103 Central Mich
12/9/2000	Home	L 71-103	vs. #4 Michigan St
12/16/2000	Home	L 80-86	vs. #106 Eastern Ill
12/18/2000	Away	L 70-86	vs. #121 Louisville
12/21/2000	Home	L 53-63	vs. #233 Loyola Marymnt
12/23/2000	Home	W 79-72	vs. #294 Eastern KY
12/28/2000	Home	W 84-79	vs. #316 St Marys CA
1/4/2001	Away	L 70-73	vs. #105 Cleveland St
1/6/2001	Away	L 61-81	vs. #64 Detroit
1/10/2001	Home	W 57-55	vs. #169 Wisc Green Bay
1/14/2001	Home	L 93-94	vs. #116 Wisc Milwaukee
1/18/2001	Home	W 91-82	vs. #235 Belmont
1/20/2001	Away	L 63-83	vs. #150 Illinois Chi
1/25/2001	Away	L 76-93	vs. #126 Wright St
1/27/2001	Away	L 57-71	vs. #31 Butler
2/1/2001	Home	W 66-54	vs. #64 Detroit
2/3/2001	Home	L 77-80	vs. #105 Cleveland St
2/8/2001	Away	L 65-67	vs. #116 Wisc Milwaukee
2/13/2001	Away	L 56-60	vs. #169 Wisc Green Bay
2/17/2001	Home	L 56-66	vs. #150 Illinois Chi
2/22/2001	Home	L 62-66	vs. #31 Butler
2/24/2001	Home	L 60-62	vs. #126 Wright St
3/3/2001	Away	L 52-78	vs. #31 Butler

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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