NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 16-13
Power Rating: 81.895
Ranking: 74

0-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
6-7 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-319

Home Ratings (12-3): 82.317 (69) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 5-3 81.074 Non-League Ratings: 7-0 81.098 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 81.817

Away Ratings (4-8): 84.106 (45)
0-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-5 86.914
Non-League Ratings: 1-3 81.801
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 90.199

Neutral Ratings (0-2): 66.957 (226) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 73.551 Non-League Ratings: 0-1 71.832 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 73.551

League Ratings (8-9): 82.578 (65)
0-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
5-5 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 5-3 81.074
Away Ratings: 3-5 86.914
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 73.551
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 85.309

Non-League Ratings (8-4): 80.059 (100) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 7-0 81.098 Away Ratings: 1-3 81.801 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 71.832 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 85.520

Wins Ratings: 82.752 (75)
0-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
7-7 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 12-3 83.428
Away Ratings: 4-8 85.377
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 61.377
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 86.096

Points Ratings: 80.984 (71) 0-3 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 6-7 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 7-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 12-3 80.797 Away Ratings: 4-8 83.000 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 71.484 League Ratings: 8-9 81.508 Non-League Ratings: 8-4 79.695 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 83.281

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 84.772 (47)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-1 81.817
Away Ratings: 2-2 90.199
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 73.551
League Ratings: 6-3 85.309
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 85.520

Home Advantage: 4.7923 (134)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0987 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2522 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3881 (63)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5006 (71)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6422 (75)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8455 (96)

Upward Stability: 2.9359 (182)

Downward Stability: 3.0709 (148)

RPI
RPI: 0.5426 (84)
1-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
6-7 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (12-3): 0.5871 (74) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (4-8): 0.5134 (60)
1-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (0-2): 0.3817 (245) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (8-9): 0.5502 (72)
1-2 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5310 (106) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5395 (71)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2000	Away	W 76-59	vs. #283 Fla Atlantic
11/21/2000	Home	W 65-41	vs. #266 Columbia
11/25/2000	Home	W 92-86	vs. #239 Northeastern
11/28/2000	Away	L 63-95	vs. #36 NC Charlotte
12/4/2000	Away	L 45-67	vs. #6 North Carolina
12/9/2000	Home	W 83-72	vs. #273 Central Florida
12/16/2000	Neut	L 64-72	vs. #98 Nebraska
12/18/2000	Home	W 83-73	vs. #106 Eastern Ill
12/21/2000	Home	W 66-57	vs. #70 Memphis
12/27/2000	Home	W 71-52	vs. #254 Lehigh
12/29/2000	Home	W 70-54	vs. #260 Tenn Martin
1/3/2001	Away	L 51-62	vs. #66 Pittsburgh
1/7/2001	Home	L 72-73	vs. #9 Boston College
1/10/2001	Away	L 74-85	vs. #210 Virginia Tech
1/13/2001	Away	L 73-82	vs. #9 Boston College
1/16/2001	Away	W 78-64	vs. #41 Providence
1/20/2001	Home	W 77-74	vs. #59 Connecticut
1/22/2001	Away	L 63-67	vs. #84 St Johns
1/28/2001	Home	L 70-80	vs. #41 Providence
2/1/2001	Home	W 72-66	vs. #80 Seton Hall
2/6/2001	Home	W 86-61	vs. #210 Virginia Tech
2/10/2001	Home	L 79-85	vs. #84 St Johns
2/13/2001	Away	W 68-57	vs. #34 Syracuse
2/17/2001	Away	W 80-62	vs. #56 Villanova
2/24/2001	Away	L 53-60	vs. #59 Connecticut
2/28/2001	Home	W 73-66	vs. #83 West Virginia
3/3/2001	Home	W 65-53	vs. #56 Villanova
3/7/2001	Neut	L 69-78	vs. #66 Pittsburgh
3/14/2001	Away	L 58-60	vs. #55 Auburn

FUTURE GAMES

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