NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-13
Power Rating: 84.720
Ranking: 44

3-8 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (12-1): 87.439 (34) 2-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-1 83.868 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 83.204 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 84.704

Away Ratings (3-8): 81.986 (73)
1-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 2-6 81.365
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 88.611
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 81.579

Neutral Ratings (4-4): 85.454 (50) 0-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 87.704 Non-League Ratings: 3-3 84.978 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 87.173

League Ratings (10-8): 83.689 (54)
2-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-1 83.868
Away Ratings: 2-6 81.365
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.704
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 84.493

Non-League Ratings (9-5): 86.814 (37) 1-3 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-0 83.204 Away Ratings: 1-2 88.611 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 84.978 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.673

Wins Ratings: 86.829 (42)
3-8 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 12-1 91.165
Away Ratings: 3-8 83.493
Neutral Ratings: 4-4 87.329
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 86.837

Points Ratings: 82.210 (48) 3-8 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 6-2 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 12-1 83.109 Away Ratings: 3-8 80.570 Neutral Ratings: 4-4 83.277 League Ratings: 10-8 81.396 Non-League Ratings: 9-5 83.788 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 82.667

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 84.923 (42)
0-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-1 84.704
Away Ratings: 1-2 81.579
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 87.173
League Ratings: 4-4 84.493
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 86.673

Home Advantage: 8.1242 (57)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1367 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3188 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4599 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5706 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7016 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8932 (33)

Upward Stability: 3.3445 (55)

Downward Stability: 3.3578 (81)

RPI
RPI: 0.5734 (46)
3-8 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
11-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (12-1): 0.6264 (26) 2-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (3-8): 0.5071 (73)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (4-4): 0.5785 (68) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (10-8): 0.5670 (54)
2-5 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (9-5): 0.5812 (50) 0-3 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5667 (35)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2000	Neut	W 70-60	vs. #218 Rhode Island
11/24/2000	Neut	W 77-61	vs. #94 Valparaiso
11/25/2000	Neut	L 62-84	vs. #34 Syracuse
12/2/2000	Home	W 78-57	vs. #222 TX Pan American
12/6/2000	Home	W 99-84	vs. #141 DePaul
12/9/2000	Home	W 77-73	vs. #87 St Louis
12/16/2000	Away	L 94-99	vs. #28 Iowa
12/18/2000	Away	W 68-63	vs. #20 Indiana
12/21/2000	Neut	L 81-86	vs. #5 Illinois
12/30/2000	Home	W 89-64	vs. #192 Stetson
1/2/2001	Home	W 75-61	vs. #292 Coast Carolina
1/6/2001	Home	W 68-66	vs. #98 Nebraska
1/10/2001	Away	W 82-76	vs. #99 Colorado
1/13/2001	Home	W 112-109	vs. #16 Iowa St
1/16/2001	Away	L 59-80	vs. #120 Kansas St
1/20/2001	Away	L 72-85	vs. #19 Virginia
1/24/2001	Away	L 79-85	vs. #98 Nebraska
1/27/2001	Home	W 66-64	vs. #185 Texas Tech
1/29/2001	Home	W 75-66	vs. #12 Kansas
2/5/2001	Away	L 66-69	vs. #53 Oklahoma St
2/7/2001	Home	W 70-66	vs. #120 Kansas St
2/11/2001	Away	L 64-72	vs. #16 Iowa St
2/14/2001	Home	W 80-69	vs. #99 Colorado
2/17/2001	Away	W 97-90	vs. #170 Texas A&M
2/19/2001	Home	L 61-63	vs. #15 Oklahoma
2/24/2001	Home	W 69-59	vs. #89 Baylor
2/26/2001	Away	L 61-76	vs. #17 Texas
3/4/2001	Away	L 59-75	vs. #12 Kansas
3/8/2001	Neut	W 77-62	vs. #170 Texas A&M
3/9/2001	Neut	L 65-67	vs. #15 Oklahoma
3/15/2001	Neut	W 70-68	vs. #42 Georgia
3/17/2001	Neut	L 81-94	vs. #1 Duke

FUTURE GAMES

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