NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-16
Power Rating: 81.245
Ranking: 78

2-11 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (10-6): 82.366 (67) 2-4 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 4-4 84.202 Non-League Ratings: 6-2 80.081 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 83.354

Away Ratings (2-7): 80.292 (90)
0-5 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 1-7 80.831
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 87.870
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 77.588

Neutral Ratings (1-3): 77.292 (125) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 84.057 Non-League Ratings: 1-2 78.682 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 84.057

League Ratings (5-12): 81.657 (75)
1-10 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-4 84.202
Away Ratings: 1-7 80.831
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 84.057
Last Ten Ratings: 3-6 82.659

Non-League Ratings (8-4): 80.534 (96) 1-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 6-2 80.081 Away Ratings: 1-0 87.870 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 78.682 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 80.901

Wins Ratings: 81.733 (87)
2-9 v #1-25
1-6 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 10-6 82.911
Away Ratings: 2-7 80.905
Neutral Ratings: 1-3 76.436
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 81.217

Points Ratings: 80.760 (74) 1-11 v #1-25 2-4 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 10-6 81.768 Away Ratings: 2-7 79.846 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 78.135 League Ratings: 5-12 81.340 Non-League Ratings: 8-4 79.799 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 80.721

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 81.026 (84)
0-3 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-2 83.354
Away Ratings: 0-4 77.588
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 84.057
League Ratings: 3-6 82.659
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 80.901

Home Advantage: 7.1289 (76)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1762 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3537 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4841 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5912 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7029 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8716 (59)

Upward Stability: 2.8616 (204)

Downward Stability: 2.5117 (247)

RPI
RPI: 0.5395 (90)
1-9 v #1-25
2-6 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (10-6): 0.5698 (98) 1-3 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (2-7): 0.4905 (98)
0-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (1-3): 0.5268 (112) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (5-12): 0.5302 (100)
0-7 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5507 (79) 1-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5699 (32)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Neut	W 77-64	vs. #206 Pennsylvania
11/18/2000	Home	L 78-95	vs. #36 NC Charlotte
11/22/2000	Neut	L 63-82	vs. #24 Fresno St
11/25/2000	Home	W 89-51	vs. #296 Charleston Sou
11/29/2000	Home	W 84-76	vs. #23 Penn St
12/2/2000	Away	W 87-78	vs. #163 Old Dominion
12/5/2000	Home	W 77-76	vs. #179 NC Greensboro
12/9/2000	Neut	L 63-68	vs. #42 Georgia
12/16/2000	Home	W 103-59	vs. #275 New Hampshire
12/22/2000	Home	W 87-66	vs. #241 NC Asheville
12/30/2000	Home	W 91-63	vs. #259 Cal Poly
1/6/2001	Away	L 81-88	vs. #19 Virginia
1/10/2001	Home	L 78-84	vs. #1 Duke
1/13/2001	Away	L 69-72	vs. #146 Clemson
1/16/2001	Home	W 72-60	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
1/21/2001	Home	L 61-75	vs. #7 Maryland
1/25/2001	Away	W 84-81	vs. #145 Florida St
1/28/2001	Home	L 52-60	vs. #6 North Carolina
1/31/2001	Away	L 69-74	vs. #22 Wake Forest
2/3/2001	Home	L 53-54	vs. #34 Syracuse
2/7/2001	Home	W 90-80	vs. #19 Virginia
2/11/2001	Away	L 75-101	vs. #1 Duke
2/14/2001	Home	W 85-51	vs. #146 Clemson
2/17/2001	Away	L 54-69	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
2/20/2001	Away	L 66-95	vs. #7 Maryland
2/25/2001	Home	W 71-46	vs. #145 Florida St
2/28/2001	Away	L 63-76	vs. #6 North Carolina
3/4/2001	Home	L 58-76	vs. #22 Wake Forest
3/9/2001	Neut	L 61-76	vs. #1 Duke

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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