NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-11
Power Rating: 86.606
Ranking: 29

4-6 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (14-3): 87.829 (30) 3-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 6-2 87.247 Non-League Ratings: 8-1 85.497 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 89.934

Away Ratings (5-4): 90.653 (11)
1-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 89.946
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 71.856
Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 90.263

Neutral Ratings (1-4): 75.770 (146) 0-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 77.731 Non-League Ratings: 1-3 79.184 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 76.513

League Ratings (11-6): 89.661 (14)
4-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 6-2 87.247
Away Ratings: 5-3 89.946
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.731
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 90.040

Non-League Ratings (9-5): 80.274 (98) 0-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 8-1 85.497 Away Ratings: 0-1 71.856 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 79.184 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 74.388

Wins Ratings: 88.888 (27)
4-6 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 14-3 89.536
Away Ratings: 5-4 94.774
Neutral Ratings: 1-4 74.559
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 93.595

Points Ratings: 83.819 (33) 3-5 v #1-25 2-5 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 14-3 85.581 Away Ratings: 5-4 85.374 Neutral Ratings: 1-4 77.452 League Ratings: 11-6 85.477 Non-League Ratings: 9-5 80.714 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 84.888

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 89.794 (17)
1-0 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-0 89.934
Away Ratings: 5-1 90.263
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 76.513
League Ratings: 7-1 90.040
Non-League Ratings: 0-2 74.388

Home Advantage: 6.6227 (89)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1327 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3118 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4588 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5709 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6922 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8626 (72)

Upward Stability: 3.1594 (106)

Downward Stability: 3.3163 (93)

RPI
RPI: 0.5837 (37)
4-7 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (14-3): 0.5985 (56) 4-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (5-4): 0.6043 (5)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (1-4): 0.4969 (147) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (11-6): 0.6223 (13)
2-3 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (9-5): 0.5368 (96) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5632 (38)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Home	W 65-45	vs. #264 Yale
11/23/2000	Neut	W 90-65	vs. #145 Florida St
11/24/2000	Neut	L 66-77	vs. #34 Syracuse
11/25/2000	Neut	L 64-67	vs. #94 Valparaiso
12/2/2000	Home	W 90-44	vs. #294 Eastern KY
12/7/2000	Home	W 83-46	vs. #250 Denver
12/10/2000	Home	W 54-51	vs. #62 Massachusetts
12/13/2000	Home	W 71-58	vs. #84 St Johns
12/16/2000	Home	W 93-62	vs. #217 Morehead St
12/20/2000	Home	W 88-46	vs. #302 Robert Morris
12/23/2000	Home	L 68-69	vs. #12 Kansas
12/30/2000	Home	W 80-42	vs. #234 Coppin St
1/3/2001	Home	W 73-56	vs. #128 Northwestern
1/6/2001	Away	L 68-83	vs. #5 Illinois
1/10/2001	Home	L 75-78	vs. #23 Penn St
1/13/2001	Home	W 75-72	vs. #65 Minnesota
1/18/2001	Home	W 78-61	vs. #131 Michigan
1/21/2001	Away	L 56-71	vs. #4 Michigan St
1/24/2001	Away	L 42-57	vs. #25 Wisconsin
1/27/2001	Home	W 64-55	vs. #4 Michigan St
1/31/2001	Home	L 67-70	vs. #20 Indiana
2/3/2001	Away	W 73-66	vs. #65 Minnesota
2/7/2001	Away	W 69-68	vs. #28 Iowa
2/10/2001	Home	W 63-58	vs. #25 Wisconsin
2/14/2001	Away	W 65-64	vs. #60 Purdue
2/17/2001	Away	L 67-85	vs. #38 Alabama
2/22/2001	Home	W 63-61	vs. #5 Illinois
2/24/2001	Away	W 69-57	vs. #128 Northwestern
3/3/2001	Away	W 93-87	vs. #23 Penn St
3/9/2001	Neut	L 66-75	vs. #28 Iowa
3/15/2001	Neut	L 68-77	vs. #45 Utah St

FUTURE GAMES

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