NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-7
Power Rating: 89.187
Ranking: 15

4-4 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (11-1): 89.538 (21) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-1 86.687 Non-League Ratings: 4-0 91.124 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 93.843

Away Ratings (5-5): 87.710 (27)
1-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 87.109
Non-League Ratings: 0-2 88.249
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 84.812

Neutral Ratings (10-1): 91.023 (18) 2-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 3-0 92.851 Non-League Ratings: 7-1 83.320 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 89.273

League Ratings (15-4): 90.611 (12)
4-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-1 86.687
Away Ratings: 5-3 87.109
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 92.851
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 89.847

Non-League Ratings (11-3): 85.124 (49) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 4-0 91.124 Away Ratings: 0-2 88.249 Neutral Ratings: 7-1 83.320 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 80.952

Wins Ratings: 92.202 (14)
4-4 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 11-1 91.906
Away Ratings: 5-5 90.695
Neutral Ratings: 10-1 94.859
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 92.749

Points Ratings: 85.542 (18) 4-4 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 6-2 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 11-1 86.448 Away Ratings: 5-5 84.261 Neutral Ratings: 10-1 86.495 League Ratings: 15-4 85.960 Non-League Ratings: 11-3 84.456 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 85.929

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 89.710 (18)
2-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-0 93.843
Away Ratings: 1-2 84.812
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 89.273
League Ratings: 7-1 89.847
Non-League Ratings: 0-2 80.952

Home Advantage: 4.2246 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0987 (53)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2542 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3876 (65)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5035 (69)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6470 (70)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8608 (77)

Upward Stability: 2.6230 (250)

Downward Stability: 3.2675 (99)

RPI
RPI: 0.6037 (20)
4-4 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (11-1): 0.6203 (30) 2-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5620 (24)
0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (10-1): 0.6231 (35) 1-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI League (15-4): 0.6342 (8)
4-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.5622 (68) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5424 (68)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Neut	W 75-56	vs. #268 Alcorn St
11/18/2000	Neut	W 89-72	vs. #130 La Salle
11/24/2000	Neut	W 84-76	vs. #189 Montana St
11/25/2000	Neut	W 83-69	vs. #225 Tulane
11/26/2000	Neut	W 78-60	vs. #135 Oregon St
12/2/2000	Away	L 55-60	vs. #13 Mississippi
12/9/2000	Home	W 100-72	vs. #310 North Texas
12/16/2000	Home	W 103-49	vs. #234 Coppin St
12/20/2000	Home	W 96-48	vs. #245 SW Texas St
12/23/2000	Home	W 88-79	vs. #35 Arkansas
12/29/2000	Neut	W 84-51	vs. #263 Oral Roberts
12/30/2000	Neut	W 79-78	vs. #88 SMU
1/6/2001	Away	L 80-100	vs. #16 Iowa St
1/9/2001	Home	W 78-65	vs. #170 Texas A&M
1/13/2001	Home	L 61-69	vs. #12 Kansas
1/16/2001	Away	L 59-60	vs. #185 Texas Tech
1/20/2001	Away	W 64-63	vs. #120 Kansas St
1/24/2001	Home	W 75-68	vs. #17 Texas
1/27/2001	Home	W 77-66	vs. #98 Nebraska
1/31/2001	Away	W 65-51	vs. #89 Baylor
2/3/2001	Away	W 72-63	vs. #170 Texas A&M
2/7/2001	Home	W 80-72	vs. #185 Texas Tech
2/10/2001	Away	W 75-54	vs. #17 Texas
2/14/2001	Away	L 44-72	vs. #53 Oklahoma St
2/17/2001	Home	W 82-60	vs. #89 Baylor
2/19/2001	Away	W 63-61	vs. #44 Missouri
2/24/2001	Away	L 60-68	vs. #7 Maryland
2/28/2001	Home	W 86-67	vs. #99 Colorado
3/3/2001	Home	W 68-56	vs. #53 Oklahoma St
3/9/2001	Neut	W 67-65	vs. #44 Missouri
3/10/2001	Neut	W 62-57	vs. #12 Kansas
3/11/2001	Neut	W 54-45	vs. #17 Texas
3/16/2001	Neut	L 68-70	vs. #90 Indiana St

FUTURE GAMES

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