NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-10
Power Rating: 83.646
Ranking: 53

2-6 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319

Home Ratings (12-1): 87.681 (32) 2-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-1 84.615 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 84.302 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 83.287

Away Ratings (4-7): 79.654 (101)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-5 83.349
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 72.458
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 83.896

Neutral Ratings (3-2): 84.880 (54) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 86.505 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 83.396 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 83.287

League Ratings (11-7): 84.767 (45)
2-5 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-1 84.615
Away Ratings: 3-5 83.349
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.505
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 84.146

Non-League Ratings (8-3): 80.333 (97) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-0 84.302 Away Ratings: 1-2 72.458 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 83.396 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 74.458

Wins Ratings: 85.367 (51)
2-6 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 12-1 91.273
Away Ratings: 4-7 80.331
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.749
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 86.339

Points Ratings: 81.570 (57) 2-6 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 9-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 12-1 83.460 Away Ratings: 4-7 79.238 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 82.558 League Ratings: 11-7 82.324 Non-League Ratings: 8-3 79.499 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 81.484

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 84.212 (54)
1-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-1 83.287
Away Ratings: 2-1 83.896
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 83.287
League Ratings: 6-3 84.146
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 74.458

Home Advantage: 10.525 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0876 (69)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2326 (73)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3654 (77)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4809 (85)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6244 (93)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8559 (85)

Upward Stability: 2.9548 (177)

Downward Stability: 3.1759 (119)

RPI
RPI: 0.5631 (60)
2-6 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-319

RPI Home (12-1): 0.6373 (16) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (4-7): 0.4641 (138)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.5873 (56) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (11-7): 0.5754 (46)
2-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.5423 (90) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5325 (82)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2000	Home	W 69-46	vs. #194 Mo Kansas City
11/28/2000	Away	W 94-56	vs. #310 North Texas
12/2/2000	Neut	W 77-69	vs. #112 Unlv
12/6/2000	Away	L 59-61	vs. #208 Wichita St
12/9/2000	Neut	W 74-73	vs. #35 Arkansas
12/16/2000	Home	W 73-59	vs. #193 Northwestern St
12/19/2000	Home	W 70-60	vs. #164 Arkansas Lr
12/22/2000	Home	W 86-45	vs. #282 Lamar
12/30/2000	Away	L 66-87	vs. #147 San Diego St
1/3/2001	Home	W 88-63	vs. #215 Tex San Antonio
1/6/2001	Away	L 71-78	vs. #17 Texas
1/8/2001	Home	W 88-80	vs. #16 Iowa St
1/13/2001	Home	W 65-46	vs. #185 Texas Tech
1/17/2001	Away	W 76-65	vs. #89 Baylor
1/24/2001	Home	W 76-64	vs. #170 Texas A&M
1/27/2001	Away	L 71-81	vs. #99 Colorado
2/5/2001	Home	W 69-66	vs. #44 Missouri
2/7/2001	Away	L 75-78	vs. #98 Nebraska
2/10/2001	Away	L 61-77	vs. #12 Kansas
2/14/2001	Home	W 72-44	vs. #15 Oklahoma
2/17/2001	Home	L 69-80	vs. #17 Texas
2/21/2001	Away	W 82-76	vs. #170 Texas A&M
2/24/2001	Home	W 52-47	vs. #120 Kansas St
2/26/2001	Away	W 66-58	vs. #185 Texas Tech
2/28/2001	Home	W 71-68	vs. #89 Baylor
3/3/2001	Away	L 56-68	vs. #15 Oklahoma
3/8/2001	Neut	W 71-59	vs. #185 Texas Tech
3/9/2001	Neut	L 54-55	vs. #17 Texas
3/15/2001	Neut	L 54-69	vs. #14 USC

FUTURE GAMES

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