NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-12
Power Rating: 87.370
Ranking: 23

5-7 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (11-4): 83.690 (53) 2-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 4-4 82.479 Non-League Ratings: 7-0 84.261 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 75.151

Away Ratings (5-6): 88.655 (21)
1-4 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-5 89.003
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 88.464
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 88.636

Neutral Ratings (5-2): 90.362 (23) 2-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-1 83.292 Non-League Ratings: 3-1 89.940 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 87.479

League Ratings (9-10): 85.591 (36)
2-6 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-4 82.479
Away Ratings: 3-5 89.003
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 83.292
Last Ten Ratings: 3-4 82.761

Non-League Ratings (12-2): 91.182 (9) 3-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 7-0 84.261 Away Ratings: 2-1 88.464 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 89.940 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 90.503

Wins Ratings: 89.893 (19)
5-7 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 11-4 84.811
Away Ratings: 5-6 91.233
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 94.491
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 89.077

Points Ratings: 84.251 (29) 5-7 v #1-25 4-3 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 11-4 82.161 Away Ratings: 5-6 85.860 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 85.024 League Ratings: 9-10 83.038 Non-League Ratings: 12-2 86.430 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 83.239

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 86.522 (30)
1-3 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 0-2 75.151
Away Ratings: 1-1 88.636
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 87.479
League Ratings: 3-4 82.761
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 90.503

Home Advantage: -1.497 (295)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1551 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3539 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5024 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6145 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7335 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9006 (26)

Upward Stability: 3.5870 (16)

Downward Stability: 3.7438 (28)

RPI
RPI: 0.6000 (23)
5-7 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (11-4): 0.5984 (57) 1-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (5-6): 0.5562 (26)
2-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (5-2): 0.6721 (7) 2-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (9-10): 0.5722 (49)
3-6 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (12-2): 0.6360 (11) 1-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5879 (10)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2000	Home	W 87-58	vs. #281 Loyola MD
11/25/2000	Away	W 73-68	vs. #8 Kentucky
11/29/2000	Away	L 76-84	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
12/2/2000	Home	W 84-74	vs. #206 Pennsylvania
12/6/2000	Home	W 88-74	vs. #66 Pittsburgh
12/9/2000	Home	W 66-60	vs. #18 Temple
12/18/2000	Home	W 100-91	vs. #244 Wagner
12/22/2000	Home	W 82-72	vs. #248 Bucknell
12/26/2000	Home	W 65-52	vs. #154 Princeton
12/27/2000	Neut	W 74-71	vs. #50 Hofstra
1/3/2001	Away	L 73-98	vs. #4 Michigan St
1/6/2001	Home	L 85-86	vs. #28 Iowa
1/10/2001	Away	W 78-75	vs. #29 Ohio St
1/13/2001	Home	W 73-66	vs. #128 Northwestern
1/17/2001	Away	L 69-77	vs. #20 Indiana
1/20/2001	Away	L 60-92	vs. #5 Illinois
1/23/2001	Away	W 90-75	vs. #264 Yale
1/27/2001	Away	L 58-63	vs. #25 Wisconsin
1/31/2001	Home	W 98-95	vs. #5 Illinois
2/3/2001	Home	L 78-85	vs. #20 Indiana
2/7/2001	Home	W 77-66	vs. #131 Michigan
2/14/2001	Away	W 82-62	vs. #65 Minnesota
2/17/2001	Home	W 92-71	vs. #60 Purdue
2/21/2001	Away	L 61-62	vs. #128 Northwestern
2/24/2001	Home	L 57-76	vs. #4 Michigan St
3/1/2001	Away	W 78-73	vs. #28 Iowa
3/3/2001	Home	L 87-93	vs. #29 Ohio St
3/8/2001	Neut	W 82-80	vs. #131 Michigan
3/9/2001	Neut	W 65-63	vs. #4 Michigan St
3/10/2001	Neut	L 74-94	vs. #28 Iowa
3/16/2001	Neut	W 69-59	vs. #41 Providence
3/18/2001	Neut	W 82-74	vs. #6 North Carolina
3/23/2001	Neut	L 72-84	vs. #18 Temple

FUTURE GAMES

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