NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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PURDUE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 16-15
Power Rating: 82.995
Ranking: 60

2-9 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (8-7): 80.058 (98) 1-3 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 4-4 81.636 Non-League Ratings: 4-3 80.472 Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 77.675

Away Ratings (3-7): 83.206 (59)
0-5 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 2-6 84.206
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 85.964
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 85.839

Neutral Ratings (5-1): 93.198 (8) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 87.276 Non-League Ratings: 4-0 98.870 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 87.276

League Ratings (7-11): 82.481 (66)
1-7 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-4 81.636
Away Ratings: 2-6 84.206
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.276
Last Ten Ratings: 2-6 82.534

Non-League Ratings (9-4): 84.136 (56) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 4-3 80.472 Away Ratings: 1-1 85.964 Neutral Ratings: 4-0 98.870 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 79.417

Wins Ratings: 83.899 (65)
2-9 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 8-7 80.079
Away Ratings: 3-7 84.767
Neutral Ratings: 5-1 96.071
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 81.247

Points Ratings: 81.989 (51) 2-8 v #1-25 0-5 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 8-7 80.050 Away Ratings: 3-7 81.661 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 89.606 League Ratings: 7-11 81.257 Non-League Ratings: 9-4 83.599 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 79.942

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 80.597 (87)
0-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 1-4 77.675
Away Ratings: 1-2 85.839
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.276
League Ratings: 2-6 82.534
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 79.417

Home Advantage: -2.763 (308)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1310 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3149 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4572 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5825 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7218 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9048 (23)

Upward Stability: 3.3912 (43)

Downward Stability: 3.5381 (51)

RPI
RPI: 0.5603 (62)
2-8 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (8-7): 0.5569 (123) 1-4 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (3-7): 0.5045 (80)
0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (5-1): 0.6612 (12) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (7-11): 0.5348 (93)
0-6 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (9-4): 0.5938 (37) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5750 (23)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2000	Home	L 66-67	vs. #103 Central Mich
11/25/2000	Neut	W 72-69	vs. #3 Arizona
11/29/2000	Away	L 79-98	vs. #19 Virginia
12/2/2000	Home	W 79-65	vs. #258 Appalachian St
12/8/2000	Neut	W 78-52	vs. #190 Duquesne
12/9/2000	Neut	W 79-51	vs. #251 Alabama A&M
12/16/2000	Neut	W 73-46	vs. #94 Valparaiso
12/18/2000	Home	W 98-52	vs. #86 Santa Clara
12/22/2000	Home	W 93-48	vs. #256 Florida Intl
12/27/2000	Away	W 98-67	vs. #178 Akron
12/30/2000	Home	L 82-87	vs. #11 UCLA
1/3/2001	Home	W 80-60	vs. #131 Michigan
1/6/2001	Away	W 69-61	vs. #128 Northwestern
1/10/2001	Home	W 73-67	vs. #25 Wisconsin
1/13/2001	Home	L 73-83	vs. #28 Iowa
1/17/2001	Away	L 67-70	vs. #65 Minnesota
1/20/2001	Home	W 78-59	vs. #128 Northwestern
1/23/2001	Away	L 55-66	vs. #20 Indiana
1/27/2001	Home	W 83-68	vs. #65 Minnesota
2/4/2001	Away	L 55-72	vs. #4 Michigan St
2/7/2001	Away	L 54-73	vs. #25 Wisconsin
2/10/2001	Home	L 61-82	vs. #5 Illinois
2/14/2001	Home	L 64-65	vs. #29 Ohio St
2/17/2001	Away	L 71-92	vs. #23 Penn St
2/21/2001	Away	L 72-78	vs. #28 Iowa
2/24/2001	Away	W 78-59	vs. #131 Michigan
3/3/2001	Home	L 58-74	vs. #20 Indiana
3/8/2001	Neut	W 91-77	vs. #65 Minnesota
3/9/2001	Neut	L 66-83	vs. #5 Illinois
3/14/2001	Home	W 90-79	vs. #96 Illinois St
3/23/2001	Home	L 77-85	vs. #38 Alabama

FUTURE GAMES

Date

Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)