NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RICHMOND
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-6
Power Rating: 83.208
Ranking: 58

0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
14-4 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-319

Home Ratings (12-2): 82.763 (59) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 10-0 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-1 79.193 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 83.560 Last Ten Ratings: 7-0 83.864

Away Ratings (9-3): 84.079 (47)
0-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 79.693
Non-League Ratings: 4-0 92.708
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 82.427

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 80.614 (94) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-0 83.208 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 80.599 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 83.208

League Ratings (12-4): 80.851 (84)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
9-3 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-1 79.193
Away Ratings: 5-3 79.693
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 83.208
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 81.802

Non-League Ratings (10-2): 86.974 (33) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-1 83.560 Away Ratings: 4-0 92.708 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.599 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 92.083

Wins Ratings: 84.521 (59)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
14-4 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 12-2 83.267
Away Ratings: 9-3 85.997
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.614
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 87.138

Points Ratings: 81.503 (58) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 11-3 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 12-2 81.765 Away Ratings: 9-3 81.728 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 79.362 League Ratings: 12-4 79.542 Non-League Ratings: 10-2 84.706 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 83.347

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 85.482 (39)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-0 83.864
Away Ratings: 2-1 82.427
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 83.208
League Ratings: 7-1 81.802
Non-League Ratings: 2-0 92.083

Home Advantage: 3.3102 (176)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0300 (230)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1134 (195)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2155 (184)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3291 (178)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4971 (163)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8114 (130)

Upward Stability: 2.2550 (294)

Downward Stability: 3.0609 (149)

RPI
RPI: 0.5803 (40)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
11-2 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-319

RPI Home (12-2): 0.6135 (38) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (9-3): 0.5437 (35)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
4-2 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5684 (77) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (12-4): 0.5534 (68)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (10-2): 0.6156 (23) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5118 (117)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Home	W 97-62	vs. #191 Radford
11/20/2000	Home	L 61-69	vs. #22 Wake Forest
11/25/2000	Away	W 86-70	vs. #246 Western Mich
12/2/2000	Away	W 83-72	vs. #49 Mississippi St
12/6/2000	Home	W 76-52	vs. #163 Old Dominion
12/9/2000	Away	W 84-80	vs. #101 Geo Washington
12/12/2000	Home	W 74-67	vs. #161 Marist
12/21/2000	Away	W 86-60	vs. #258 Appalachian St
12/29/2000	Neut	L 48-52	vs. #113 Coll Of Charltn
12/30/2000	Neut	W 63-59	vs. #62 Massachusetts
1/3/2001	Away	L 57-67	vs. #102 George Mason
1/6/2001	Home	W 68-39	vs. #195 James Madison
1/9/2001	Away	L 50-58	vs. #184 East Carolina
1/12/2001	Home	W 90-80	vs. #133 McNeese St
1/17/2001	Away	W 41-37	vs. #107 NC Wilmington
1/20/2001	Home	L 57-60	vs. #209 William & Mary
1/24/2001	Away	W 60-59	vs. #265 American
1/27/2001	Away	W 77-73	vs. #163 Old Dominion
1/31/2001	Home	W 73-70	vs. #107 NC Wilmington
2/3/2001	Away	W 57-49	vs. #209 William & Mary
2/5/2001	Home	W 69-55	vs. #168 Navy
2/10/2001	Away	L 63-66	vs. #195 James Madison
2/14/2001	Home	W 82-71	vs. #184 East Carolina
2/17/2001	Home	W 70-66	vs. #144 VA Commonwealth
2/21/2001	Home	W 73-32	vs. #265 American
2/24/2001	Home	W 77-57	vs. #102 George Mason
2/27/2001	Away	W 72-54	vs. #144 VA Commonwealth
3/16/2001	Home	W 79-56	vs. #83 West Virginia

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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