NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 7-19
Power Rating: 63.295
Ranking: 296

0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-8 v #101-200
6-8 v #201-319

Home Ratings (4-6): 61.389 (300) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 3-3 v #201-319 League Ratings: 4-3 63.006 Non-League Ratings: 0-3 53.639 Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 60.893

Away Ratings (2-10): 65.185 (281)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-319
League Ratings: 2-5 66.666
Non-League Ratings: 0-5 65.295
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 67.389

Neutral Ratings (1-3): 64.764 (248) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 71.732 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 54.670 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 71.732

League Ratings (7-9): 65.461 (276)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
6-5 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-3 63.006
Away Ratings: 2-5 66.666
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 71.732
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 65.885

Non-League Ratings (0-10): 51.482 (319) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 0-3 53.639 Away Ratings: 0-5 65.295 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 54.670 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 55.545

Wins Ratings: 61.062 (293)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-8 v #101-200
6-8 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-6 58.996
Away Ratings: 2-10 63.445
Neutral Ratings: 1-3 62.359
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 63.660

Points Ratings: 65.900 (295) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-5 v #101-200 6-11 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 4-6 63.982 Away Ratings: 2-10 67.478 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 67.697 League Ratings: 7-9 67.633 Non-League Ratings: 0-10 58.463 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 66.904

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 65.236 (276)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
5-2 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-3 60.893
Away Ratings: 2-1 67.389
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 71.732
League Ratings: 5-4 65.885
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 55.545

Home Advantage: 0.4402 (258)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0240 (270)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0807 (275)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1444 (277)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2146 (279)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3349 (283)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6363 (285)

Upward Stability: 2.9449 (180)

Downward Stability: 2.4583 (256)

RPI
RPI: 0.3943 (297)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
6-8 v #201-319

RPI Home (4-6): 0.4232 (289) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-3 v #201-319

RPI Away (2-10): 0.3691 (292)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (1-3): 0.3976 (234) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (7-9): 0.4170 (269)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
6-5 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (0-10): 0.3624 (315) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4360 (295)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Home	L 52-73	vs. #113 Coll Of Charltn
11/21/2000	Away	L 62-85	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
11/25/2000	Away	L 51-89	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
11/27/2000	Home	L 59-85	vs. #192 Stetson
11/29/2000	Away	L 59-69	vs. #247 Furman
12/6/2000	Away	L 46-88	vs. #36 NC Charlotte
12/20/2000	Neut	L 63-82	vs. #117 Delaware
12/21/2000	Neut	L 68-81	vs. #269 Jacksonville St
12/28/2000	Away	L 77-87	vs. #146 Clemson
1/10/2001	Away	L 65-72	vs. #241 NC Asheville
1/13/2001	Away	L 57-70	vs. #270 Liberty
1/15/2001	Away	L 71-74	vs. #191 Radford
1/20/2001	Home	W 59-47	vs. #313 High Point
1/22/2001	Home	L 65-68	vs. #298 Elon
1/27/2001	Away	L 72-74	vs. #292 Coast Carolina
2/1/2001	Home	W 58-55	vs. #187 Winthrop
2/3/2001	Home	L 59-61	vs. #191 Radford
2/5/2001	Home	W 82-81	vs. #270 Liberty
2/10/2001	Away	W 67-64	vs. #298 Elon
2/12/2001	Away	W 63-58	vs. #313 High Point
2/15/2001	Home	L 57-63	vs. #274 VMI
2/17/2001	Away	L 51-76	vs. #187 Winthrop
2/22/2001	Home	W 64-60	vs. #241 NC Asheville
2/24/2001	Home	L 77-88	vs. #292 Coast Carolina
3/1/2001	Neut	W 77-64	vs. #292 Coast Carolina
3/2/2001	Neut	L 62-65	vs. #191 Radford

FUTURE GAMES

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