NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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SOUTH CAROLINA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 15-15
Power Rating: 82.872
Ranking: 61

1-5 v #1-25
3-7 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (10-6): 80.255 (95) 1-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 3-5 80.744 Non-League Ratings: 7-1 80.365 Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 80.544

Away Ratings (4-8): 84.972 (39)
0-2 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-5 88.353
Non-League Ratings: 1-3 79.451
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 87.169

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 86.919 (38) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 86.013 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 82.872 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.013

League Ratings (7-11): 83.794 (53)
1-5 v #1-25
3-5 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-5 80.744
Away Ratings: 3-5 88.353
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.013
Last Ten Ratings: 3-6 85.316

Non-League Ratings (8-4): 79.955 (101) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 7-1 80.365 Away Ratings: 1-3 79.451 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 82.872 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 80.185

Wins Ratings: 83.919 (64)
1-7 v #1-25
3-5 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 10-6 80.509
Away Ratings: 4-8 86.607
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 89.372
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 83.638

Points Ratings: 81.728 (55) 1-5 v #1-25 3-7 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 10-6 79.857 Away Ratings: 4-8 83.412 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 83.790 League Ratings: 7-11 82.417 Non-League Ratings: 8-4 79.681 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 82.537

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 83.001 (65)
0-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 0-3 80.544
Away Ratings: 2-3 87.169
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.013
League Ratings: 3-6 85.316
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 80.185

Home Advantage: -0.863 (284)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1260 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3165 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4742 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5937 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7207 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8967 (29)

Upward Stability: 3.5267 (21)

Downward Stability: 3.1616 (125)

RPI
RPI: 0.5562 (67)
1-7 v #1-25
3-5 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (10-6): 0.5729 (97) 0-3 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (4-8): 0.5274 (51)
1-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5945 (50) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (7-11): 0.5565 (66)
1-6 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5548 (76) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5750 (24)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Home	L 67-73	vs. #111 Tennessee Tech
11/21/2000	Home	W 74-48	vs. #213 Wofford
11/25/2000	Home	W 72-58	vs. #177 SO Carolina St
11/29/2000	Home	W 71-57	vs. #224 Mercer
12/2/2000	Away	L 77-98	vs. #36 NC Charlotte
12/5/2000	Away	W 74-71	vs. #212 The Citadel
12/9/2000	Home	W 76-64	vs. #146 Clemson
12/19/2000	Home	W 80-55	vs. #241 NC Asheville
12/21/2000	Home	W 78-67	vs. #71 Wyoming
12/28/2000	Home	W 82-68	vs. #274 VMI
12/30/2000	Away	L 55-60	vs. #41 Providence
1/7/2001	Home	W 69-68	vs. #10 Florida
1/10/2001	Away	L 63-69	vs. #8 Kentucky
1/13/2001	Away	L 71-79	vs. #26 Tennessee
1/17/2001	Home	W 57-49	vs. #85 Vanderbilt
1/20/2001	Home	L 57-60	vs. #55 Auburn
1/27/2001	Away	L 57-69	vs. #10 Florida
1/31/2001	Away	W 68-56	vs. #104 LSU
2/3/2001	Home	L 61-94	vs. #8 Kentucky
2/7/2001	Home	W 77-75	vs. #42 Georgia
2/10/2001	Away	W 70-65	vs. #85 Vanderbilt
2/14/2001	Away	L 55-60	vs. #38 Alabama
2/17/2001	Home	L 61-67	vs. #13 Mississippi
2/20/2001	Home	L 67-69	vs. #35 Arkansas
2/24/2001	Away	W 64-56	vs. #42 Georgia
2/27/2001	Home	L 67-68	vs. #26 Tennessee
3/3/2001	Away	L 73-77	vs. #49 Mississippi St
3/8/2001	Neut	W 69-62	vs. #49 Mississippi St
3/9/2001	Neut	L 65-78	vs. #8 Kentucky
3/14/2001	Away	L 65-72	vs. #59 Connecticut

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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