NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 29-3
Power Rating: 97.251
Ranking: 2

6-3 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (10-2): 89.994 (20) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-2 89.794 Non-League Ratings: 3-0 97.501 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 89.970

Away Ratings (11-0): 106.14 (1)
3-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 9-0 100.36
Non-League Ratings: 2-0 100.62
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 97.986

Neutral Ratings (8-1): 96.119 (3) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-0 97.251 Non-League Ratings: 8-1 93.767 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 90.884

League Ratings (16-2): 97.376 (1)
4-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-2 89.794
Away Ratings: 9-0 100.36
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 97.251
Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 94.392

Non-League Ratings (13-1): 97.033 (2) 2-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 3-0 97.501 Away Ratings: 2-0 100.62 Neutral Ratings: 8-1 93.767 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 90.884

Wins Ratings: 100.76 (2)
6-3 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 10-2 90.451
Away Ratings: 11-0 117.14
Neutral Ratings: 8-1 99.814
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 97.162

Points Ratings: 93.060 (2) 8-3 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 7-0 v #51-100 10-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 10-2 89.517 Away Ratings: 11-0 97.388 Neutral Ratings: 8-1 91.599 League Ratings: 16-2 93.388 Non-League Ratings: 13-1 92.537 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 90.255

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 94.013 (6)
3-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-1 89.970
Away Ratings: 2-0 97.986
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 90.884
League Ratings: 5-1 94.392
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 90.884

Home Advantage: -7.506 (319)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1375 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3177 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4672 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5893 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7298 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9127 (17)

Upward Stability: 1.6596 (316)

Downward Stability: 2.4907 (250)

RPI
RPI: 0.6571 (2)
6-3 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
12-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (10-2): 0.6227 (29) 0-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (11-0): 0.6773 (1)
2-0 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (8-1): 0.6785 (6) 1-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (16-2): 0.6495 (3)
2-2 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (13-1): 0.6667 (3) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5741 (25)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2000	Neut	W 84-60	vs. #163 Old Dominion
11/24/2000	Neut	W 83-60	vs. #70 Memphis
11/25/2000	Neut	W 71-58	vs. #42 Georgia
12/2/2000	Away	W 86-63	vs. #152 Long Beach St
12/18/2000	Home	W 94-52	vs. #308 Sacred Heart
12/19/2000	Home	W 80-66	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
12/21/2000	Neut	W 84-83	vs. #1 Duke
12/29/2000	Neut	W 86-60	vs. #148 Fordham
12/30/2000	Away	W 78-63	vs. #86 Santa Clara
1/4/2001	Away	W 94-77	vs. #92 Arizona St
1/6/2001	Away	W 85-76	vs. #3 Arizona
1/11/2001	Home	W 73-49	vs. #135 Oregon St
1/13/2001	Home	W 100-76	vs. #81 Oregon
1/17/2001	Home	W 84-58	vs. #27 California
1/20/2001	Home	W 75-44	vs. #93 New Mexico
1/25/2001	Away	W 94-63	vs. #162 Washington
1/27/2001	Away	W 72-61	vs. #129 Washington St
2/1/2001	Home	W 77-71	vs. #14 USC
2/3/2001	Home	L 73-79	vs. #11 UCLA
2/8/2001	Away	W 69-62	vs. #81 Oregon
2/10/2001	Away	W 82-63	vs. #135 Oregon St
2/17/2001	Away	W 88-56	vs. #27 California
2/22/2001	Home	W 75-64	vs. #129 Washington St
2/24/2001	Home	W 99-79	vs. #162 Washington
3/1/2001	Away	W 70-68	vs. #14 USC
3/3/2001	Away	W 85-79	vs. #11 UCLA
3/8/2001	Home	L 75-76	vs. #3 Arizona
3/10/2001	Home	W 99-75	vs. #92 Arizona St
3/15/2001	Neut	W 89-60	vs. #179 NC Greensboro
3/17/2001	Neut	W 90-83	vs. #21 St Josephs
3/22/2001	Neut	W 78-65	vs. #30 Cincinnati
3/24/2001	Neut	L 73-87	vs. #7 Maryland

FUTURE GAMES

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