NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TEMPLE
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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-13
Power Rating: 87.964
Ranking: 18

4-8 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (9-5): 81.628 (80) 0-4 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 6-2 81.324 Non-League Ratings: 3-3 80.808 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 81.089

Away Ratings (8-6): 87.171 (30)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 6-2 90.914
Non-League Ratings: 2-4 82.769
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 87.652

Neutral Ratings (7-2): 95.945 (4) 4-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 3-0 88.996 Non-League Ratings: 4-2 96.605 Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 94.187

League Ratings (15-4): 88.757 (19)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 6-2 81.324
Away Ratings: 6-2 90.914
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 88.996
Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 86.425

Non-League Ratings (9-9): 87.226 (26) 4-6 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 3-3 80.808 Away Ratings: 2-4 82.769 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 96.605 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 96.582

Wins Ratings: 89.857 (20)
4-7 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 9-5 82.248
Away Ratings: 8-6 88.818
Neutral Ratings: 7-2 99.162
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 99.818

Points Ratings: 85.757 (17) 3-7 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 11-2 v #51-100 8-2 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 9-5 80.632 Away Ratings: 8-6 85.527 Neutral Ratings: 7-2 91.867 League Ratings: 15-4 85.656 Non-League Ratings: 9-9 85.865 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 89.433

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 95.148 (4)
2-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-0 81.089
Away Ratings: 1-0 87.652
Neutral Ratings: 6-1 94.187
League Ratings: 6-0 86.425
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 96.582

Home Advantage: -4.844 (315)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1224 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3060 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4639 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5962 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7454 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9288 (6)

Upward Stability: 3.7650 (6)

Downward Stability: 4.5013 (3)

RPI
RPI: 0.5970 (25)
4-5 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
10-2 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (9-5): 0.5932 (63) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (8-6): 0.5409 (37)
0-1 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (7-2): 0.6905 (5) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (15-4): 0.6057 (20)
0-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (9-9): 0.5894 (42) 3-6 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5799 (19)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/13/2000	Home	W 56-49	vs. #117 Delaware
11/15/2000	Home	W 61-49	vs. #93 New Mexico
11/17/2000	Away	W 67-62	vs. #70 Memphis
11/22/2000	Neut	W 69-61	vs. #20 Indiana
11/24/2000	Neut	L 61-63	vs. #1 Duke
11/30/2000	Away	L 58-66	vs. #109 Miami Ohio
12/2/2000	Home	L 68-93	vs. #1 Duke
12/5/2000	Away	L 62-69	vs. #56 Villanova
12/9/2000	Away	L 60-66	vs. #23 Penn St
12/14/2000	Home	L 58-66	vs. #25 Wisconsin
12/21/2000	Home	L 65-73	vs. #22 Wake Forest
12/23/2000	Home	W 73-46	vs. #105 Cleveland St
12/29/2000	Away	W 74-60	vs. #206 Pennsylvania
1/4/2001	Away	W 75-61	vs. #130 La Salle
1/6/2001	Home	W 63-43	vs. #77 St Bonaventure
1/11/2001	Away	W 68-58	vs. #57 Dayton
1/13/2001	Home	W 77-70	vs. #148 Fordham
1/16/2001	Home	L 51-73	vs. #21 St Josephs
1/20/2001	Away	L 64-65	vs. #141 DePaul
1/23/2001	Away	W 90-72	vs. #148 Fordham
1/27/2001	Home	L 64-65	vs. #62 Massachusetts
2/1/2001	Away	W 84-58	vs. #190 Duquesne
2/4/2001	Home	W 77-47	vs. #218 Rhode Island
2/8/2001	Home	W 91-58	vs. #101 Geo Washington
2/10/2001	Away	L 71-78	vs. #40 Xavier
2/13/2001	Away	L 62-71	vs. #21 St Josephs
2/17/2001	Away	W 84-52	vs. #62 Massachusetts
2/24/2001	Home	W 70-62	vs. #57 Dayton
2/28/2001	Home	W 60-58	vs. #130 La Salle
3/3/2001	Away	W 92-88	vs. #101 Geo Washington
3/8/2001	Neut	W 76-63	vs. #57 Dayton
3/9/2001	Neut	W 77-76	vs. #101 Geo Washington
3/10/2001	Neut	W 76-65	vs. #62 Massachusetts
3/16/2001	Neut	W 79-65	vs. #17 Texas
3/18/2001	Neut	W 75-54	vs. #10 Florida
3/23/2001	Neut	W 84-72	vs. #23 Penn St
3/25/2001	Neut	L 62-69	vs. #4 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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