NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-10
Power Rating: 81.181
Ranking: 82

0-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
9-3 v #101-200
8-1 v #201-319

Home Ratings (10-4): 78.343 (114) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 6-3 75.923 Non-League Ratings: 4-1 81.290 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 81.853

Away Ratings (7-4): 82.091 (70)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319
League Ratings: 6-3 82.603
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 81.431
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 85.228

Neutral Ratings (5-2): 84.798 (56) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 1-1 80.056 Non-League Ratings: 4-1 84.978 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 80.056

League Ratings (13-7): 78.831 (108)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 6-3 75.923
Away Ratings: 6-3 82.603
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.056
Last Ten Ratings: 7-2 83.392

Non-League Ratings (9-3): 85.325 (47) 0-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 4-1 81.290 Away Ratings: 1-1 81.431 Neutral Ratings: 4-1 84.978 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 83.650

Wins Ratings: 82.042 (81)
0-1 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-6 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 10-4 78.476
Away Ratings: 7-4 83.050
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 86.745
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 84.472

Points Ratings: 80.171 (80) 0-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 4-4 v #51-100 7-3 v #101-200 9-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 10-4 78.044 Away Ratings: 7-4 81.191 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 82.327 League Ratings: 13-7 79.224 Non-League Ratings: 9-3 81.905 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 82.554

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 83.392 (59)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-0 81.853
Away Ratings: 3-1 85.228
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.056
League Ratings: 7-2 83.392
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 83.650

Home Advantage: -0.669 (279)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0386 (182)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1316 (170)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2427 (159)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3586 (154)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5154 (149)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7847 (156)

Upward Stability: 3.1917 (96)

Downward Stability: 3.6935 (33)

RPI
RPI: 0.5468 (79)
1-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
9-5 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-319

RPI Home (10-4): 0.5611 (118) 1-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-319

RPI Away (7-4): 0.4904 (100)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (5-2): 0.6066 (45) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (13-7): 0.4917 (169)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
5-5 v #101-200
8-1 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (9-3): 0.6379 (10) 2-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4999 (135)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/24/2000	Away	W 59-43	vs. #181 SE Missouri St
11/25/2000	Neut	W 95-90	vs. #55 Auburn
11/26/2000	Neut	W 61-57	vs. #47 Creighton
11/29/2000	Home	W 78-72	vs. #64 Detroit
12/2/2000	Home	W 84-75	vs. #102 George Mason
12/8/2000	Away	L 67-84	vs. #77 St Bonaventure
12/16/2000	Home	W 83-77	vs. #200 Oakland
12/19/2000	Neut	L 72-88	vs. #24 Fresno St
12/20/2000	Neut	W 80-74	vs. #202 Samford
12/23/2000	Home	L 61-63	vs. #40 Xavier
12/30/2000	Neut	W 69-66	vs. #30 Cincinnati
1/3/2001	Home	W 76-62	vs. #109 Miami Ohio
1/6/2001	Away	W 89-72	vs. #246 Western Mich
1/10/2001	Away	W 74-55	vs. #306 Eastern Mich
1/13/2001	Home	W 76-73	vs. #137 Bowling Green
1/17/2001	Home	L 51-52	vs. #124 Ball St
1/20/2001	Away	L 67-69	vs. #286 Northern Ill
1/24/2001	Home	L 61-71	vs. #103 Central Mich
1/29/2001	Away	L 57-72	vs. #95 Marshall
1/31/2001	Home	W 66-53	vs. #91 Ohio
2/3/2001	Home	L 54-68	vs. #63 Kent
2/7/2001	Away	W 94-64	vs. #178 Akron
2/10/2001	Home	W 87-63	vs. #286 Northern Ill
2/14/2001	Away	L 68-70	vs. #103 Central Mich
2/17/2001	Home	W 86-61	vs. #246 Western Mich
2/19/2001	Away	W 78-66	vs. #277 Buffalo
2/21/2001	Home	W 76-63	vs. #306 Eastern Mich
2/26/2001	Away	W 74-64	vs. #137 Bowling Green
3/3/2001	Away	W 70-64	vs. #124 Ball St
3/5/2001	Neut	W 67-43	vs. #306 Eastern Mich
3/8/2001	Neut	L 63-64	vs. #91 Ohio
3/15/2001	Home	W 76-67	vs. #108 South Alabama

FUTURE GAMES

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