NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 8-19
Power Rating: 69.752
Ranking: 226

0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-12 v #101-200
5-5 v #201-319

Home Ratings (5-5): 69.388 (232) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-4 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-319 League Ratings: 5-4 69.709 Non-League Ratings: 0-1 63.377 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 70.337

Away Ratings (3-11): 71.095 (210)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-6 76.212
Non-League Ratings: 0-5 69.205
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 79.025

Neutral Ratings (0-3): 60.408 (280) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 63.127 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 67.220 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 63.127

League Ratings (8-11): 71.347 (205)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-8 v #101-200
5-3 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 5-4 69.709
Away Ratings: 3-6 76.212
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 63.127
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 73.427

Non-League Ratings (0-8): 62.033 (296) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 0-1 63.377 Away Ratings: 0-5 69.205 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 67.220 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 69.752

Wins Ratings: 68.279 (231)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
3-10 v #101-200
5-5 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 5-5 68.482
Away Ratings: 3-11 69.236
Neutral Ratings: 0-3 55.029
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 71.361

Points Ratings: 71.587 (218) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-13 v #101-200 5-4 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-5 70.252 Away Ratings: 3-11 73.658 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 64.494 League Ratings: 8-11 72.591 Non-League Ratings: 0-8 67.681 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 73.076

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 72.123 (188)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-2 70.337
Away Ratings: 1-3 79.025
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 63.127
League Ratings: 4-6 73.427
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 69.752

Home Advantage: 4.3106 (145)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0301 (229)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1111 (201)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2110 (190)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3217 (181)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4800 (177)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7734 (173)

Upward Stability: 3.1109 (123)

Downward Stability: 2.5380 (244)

RPI
RPI: 0.4226 (264)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-11 v #101-200
5-5 v #201-319

RPI Home (5-5): 0.4745 (251) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-319

RPI Away (3-11): 0.3906 (268)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
2-3 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (0-3): 0.4018 (229) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (8-11): 0.4477 (231)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
6-4 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (0-8): 0.3672 (314) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-7 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4648 (223)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Neut	L 68-90	vs. #35 Arkansas
11/18/2000	Neut	L 86-93	vs. #156 Louisiana Tech
11/20/2000	Home	W 75-71	vs. #304 Middle Tenn St
11/25/2000	Away	L 66-90	vs. #69 Western KY
11/28/2000	Away	L 67-69	vs. #120 Kansas St
12/2/2000	Home	L 74-84	vs. #126 Wright St
12/4/2000	Away	L 49-73	vs. #208 Wichita St
12/9/2000	Away	L 77-79	vs. #304 Middle Tenn St
12/16/2000	Away	L 80-84	vs. #269 Jacksonville St
1/1/2001	Away	L 80-86	vs. #159 Evansville
1/4/2001	Home	L 57-88	vs. #181 SE Missouri St
1/6/2001	Home	L 98-99	vs. #106 Eastern Ill
1/11/2001	Away	W 95-80	vs. #294 Eastern KY
1/13/2001	Away	L 73-90	vs. #217 Morehead St
1/20/2001	Home	W 90-86	vs. #111 Tennessee Tech
1/25/2001	Away	W 93-76	vs. #260 Tenn Martin
1/27/2001	Away	L 73-77	vs. #110 Austin Peay
1/30/2001	Home	L 83-102	vs. #132 Murray St
2/1/2001	Away	L 72-74	vs. #106 Eastern Ill
2/3/2001	Away	W 96-94	vs. #181 SE Missouri St
2/6/2001	Home	L 77-93	vs. #260 Tenn Martin
2/8/2001	Home	W 92-79	vs. #294 Eastern KY
2/10/2001	Home	W 89-69	vs. #217 Morehead St
2/17/2001	Away	L 72-81	vs. #111 Tennessee Tech
2/20/2001	Away	L 66-67	vs. #132 Murray St
2/24/2001	Home	W 83-60	vs. #110 Austin Peay
2/27/2001	Neut	L 100-114	vs. #132 Murray St

FUTURE GAMES

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