NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-12
Power Rating: 83.063
Ranking: 59

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

Home Ratings (17-2): 87.391 (35) 2-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 5-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-1 86.766 Non-League Ratings: 10-1 82.024 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 86.090

Away Ratings (1-8): 77.969 (117)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 1-7 81.844
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 88.156
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 83.047

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 77.836 (121) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 75.063 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 80.141 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 75.063

League Ratings (8-9): 82.879 (60)
1-1 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-1 86.766
Away Ratings: 1-7 81.844
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 75.063
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 85.387

Non-League Ratings (11-3): 83.453 (67) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 10-1 82.024 Away Ratings: 0-1 88.156 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.141 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 78.828

Wins Ratings: 84.190 (62)
2-2 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
5-7 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 17-2 89.932
Away Ratings: 1-8 76.705
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 78.705
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.143

Points Ratings: 81.717 (56) 2-2 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 5-7 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 17-2 84.092 Away Ratings: 1-8 79.779 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 76.811 League Ratings: 8-9 81.774 Non-League Ratings: 11-3 81.596 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 81.979

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 83.145 (63)
1-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-1 86.090
Away Ratings: 1-3 83.047
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 75.063
League Ratings: 4-4 85.387
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 78.828

Home Advantage: 13.586 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0893 (63)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2402 (68)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3782 (72)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4964 (74)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6425 (74)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8526 (88)

Upward Stability: 3.2614 (81)

Downward Stability: 3.4604 (67)

RPI
RPI: 0.5631 (59)
2-4 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
5-7 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (17-2): 0.6186 (33) 3-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (1-8): 0.4628 (143)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5080 (137) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (8-9): 0.5549 (67)
2-3 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.5719 (59) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5466 (61)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Home	W 86-72	vs. #314 Quinnipiac
11/20/2000	Neut	L 66-80	vs. #57 Dayton
11/22/2000	Neut	W 83-71	vs. #121 Louisville
11/28/2000	Home	W 88-78	vs. #211 Brown
11/30/2000	Home	W 72-60	vs. #182 Houston
12/2/2000	Home	W 97-70	vs. #275 New Hampshire
12/9/2000	Home	W 71-69	vs. #3 Arizona
12/12/2000	Home	W 82-67	vs. #62 Massachusetts
12/22/2000	Home	W 100-66	vs. #199 Fairfield
12/26/2000	Home	W 87-76	vs. #218 Rhode Island
12/28/2000	Home	W 67-58	vs. #216 Stony Brook
1/3/2001	Away	L 68-85	vs. #9 Boston College
1/6/2001	Home	W 82-80	vs. #84 St Johns
1/10/2001	Home	W 73-53	vs. #66 Pittsburgh
1/13/2001	Away	L 68-81	vs. #41 Providence
1/15/2001	Away	L 56-60	vs. #17 Texas
1/20/2001	Away	L 74-77	vs. #74 Miami Fla
1/24/2001	Home	L 59-70	vs. #56 Villanova
1/30/2001	Away	L 55-60	vs. #84 St Johns
2/3/2001	Home	W 85-72	vs. #210 Virginia Tech
2/6/2001	Home	W 83-68	vs. #41 Providence
2/10/2001	Away	L 60-74	vs. #56 Villanova
2/13/2001	Home	W 82-71	vs. #9 Boston College
2/17/2001	Away	W 61-46	vs. #210 Virginia Tech
2/19/2001	Away	L 60-65	vs. #34 Syracuse
2/24/2001	Home	W 60-53	vs. #74 Miami Fla
2/26/2001	Home	W 75-59	vs. #39 Notre Dame
3/3/2001	Away	L 63-65	vs. #80 Seton Hall
3/7/2001	Neut	L 75-86	vs. #34 Syracuse
3/14/2001	Home	W 72-65	vs. #61 South Carolina
3/18/2001	Home	L 61-67	vs. #64 Detroit

FUTURE GAMES

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