NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MASSACHUSETTS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 15-15
Power Rating: 82.848
Ranking: 62

2-5 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
2-7 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (7-4): 80.184 (96) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 6-2 80.825 Non-League Ratings: 1-2 73.911 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 77.809

Away Ratings (5-7): 84.786 (42)
1-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 87.657
Non-League Ratings: 0-4 78.004
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 83.317

Neutral Ratings (3-4): 83.352 (73) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-1 88.442 Non-League Ratings: 1-3 76.832 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.442

League Ratings (13-6): 86.510 (29)
2-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 6-2 80.825
Away Ratings: 5-3 87.657
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.442
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 83.079

Non-League Ratings (2-9): 74.090 (170) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 1-2 73.911 Away Ratings: 0-4 78.004 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 76.832 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 82.848

Wins Ratings: 84.223 (61)
2-5 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
2-7 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-4 80.977
Away Ratings: 5-7 86.670
Neutral Ratings: 3-4 84.731
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.977

Points Ratings: 81.176 (64) 2-5 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 4-7 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 7-4 78.914 Away Ratings: 5-7 82.766 Neutral Ratings: 3-4 81.739 League Ratings: 13-6 83.737 Non-League Ratings: 2-9 75.129 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 81.391

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 83.383 (61)
0-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-2 77.809
Away Ratings: 1-2 83.317
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.442
League Ratings: 5-5 83.079
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 82.848

Home Advantage: 0.0582 (269)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1059 (49)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2856 (46)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4462 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5805 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7231 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9165 (12)

Upward Stability: 3.6767 (13)

Downward Stability: 3.5649 (43)

RPI
RPI: 0.5574 (66)
1-4 v #1-25
3-4 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (7-4): 0.5803 (82) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (5-7): 0.5308 (44)
0-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (3-4): 0.5670 (81) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (13-6): 0.5922 (29)
2-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (2-9): 0.5006 (141) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5766 (22)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2000	Home	W 67-65	vs. #122 Iona
11/20/2000	Away	L 64-68	vs. #97 Marquette
11/25/2000	Away	L 65-78	vs. #119 Holy Cross
12/2/2000	Neut	L 76-91	vs. #81 Oregon
12/7/2000	Home	L 70-85	vs. #41 Providence
12/10/2000	Away	L 51-54	vs. #29 Ohio St
12/12/2000	Away	L 67-82	vs. #59 Connecticut
12/14/2000	Neut	W 68-52	vs. #205 Boston U
12/17/2000	Home	L 65-74	vs. #9 Boston College
12/29/2000	Neut	L 60-91	vs. #6 North Carolina
12/30/2000	Neut	L 59-63	vs. #58 Richmond
1/6/2001	Home	W 76-60	vs. #101 Geo Washington
1/9/2001	Away	W 75-64	vs. #40 Xavier
1/13/2001	Away	L 65-66	vs. #77 St Bonaventure
1/18/2001	Home	W 62-57	vs. #57 Dayton
1/20/2001	Home	W 80-69	vs. #190 Duquesne
1/25/2001	Away	W 62-58	vs. #130 La Salle
1/27/2001	Away	W 65-64	vs. #18 Temple
1/30/2001	Away	W 78-46	vs. #218 Rhode Island
2/3/2001	Home	W 85-59	vs. #148 Fordham
2/6/2001	Away	L 76-89	vs. #57 Dayton
2/14/2001	Home	W 59-49	vs. #40 Xavier
2/17/2001	Home	L 52-84	vs. #18 Temple
2/20/2001	Home	W 82-67	vs. #218 Rhode Island
2/24/2001	Away	W 64-56	vs. #101 Geo Washington
2/27/2001	Away	L 69-84	vs. #21 St Josephs
3/3/2001	Home	L 59-66	vs. #77 St Bonaventure
3/8/2001	Neut	W 79-58	vs. #77 St Bonaventure
3/9/2001	Neut	W 75-70	vs. #21 St Josephs
3/10/2001	Neut	L 65-76	vs. #18 Temple

FUTURE GAMES

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