NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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NORTH CAROLINA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-7
Power Rating: 92.351
Ranking: 6

7-6 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (10-2): 90.929 (15) 3-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-1 90.468 Non-League Ratings: 3-1 85.492 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 87.070

Away Ratings (8-3): 95.210 (3)
4-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 6-2 91.976
Non-League Ratings: 2-1 96.382
Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 70.288

Neutral Ratings (8-2): 89.542 (28) 0-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-1 89.601 Non-League Ratings: 6-1 87.226 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 87.156

League Ratings (15-4): 93.699 (4)
6-3 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-1 90.468
Away Ratings: 6-2 91.976
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 89.601
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 83.964

Non-League Ratings (11-3): 89.550 (15) 1-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 3-1 85.492 Away Ratings: 2-1 96.382 Neutral Ratings: 6-1 87.226 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 84.335

Wins Ratings: 95.673 (5)
5-6 v #1-25
6-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 10-2 93.079
Away Ratings: 8-3 99.497
Neutral Ratings: 8-2 92.259
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.978

Points Ratings: 88.347 (7) 7-5 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 8-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 10-2 88.183 Away Ratings: 8-3 90.066 Neutral Ratings: 8-2 86.136 League Ratings: 15-4 89.097 Non-League Ratings: 11-3 86.824 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 82.558

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 83.863 (56)
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: 2-1 87.070
Away Ratings: 0-2 70.288
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.156
League Ratings: 4-4 83.964
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 84.335

Home Advantage: 2.5494 (199)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1680 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3482 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4882 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6017 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7365 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9162 (13)

Upward Stability: 2.5755 (262)

Downward Stability: 3.1469 (129)

RPI
RPI: 0.6344 (6)
4-5 v #1-25
7-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (10-2): 0.6331 (22) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (8-3): 0.6306 (3)
4-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (8-2): 0.6398 (25) 2-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (15-4): 0.6470 (4)
3-2 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.6174 (20) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5832 (15)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/10/2000	Neut	W 66-61	vs. #187 Winthrop
11/11/2000	Neut	W 91-81	vs. #43 Tulsa
11/17/2000	Away	W 99-69	vs. #258 Appalachian St
11/29/2000	Away	L 64-77	vs. #4 Michigan St
12/2/2000	Home	L 76-93	vs. #8 Kentucky
12/4/2000	Home	W 67-45	vs. #74 Miami Fla
12/9/2000	Neut	W 82-60	vs. #170 Texas A&M
12/17/2000	Home	W 95-74	vs. #277 Buffalo
12/23/2000	Away	W 80-70	vs. #11 UCLA
12/29/2000	Neut	W 91-60	vs. #62 Massachusetts
12/30/2000	Neut	W 64-60	vs. #113 Coll Of Charltn
1/2/2001	Away	W 84-70	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
1/6/2001	Home	W 70-69	vs. #22 Wake Forest
1/10/2001	Away	W 86-83	vs. #7 Maryland
1/13/2001	Home	W 84-54	vs. #97 Marquette
1/17/2001	Home	W 92-65	vs. #146 Clemson
1/20/2001	Away	W 80-70	vs. #145 Florida St
1/24/2001	Home	W 88-81	vs. #19 Virginia
1/28/2001	Away	W 60-52	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
2/1/2001	Away	W 85-83	vs. #1 Duke
2/3/2001	Home	W 82-69	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
2/6/2001	Away	W 80-74	vs. #22 Wake Forest
2/10/2001	Home	W 96-82	vs. #7 Maryland
2/18/2001	Away	L 65-75	vs. #146 Clemson
2/22/2001	Home	W 95-67	vs. #145 Florida St
2/25/2001	Away	L 66-86	vs. #19 Virginia
2/28/2001	Home	W 76-63	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
3/4/2001	Home	L 81-95	vs. #1 Duke
3/9/2001	Neut	W 99-81	vs. #146 Clemson
3/10/2001	Neut	W 70-63	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
3/11/2001	Neut	L 53-79	vs. #1 Duke
3/16/2001	Neut	W 70-48	vs. #154 Princeton
3/18/2001	Neut	L 74-82	vs. #23 Penn St

FUTURE GAMES

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