NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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PACIFIC
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 15-12
Power Rating: 76.682
Ranking: 136

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

Home Ratings (9-4): 74.498 (164) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 4-4 71.631 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 82.916 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 71.307

Away Ratings (4-8): 75.698 (149)
0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 4-5 76.076
Non-League Ratings: 0-3 75.229
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 73.971

Neutral Ratings (2-0): 91.901 (15) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-0 85.619 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 76.682 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 85.619

League Ratings (10-9): 75.825 (146)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-4 71.631
Away Ratings: 4-5 76.076
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 85.619
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 75.971

Non-League Ratings (5-3): 79.838 (103) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-0 82.916 Away Ratings: 0-3 75.229 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 76.682 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 76.682

Wins Ratings: 77.252 (134)
0-1 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
5-5 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 9-4 73.584
Away Ratings: 4-8 76.510
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 102.50
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 77.069

Points Ratings: 75.979 (142) 0-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 6-7 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 9-4 75.381 Away Ratings: 4-8 74.881 Neutral Ratings: 2-0 83.135 League Ratings: 10-9 75.073 Non-League Ratings: 5-3 79.323 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 75.135

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 76.217 (141)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-1 71.307
Away Ratings: 1-4 73.971
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 85.619
League Ratings: 5-5 75.971
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 76.682

Home Advantage: 0.6177 (251)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0494 (138)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1506 (142)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2554 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3585 (155)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5002 (160)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7775 (169)

Upward Stability: 2.8430 (209)

Downward Stability: 2.8986 (189)

RPI
RPI: 0.5077 (136)
0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (9-4): 0.5190 (182) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (4-8): 0.4648 (136)
0-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (2-0): 0.6939 (4) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (10-9): 0.4969 (160)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (5-3): 0.5327 (105) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4918 (152)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2000	Home	W 63-41	vs. #86 Santa Clara
11/25/2000	Away	L 49-91	vs. #46 Pepperdine
11/27/2000	Home	W 82-64	vs. #228 Montana
11/30/2000	Away	L 55-66	vs. #24 Fresno St
12/9/2000	Home	W 59-56	vs. #194 Mo Kansas City
12/13/2000	Home	W 87-68	vs. #222 TX Pan American
12/16/2000	Away	L 56-62	vs. #125 San Jose St
12/23/2000	Home	W 71-53	vs. #197 San Francisco
1/4/2001	Home	W 79-50	vs. #287 CS Fullerton
1/6/2001	Home	L 80-85	vs. #73 UC Irvine
1/11/2001	Away	W 79-73	vs. #143 Boise St
1/13/2001	Away	L 59-73	vs. #45 Utah St
1/18/2001	Home	W 86-76	vs. #259 Cal Poly
1/22/2001	Away	W 62-61	vs. #272 Idaho
1/25/2001	Home	L 51-62	vs. #45 Utah St
1/27/2001	Home	L 58-59	vs. #152 Long Beach St
1/31/2001	Away	W 69-60	vs. #259 Cal Poly
2/3/2001	Home	L 67-73	vs. #172 Santa Barbara
2/15/2001	Away	L 60-69	vs. #73 UC Irvine
2/17/2001	Away	W 63-50	vs. #287 CS Fullerton
2/22/2001	Home	W 63-53	vs. #143 Boise St
2/24/2001	Away	L 63-72	vs. #172 Santa Barbara
3/1/2001	Home	W 76-70	vs. #272 Idaho
3/4/2001	Away	L 72-82	vs. #152 Long Beach St
3/8/2001	Neut	W 71-69	vs. #172 Santa Barbara
3/9/2001	Neut	W 74-58	vs. #73 UC Irvine
3/10/2001	Away	L 38-50	vs. #45 Utah St

FUTURE GAMES

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