NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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VANDERBILT
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 14-15
Power Rating: 80.973
Ranking: 85

2-5 v #1-25
2-7 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (11-7): 79.892 (101) 1-3 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-6 79.703 Non-League Ratings: 9-1 81.207 Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 76.777

Away Ratings (3-7): 84.098 (46)
1-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 2-6 84.308
Non-League Ratings: 1-1 86.098
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 81.168

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 63.473 (256) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 66.723 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 80.973 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 66.723

League Ratings (4-13): 79.519 (99)
1-4 v #1-25
2-6 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 2-6 79.703
Away Ratings: 2-6 84.308
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 66.723
Last Ten Ratings: 0-9 77.582

Non-League Ratings (10-2): 85.066 (50) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 9-1 81.207 Away Ratings: 1-1 86.098 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 80.973 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 79.098

Wins Ratings: 81.916 (84)
2-7 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 11-7 80.187
Away Ratings: 3-7 86.185
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 61.916
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 69.377

Points Ratings: 79.914 (85) 2-5 v #1-25 2-7 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 11-7 79.490 Away Ratings: 3-7 81.879 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 64.414 League Ratings: 4-13 79.109 Non-League Ratings: 10-2 81.976 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 76.098

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 72.863 (179)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 1-4 76.777
Away Ratings: 0-4 81.168
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 66.723
League Ratings: 0-9 77.582
Non-League Ratings: 1-0 79.098

Home Advantage: 1.8016 (221)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1243 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3037 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4602 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5808 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7003 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8805 (47)

Upward Stability: 3.2814 (71)

Downward Stability: 2.6773 (220)

RPI
RPI: 0.5478 (78)
1-7 v #1-25
3-5 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (11-7): 0.5614 (117) 1-3 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (3-7): 0.5306 (45)
1-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (273) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (4-13): 0.5109 (132)
2-4 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (10-2): 0.5983 (34) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5695 (34)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Home	W 65-60	vs. #177 SO Carolina St
11/18/2000	Home	W 85-63	vs. #285 Westrn Carolina
11/19/2000	Home	W 78-76	vs. #21 St Josephs
11/22/2000	Home	W 84-70	vs. #195 James Madison
11/24/2000	Home	W 87-76	vs. #160 East Tenn St
11/28/2000	Away	W 70-66	vs. #69 Western KY
12/2/2000	Home	L 74-77	vs. #39 Notre Dame
12/9/2000	Home	W 72-60	vs. #145 Florida St
12/16/2000	Home	W 78-64	vs. #247 Furman
12/21/2000	Home	W 75-53	vs. #213 Wofford
12/30/2000	Away	L 74-97	vs. #9 Boston College
1/6/2001	Home	L 68-81	vs. #13 Mississippi
1/10/2001	Away	W 71-67	vs. #104 LSU
1/13/2001	Home	W 81-64	vs. #35 Arkansas
1/17/2001	Away	L 49-57	vs. #61 South Carolina
1/20/2001	Away	W 63-61	vs. #10 Florida
1/24/2001	Home	L 73-82	vs. #42 Georgia
1/27/2001	Away	L 75-86	vs. #8 Kentucky
1/31/2001	Home	W 68-62	vs. #38 Alabama
2/3/2001	Away	L 50-72	vs. #26 Tennessee
2/7/2001	Home	W 81-67	vs. #235 Belmont
2/10/2001	Home	L 65-70	vs. #61 South Carolina
2/14/2001	Away	L 68-70	vs. #42 Georgia
2/17/2001	Home	L 74-79	vs. #8 Kentucky
2/21/2001	Away	L 63-80	vs. #49 Mississippi St
2/24/2001	Home	L 70-78	vs. #26 Tennessee
2/28/2001	Home	L 62-72	vs. #10 Florida
3/3/2001	Away	L 66-69	vs. #55 Auburn
3/8/2001	Neut	L 59-78	vs. #38 Alabama

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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