NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-11
Power Rating: 87.714
Ranking: 22

3-8 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (11-3): 88.323 (27) 2-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 5-3 86.737 Non-League Ratings: 6-0 97.839 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 86.011

Away Ratings (6-6): 89.792 (14)
1-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-5 89.519
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 92.144
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 90.714

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 76.542 (136) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 73.714 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 78.370 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 71.620

League Ratings (8-9): 86.472 (30)
1-8 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 5-3 86.737
Away Ratings: 3-5 89.519
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 73.714
Last Ten Ratings: 4-5 87.089

Non-League Ratings (11-2): 90.144 (11) 2-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 6-0 97.839 Away Ratings: 3-1 92.144 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 78.370 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 70.339

Wins Ratings: 89.060 (26)
3-8 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 11-3 89.310
Away Ratings: 6-6 91.806
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 75.856
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 85.671

Points Ratings: 86.280 (15) 3-8 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 11-3 87.167 Away Ratings: 6-6 87.729 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 77.413 League Ratings: 8-9 85.565 Non-League Ratings: 11-2 87.694 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 83.978

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 84.780 (46)
0-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 1-3 86.011
Away Ratings: 3-1 90.714
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 71.620
League Ratings: 4-5 87.089
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 70.339

Home Advantage: 5.9754 (109)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1641 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3556 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4970 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6049 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7207 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8926 (34)

Upward Stability: 2.9502 (178)

Downward Stability: 3.0860 (142)

RPI
RPI: 0.5887 (30)
2-8 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (11-3): 0.6292 (23) 2-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (6-6): 0.5719 (19)
0-4 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.4969 (146) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (8-9): 0.5616 (59)
0-7 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.6221 (19) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5738 (27)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2000	Neut	W 108-61	vs. #307 Mt St Marys
11/17/2000	Neut	W 84-44	vs. #229 Air Force
11/20/2000	Away	W 69-61	vs. #58 Richmond
11/25/2000	Home	W 86-47	vs. #291 Campbell
11/28/2000	Away	W 71-60	vs. #131 Michigan
12/2/2000	Home	W 66-55	vs. #177 SO Carolina St
12/7/2000	Home	W 84-53	vs. #12 Kansas
12/16/2000	Home	W 75-57	vs. #42 Georgia
12/18/2000	Home	W 92-52	vs. #191 Radford
12/21/2000	Away	W 73-65	vs. #18 Temple
12/29/2000	Home	W 90-58	vs. #168 Navy
1/2/2001	Home	W 96-73	vs. #19 Virginia
1/6/2001	Away	L 69-70	vs. #6 North Carolina
1/9/2001	Home	W 76-53	vs. #145 Florida St
1/13/2001	Away	L 89-95	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
1/17/2001	Away	L 71-81	vs. #7 Maryland
1/21/2001	Home	W 71-63	vs. #146 Clemson
1/24/2001	Away	L 62-85	vs. #1 Duke
1/27/2001	Away	L 72-78	vs. #30 Cincinnati
1/31/2001	Home	W 74-69	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
2/3/2001	Away	L 71-82	vs. #19 Virginia
2/6/2001	Home	L 74-80	vs. #6 North Carolina
2/10/2001	Away	W 71-65	vs. #145 Florida St
2/14/2001	Home	W 81-65	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
2/17/2001	Home	L 57-73	vs. #7 Maryland
2/21/2001	Away	W 92-60	vs. #146 Clemson
2/24/2001	Home	L 80-82	vs. #1 Duke
3/4/2001	Away	W 76-58	vs. #78 NO Carolina St
3/9/2001	Neut	L 53-71	vs. #7 Maryland
3/16/2001	Neut	L 63-79	vs. #31 Butler

FUTURE GAMES

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