NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-11
Power Rating: 87.254
Ranking: 25

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

Home Ratings (12-2): 88.774 (24) 2-1 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-1 90.121 Non-League Ratings: 5-1 80.778 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 89.356

Away Ratings (5-7): 87.492 (28)
1-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 2-6 87.356
Non-League Ratings: 3-1 90.301
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 88.785

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 82.567 (79) 1-1 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 75.942 Non-League Ratings: 1-1 87.660 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 80.864

League Ratings (9-8): 87.301 (26)
2-5 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-1 90.121
Away Ratings: 2-6 87.356
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 75.942
Last Ten Ratings: 4-5 87.438

Non-League Ratings (9-3): 87.153 (28) 2-0 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-1 80.778 Away Ratings: 3-1 90.301 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.660 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 83.254

Wins Ratings: 89.242 (23)
4-6 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 12-2 91.149
Away Ratings: 5-7 89.616
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 83.555
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 85.711

Points Ratings: 84.860 (23) 3-5 v #1-25 5-3 v #26-50 5-3 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 12-2 85.418 Away Ratings: 5-7 85.244 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 81.735 League Ratings: 9-8 85.408 Non-League Ratings: 9-3 83.789 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 84.266

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 84.887 (43)
0-5 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-1 89.356
Away Ratings: 1-3 88.785
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 80.864
League Ratings: 4-5 87.438
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 83.254

Home Advantage: 6.3980 (93)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1522 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3581 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5176 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6479 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7841 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9358 (3)

Upward Stability: 3.2527 (82)

Downward Stability: 3.5273 (52)

RPI
RPI: 0.6023 (22)
4-6 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (12-2): 0.6522 (5) 1-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (5-7): 0.5484 (31)
0-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5854 (60) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (9-8): 0.5868 (31)
2-6 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (9-3): 0.6235 (18) 1-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5962 (6)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2000	Away	L 56-66	vs. #26 Tennessee
11/25/2000	Home	W 68-64	vs. #286 Northern Ill
11/29/2000	Neut	W 78-75	vs. #7 Maryland
12/2/2000	Home	W 61-46	vs. #40 Xavier
12/6/2000	Away	W 61-53	vs. #169 Wisc Green Bay
12/9/2000	Home	W 65-46	vs. #91 Ohio
12/14/2000	Away	W 66-58	vs. #18 Temple
12/16/2000	Home	W 55-47	vs. #116 Wisc Milwaukee
12/23/2000	Away	W 52-47	vs. #97 Marquette
12/30/2000	Home	W 63-61	vs. #76 South Florida
1/4/2001	Home	W 49-46	vs. #20 Indiana
1/6/2001	Away	L 49-54	vs. #65 Minnesota
1/10/2001	Away	L 67-73	vs. #60 Purdue
1/13/2001	Away	L 59-69	vs. #4 Michigan St
1/16/2001	Home	W 67-54	vs. #28 Iowa
1/24/2001	Home	W 57-42	vs. #29 Ohio St
1/27/2001	Home	W 63-58	vs. #23 Penn St
1/30/2001	Home	L 44-58	vs. #31 Butler
2/3/2001	Away	W 60-41	vs. #131 Michigan
2/7/2001	Home	W 73-54	vs. #60 Purdue
2/10/2001	Away	L 58-63	vs. #29 Ohio St
2/13/2001	Away	L 67-68	vs. #5 Illinois
2/18/2001	Home	W 59-37	vs. #128 Northwestern
2/21/2001	Home	W 64-54	vs. #65 Minnesota
2/24/2001	Away	L 55-85	vs. #20 Indiana
2/27/2001	Home	L 47-51	vs. #4 Michigan St
3/3/2001	Away	W 59-57	vs. #28 Iowa
3/9/2001	Neut	L 52-64	vs. #20 Indiana
3/15/2001	Neut	L 49-50	vs. #48 Georgia St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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