NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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WINTHROP
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 16-11
Power Rating: 72.971
Ranking: 187

0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
13-3 v #201-319

Home Ratings (9-2): 73.432 (179) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 7-1 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-0 77.331 Non-League Ratings: 2-2 69.674 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 77.971

Away Ratings (5-7): 71.438 (208)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
5-2 v #201-319
League Ratings: 4-3 71.413
Non-League Ratings: 1-4 72.549
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 71.073

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 77.315 (124) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 2-0 73.291 Non-League Ratings: 0-2 78.471 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 73.291

League Ratings (13-3): 74.682 (163)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
11-2 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-0 77.331
Away Ratings: 4-3 71.413
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 73.291
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 72.936

Non-League Ratings (3-8): 69.522 (227) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 2-2 69.674 Away Ratings: 1-4 72.549 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 78.471 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 72.971

Wins Ratings: 72.379 (190)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
14-3 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 9-2 71.559
Away Ratings: 5-7 70.961
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 78.833
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 74.458

Points Ratings: 73.670 (181) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 15-4 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 9-2 75.483 Away Ratings: 5-7 72.180 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 74.897 League Ratings: 13-3 74.444 Non-League Ratings: 3-8 72.217 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 74.174

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 74.393 (156)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
6-2 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-0 77.971
Away Ratings: 2-2 71.073
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 73.291
League Ratings: 8-2 72.936
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 72.971

Home Advantage: 4.6565 (140)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0213 (286)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0734 (288)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1360 (287)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2095 (286)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3293 (288)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6280 (293)

Upward Stability: 2.5594 (265)

Downward Stability: 2.9149 (182)

RPI
RPI: 0.4785 (189)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
14-3 v #201-319

RPI Home (9-2): 0.5161 (186) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 8-1 v #201-319

RPI Away (5-7): 0.4263 (212)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
4-3 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.5313 (107) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (13-3): 0.5132 (130)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
11-2 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (3-8): 0.4334 (237) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4405 (280)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/10/2000	Neut	L 61-66	vs. #6 North Carolina
11/11/2000	Neut	L 68-76	vs. #92 Arizona St
11/21/2000	Home	W 70-39	vs. #291 Campbell
11/25/2000	Away	W 65-54	vs. #209 William & Mary
11/27/2000	Away	L 44-65	vs. #98 Nebraska
12/3/2000	Home	W 73-58	vs. #198 Geo Southern
12/5/2000	Away	L 59-69	vs. #146 Clemson
12/9/2000	Home	W 66-49	vs. #292 Coast Carolina
12/16/2000	Away	L 50-73	vs. #95 Marshall
12/22/2000	Away	L 63-76	vs. #179 NC Greensboro
12/28/2000	Home	L 53-60	vs. #105 Cleveland St
1/13/2001	Away	W 64-60	vs. #298 Elon
1/17/2001	Away	W 67-56	vs. #313 High Point
1/20/2001	Home	W 76-63	vs. #270 Liberty
1/22/2001	Home	L 64-67	vs. #237 Texas A&M-CC
1/24/2001	Away	L 54-59	vs. #191 Radford
1/27/2001	Home	W 67-54	vs. #241 NC Asheville
2/1/2001	Away	L 55-58	vs. #296 Charleston Sou
2/3/2001	Home	W 61-53	vs. #298 Elon
2/7/2001	Home	W 74-54	vs. #313 High Point
2/9/2001	Home	W 87-65	vs. #191 Radford
2/15/2001	Away	L 50-57	vs. #270 Liberty
2/17/2001	Home	W 76-51	vs. #296 Charleston Sou
2/21/2001	Away	W 83-77	vs. #292 Coast Carolina
2/24/2001	Away	W 71-58	vs. #241 NC Asheville
3/2/2001	Neut	W 67-62	vs. #270 Liberty
3/3/2001	Neut	W 67-65	vs. #191 Radford

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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