NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 8-16
Power Rating: 70.869
Ranking: 213

0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-7 v #101-200
6-4 v #201-319

Home Ratings (5-4): 70.248 (223) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-319 League Ratings: 4-4 71.865 Non-League Ratings: 1-0 71.056 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 73.103

Away Ratings (3-12): 71.449 (207)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
2-3 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-6 73.390
Non-League Ratings: 0-6 75.197
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 72.678

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 70.869 (187) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-0 70.869 Non-League Ratings: 0-0 70.869 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 70.869

League Ratings (7-10): 70.715 (215)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-6 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-4 71.865
Away Ratings: 3-6 73.390
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 70.869
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 72.861

Non-League Ratings (1-6): 72.025 (192) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 1-0 71.056 Away Ratings: 0-6 75.197 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 70.869 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 70.869

Wins Ratings: 68.990 (222)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
7-5 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 5-4 67.931
Away Ratings: 3-12 70.092
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 68.990
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 69.179

Points Ratings: 73.357 (188) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-7 v #101-200 6-4 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-4 73.283 Away Ratings: 3-12 73.408 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 73.357 League Ratings: 7-10 73.428 Non-League Ratings: 1-6 72.920 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 73.861

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 71.111 (212)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-2 73.103
Away Ratings: 2-3 72.678
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 70.869
League Ratings: 5-5 72.861
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 70.869

Home Advantage: 2.9305 (190)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0500 (136)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1437 (152)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2381 (167)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3328 (175)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4758 (184)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7778 (168)

Upward Stability: 2.7299 (236)

Downward Stability: 2.6363 (229)

RPI
RPI: 0.4467 (233)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
7-5 v #201-319

RPI Home (5-4): 0.4960 (226) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-2 v #201-319

RPI Away (3-12): 0.4176 (224)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.4467 (193) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319

RPI League (7-10): 0.4496 (229)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-6 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (1-6): 0.4413 (224) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4845 (176)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Away	L 49-92	vs. #33 Georgia Tech
11/21/2000	Away	L 48-74	vs. #61 South Carolina
11/29/2000	Home	W 67-63	vs. #209 William & Mary
12/2/2000	Away	L 57-71	vs. #9 Boston College
12/7/2000	Away	L 64-68	vs. #38 Alabama
12/16/2000	Away	L 74-78	vs. #146 Clemson
12/21/2000	Away	L 53-75	vs. #85 Vanderbilt
1/2/2001	Away	W 82-74	vs. #198 Geo Southern
1/6/2001	Home	L 62-70	vs. #247 Furman
1/8/2001	Home	L 55-56	vs. #113 Coll Of Charltn
1/13/2001	Away	L 61-74	vs. #157 Chattanooga
1/15/2001	Home	W 79-58	vs. #212 The Citadel
1/20/2001	Away	L 62-64	vs. #113 Coll Of Charltn
1/22/2001	Away	L 56-80	vs. #179 NC Greensboro
1/27/2001	Away	W 77-70	vs. #247 Furman
1/29/2001	Home	L 60-65	vs. #198 Geo Southern
2/3/2001	Away	L 62-64	vs. #212 The Citadel
2/5/2001	Home	W 83-73	vs. #220 Davidson
2/10/2001	Away	L 60-68	vs. #274 VMI
2/13/2001	Home	W 105-69	vs. #157 Chattanooga
2/17/2001	Home	W 86-65	vs. #258 Appalachian St
2/19/2001	Away	W 90-76	vs. #285 Westrn Carolina
2/24/2001	Home	L 65-66	vs. #160 East Tenn St
3/1/2001	Away	L 57-60	vs. #220 Davidson

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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