NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 12-16
Power Rating: 77.247
Ranking: 129

0-8 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-319

Home Ratings (10-5): 79.860 (103) 0-4 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 4-5 79.138 Non-League Ratings: 6-0 76.216 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 77.685

Away Ratings (2-10): 74.669 (166)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-319
League Ratings: 1-8 77.466
Non-League Ratings: 1-2 73.544
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 79.536

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 59.122 (288) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-0 77.247 Non-League Ratings: 0-1 63.372 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 77.247

League Ratings (5-13): 78.237 (116)
0-8 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-5 79.138
Away Ratings: 1-8 77.466
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 77.247
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 78.435

Non-League Ratings (7-3): 75.028 (151) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 6-0 76.216 Away Ratings: 1-2 73.544 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 63.372 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 77.247

Wins Ratings: 77.398 (132)
0-8 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 10-5 80.640
Away Ratings: 2-10 74.398
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 53.398
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 81.269

Points Ratings: 76.950 (124) 0-10 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 10-5 78.751 Away Ratings: 2-10 75.114 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 64.450 League Ratings: 5-13 77.505 Non-League Ratings: 7-3 75.696 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 77.489

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 79.657 (97)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-2 77.685
Away Ratings: 1-4 79.536
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 77.247
League Ratings: 4-6 78.435
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 77.247

Home Advantage: 10.518 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1424 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2976 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4198 (48)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5189 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6404 (78)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8460 (95)

Upward Stability: 2.5584 (267)

Downward Stability: 2.4228 (262)

RPI
RPI: 0.4918 (161)
0-8 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-319

RPI Home (10-5): 0.5412 (150) 0-2 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (2-10): 0.4407 (183)
0-3 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (290) 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 (5-13): 0.5037 (145)
0-6 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (7-3): 0.4684 (193) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5130 (114)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/2000	Home	W 83-55	vs. #240 Portland St
11/25/2000	Neut	L 64-78	vs. #127 Colorado St
11/29/2000	Away	W 74-57	vs. #272 Idaho
12/5/2000	Away	L 66-70	vs. #231 Portland
12/9/2000	Home	W 80-54	vs. #262 MD Eastrn Shore
12/12/2000	Home	W 67-54	vs. #228 Montana
12/16/2000	Away	L 63-87	vs. #68 Utah
12/23/2000	Home	W 75-63	vs. #299 Sacramento St
12/30/2000	Home	W 75-72	vs. #173 Nevada
1/4/2001	Away	L 59-82	vs. #14 USC
1/6/2001	Away	L 57-75	vs. #11 UCLA
1/11/2001	Home	L 51-84	vs. #3 Arizona
1/13/2001	Home	W 81-60	vs. #92 Arizona St
1/18/2001	Away	L 62-67	vs. #135 Oregon St
1/20/2001	Away	L 66-81	vs. #81 Oregon
1/25/2001	Home	L 71-75	vs. #27 California
1/27/2001	Home	L 61-72	vs. #2 Stanford
1/29/2001	Home	W 71-63	vs. #222 TX Pan American
2/3/2001	Away	L 72-78	vs. #162 Washington
2/8/2001	Away	W 58-57	vs. #92 Arizona St
2/10/2001	Away	L 51-86	vs. #3 Arizona
2/15/2001	Home	W 63-62	vs. #81 Oregon
2/17/2001	Home	W 57-53	vs. #135 Oregon St
2/22/2001	Away	L 64-75	vs. #2 Stanford
2/24/2001	Away	L 65-84	vs. #27 California
3/3/2001	Home	W 79-61	vs. #162 Washington
3/8/2001	Home	L 76-86	vs. #11 UCLA
3/10/2001	Home	L 63-78	vs. #14 USC

FUTURE GAMES

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