NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-8
Power Rating: 85.508
Ranking: 40

2-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
8-2 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-319

Home Ratings (12-1): 88.719 (26) 2-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 7-1 85.946 Non-League Ratings: 5-0 86.352 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 88.368

Away Ratings (7-5): 86.237 (34)
0-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-319
League Ratings: 5-3 87.270
Non-League Ratings: 2-2 83.633
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 86.188

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 78.633 (111) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-1 70.508 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 83.227 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 71.758

League Ratings (12-5): 85.577 (37)
2-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 7-1 85.946
Away Ratings: 5-3 87.270
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 70.508
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 84.575

Non-League Ratings (9-3): 85.379 (45) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 5-0 86.352 Away Ratings: 2-2 83.633 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 83.227 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 73.633

Wins Ratings: 87.114 (40)
2-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 12-1 91.137
Away Ratings: 7-5 88.180
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 78.708
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 83.004

Points Ratings: 83.585 (37) 2-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 7-4 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 12-1 85.588 Away Ratings: 7-5 84.092 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 78.780 League Ratings: 12-5 84.038 Non-League Ratings: 9-3 82.737 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 82.073

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 82.471 (70)
1-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-0 88.368
Away Ratings: 1-3 86.188
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 71.758
League Ratings: 5-4 84.575
Non-League Ratings: 0-1 73.633

Home Advantage: 8.5149 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0745 (91)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2162 (87)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3561 (84)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4846 (79)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6447 (73)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8719 (58)

Upward Stability: 2.7378 (234)

Downward Stability: 3.3537 (83)

RPI
RPI: 0.5726 (47)
2-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
8-2 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-319

RPI Home (12-1): 0.6130 (39) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-319

RPI Away (7-5): 0.5444 (34)
1-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.5259 (113) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-319

RPI League (12-5): 0.5635 (57)
2-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (9-3): 0.5854 (46) 2-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5221 (96)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2000	Home	W 68-54	vs. #109 Miami Ohio
11/22/2000	Home	W 93-75	vs. #294 Eastern KY
11/28/2000	Home	W 65-55	vs. #202 Samford
11/30/2000	Neut	W 86-68	vs. #252 Ul Monroe
12/2/2000	Away	L 46-61	vs. #25 Wisconsin
12/5/2000	Home	W 75-49	vs. #197 San Francisco
12/9/2000	Away	L 52-58	vs. #154 Princeton
12/14/2000	Away	W 69-67	vs. #30 Cincinnati
12/16/2000	Home	W 75-59	vs. #97 Marquette
12/23/2000	Away	W 63-61	vs. #82 Toledo
12/30/2000	Neut	W 71-60	vs. #63 Kent
1/3/2001	Away	W 82-71	vs. #148 Fordham
1/7/2001	Home	W 81-66	vs. #130 La Salle
1/9/2001	Home	L 64-75	vs. #62 Massachusetts
1/13/2001	Away	W 99-82	vs. #218 Rhode Island
1/16/2001	Away	W 76-74	vs. #101 Geo Washington
1/20/2001	Home	W 86-73	vs. #21 St Josephs
1/27/2001	Away	W 81-48	vs. #190 Duquesne
1/30/2001	Home	W 82-72	vs. #57 Dayton
2/3/2001	Home	W 71-63	vs. #101 Geo Washington
2/7/2001	Away	L 76-79	vs. #21 St Josephs
2/10/2001	Home	W 78-71	vs. #18 Temple
2/14/2001	Away	L 49-59	vs. #62 Massachusetts
2/17/2001	Home	W 79-65	vs. #218 Rhode Island
2/21/2001	Home	W 77-60	vs. #77 St Bonaventure
2/25/2001	Away	W 79-55	vs. #130 La Salle
3/4/2001	Away	L 62-65	vs. #57 Dayton
3/8/2001	Neut	L 74-83	vs. #101 Geo Washington
3/16/2001	Neut	L 71-83	vs. #39 Notre Dame

FUTURE GAMES

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