NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 10-17
Power Rating: 67.060
Ranking: 264

0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
10-9 v #201-319

Home Ratings (6-4): 66.755 (257) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 6-2 v #201-319 League Ratings: 4-3 64.701 Non-League Ratings: 2-1 73.341 Last Ten Ratings: 3-3 63.396

Away Ratings (4-9): 69.853 (227)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
4-5 v #201-319
League Ratings: 3-4 70.521
Non-League Ratings: 1-5 71.388
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 69.724

Neutral Ratings (0-4): 52.748 (305) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-319 League Ratings: 0-0 67.060 Non-League Ratings: 0-4 59.060 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 67.060

League Ratings (7-7): 67.736 (258)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
7-5 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 4-3 64.701
Away Ratings: 3-4 70.521
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 67.060
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 65.744

Non-League Ratings (3-10): 65.689 (267) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 3-4 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 2-1 73.341 Away Ratings: 1-5 71.388 Neutral Ratings: 0-4 59.060 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 67.060

Wins Ratings: 65.083 (266)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
10-9 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 6-4 64.759
Away Ratings: 4-9 68.708
Neutral Ratings: 0-4 41.958
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 62.380

Points Ratings: 69.402 (257) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-7 v #101-200 10-7 v #201-319 Home Ratings: 6-4 68.796 Away Ratings: 4-9 71.488 Neutral Ratings: 0-4 61.964 League Ratings: 7-7 69.560 Non-League Ratings: 3-10 69.109 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 68.279

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 65.052 (277)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
4-3 v #201-319
Home Ratings: 3-3 63.396
Away Ratings: 1-3 69.724
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 67.060
League Ratings: 4-6 65.744
Non-League Ratings: 0-0 67.060

Home Advantage: 5.0588 (128)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0257 (262)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0883 (257)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1628 (259)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2456 (258)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3739 (257)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6757 (267)

Upward Stability: 3.0195 (153)

Downward Stability: 2.8499 (197)

RPI
RPI: 0.4268 (255)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
9-8 v #201-319

RPI Home (6-4): 0.4883 (234) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-319

RPI Away (4-9): 0.4142 (230)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
4-4 v #201-319

RPI Neutral (0-4): 0.3175 (269) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-319

RPI League (7-7): 0.4466 (233)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
7-3 v #201-319

RPI Non-League (3-10): 0.4071 (272) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 3-4 v #201-319

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4457 (267)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2000	Away	L 45-65	vs. #29 Ohio St
11/19/2000	Away	L 70-80	vs. #105 Cleveland St
11/22/2000	Home	W 67-53	vs. #278 Liu Brooklyn
11/30/2000	Neut	L 47-83	vs. #127 Colorado St
12/1/2000	Neut	L 59-63	vs. #305 Hartford
12/4/2000	Home	W 56-41	vs. #267 Colgate
12/7/2000	Away	L 90-93	vs. #236 Vermont
12/11/2000	Away	L 63-68	vs. #218 Rhode Island
12/29/2000	Neut	L 62-76	vs. #27 California
12/30/2000	Neut	L 77-85	vs. #257 Lafayette
1/3/2001	Away	W 64-61	vs. #300 Army
1/6/2001	Away	L 50-55	vs. #119 Holy Cross
1/12/2001	Away	W 85-83	vs. #230 Harvard
1/13/2001	Away	W 74-70	vs. #297 Dartmouth
1/19/2001	Home	W 66-61	vs. #211 Brown
1/23/2001	Home	L 75-90	vs. #23 Penn St
2/2/2001	Away	L 51-61	vs. #206 Pennsylvania
2/3/2001	Away	L 49-62	vs. #154 Princeton
2/9/2001	Home	L 70-73	vs. #301 Cornell
2/10/2001	Home	W 80-78	vs. #266 Columbia
2/16/2001	Home	W 78-50	vs. #297 Dartmouth
2/17/2001	Home	W 66-58	vs. #230 Harvard
2/23/2001	Away	L 59-62	vs. #266 Columbia
2/24/2001	Away	W 74-61	vs. #301 Cornell
3/2/2001	Home	L 49-60	vs. #154 Princeton
3/3/2001	Home	L 38-63	vs. #206 Pennsylvania
3/7/2001	Away	L 80-90	vs. #211 Brown

FUTURE GAMES

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