NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 17-12
Power Rating: 80.689
Ranking: 87

0-3 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
9-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (11-1): 85.158 (44) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 6-1 82.173 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-0 82.814 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 82.705

Away Ratings (4-9): 79.560 (102)
0-1 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 3-4 82.462
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-5 80.423
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 82.892

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 75.283 (153) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 69.876 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 82.501 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 69.876

League Power Rankings (9-6): 81.443 (81)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 6-1 82.173
Away Ratings: 3-4 82.462
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 69.876
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 81.185

Non-League Power Ratings (8-6): 79.126 (114) 0-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 5-0 82.814 Away Ratings: 1-5 80.423 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 82.501 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 80.689

Wins Power Rankings: 80.970 (94)
0-3 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
9-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 11-1 87.470
Away Ratings: 4-9 79.298
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 74.205
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 79.962

Rankings: Points: 80.544 (71) 0-3 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 9-3 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 11-1 82.490 Away Ratings: 4-9 80.271 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 76.982 League Power Rankings: 9-6 80.572 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-6 80.490 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 80.412

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 80.041 (95)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-1 82.705
Away Ratings: 2-3 82.892
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 69.876
League Power Rankings: 5-5 81.185
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 80.689

Home Advantage: 10.413 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0686 (94)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1966 (94)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3186 (101)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4286 (111)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5750 (121)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8085 (143)

Upward Stability: 1.6326 (233)

Downward Stability: 1.7660 (182)

RPI
RPI: 0.5109 (133)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
12-1 v #201-330

RPI Home (11-1): 0.5364 (84) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (4-9): 0.5212 (137)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.4424 (206) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (9-6): 0.5295 (102)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (8-6): 0.4909 (161) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4754 (227)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/14/2004	Neut	W 59-42	vs. #307 Jacksonville St
11/15/2004	Neut	W 60-36	vs. #116 Mississippi
11/16/2004	Away	L 65-69	vs. #97 Marquette
11/21/2004	Home	W 67-41	vs. #324 Alcorn St
11/26/2004	Away	W 58-40	vs. #296 IPFW
11/28/2004	Away	L 45-50	vs. #28 Wisc Milwaukee
12/2/2004	Home	W 63-54	vs. #316 Northern Colorado
12/11/2004	Neut	L 42-64	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
12/13/2004	Away	L 59-66	vs. #180 Lamar
12/28/2004	Away	L 63-73	vs. #31 Iowa
12/31/2004	Home	W 70-53	vs. #132 Rutgers
1/3/2005	Home	W 69-46	vs. #290 Navy
1/5/2005	Home	W 84-51	vs. #283 TX Pan American
1/8/2005	Home	W 58-53	vs. #175 Colorado St
1/11/2005	Away	L 58-59	vs. #50 St Marys CA
1/15/2005	Home	W 64-62	vs. #33 New Mexico
1/22/2005	Away	W 52-49	vs. #179 BYU
1/24/2005	Away	L 51-63	vs. #19 Utah
1/29/2005	Home	W 62-50	vs. #163 San Diego St
1/31/2005	Home	W 64-48	vs. #90 Unlv
2/5/2005	Away	L 63-67	vs. #113 Wyoming
2/7/2005	Away	W 59-47	vs. #175 Colorado St
2/14/2005	Away	L 52-63	vs. #33 New Mexico
2/19/2005	Home	L 56-65	vs. #19 Utah
2/21/2005	Home	W 70-39	vs. #179 BYU
2/26/2005	Away	L 57-63	vs. #90 Unlv
2/28/2005	Away	W 77-57	vs. #163 San Diego St
3/5/2005	Home	W 61-56	vs. #113 Wyoming
3/10/2005	Neut	L 68-73	vs. #163 San Diego St

FUTURE GAMES

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