NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-8
Power Rating: 87.985
Ranking: 21

0-5 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (14-1): 89.907 (17) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 7-1 90.501 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 82.141 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 88.235

Away Ratings (7-4): 88.829 (19)
0-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 5-3 87.704
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 86.297
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 90.329

Neutral Ratings (2-3): 84.141 (70) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 87.047 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 84.704 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 83.797

League Power Rankings (13-5): 88.876 (19)
0-3 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-1 90.501
Away Ratings: 5-3 87.704
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.047
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 88.684

Non-League Power Ratings (10-3): 85.805 (33) 0-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-0 82.141 Away Ratings: 2-1 86.297 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 84.704 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 76.610

Wins Power Rankings: 90.268 (22)
0-5 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 14-1 91.846
Away Ratings: 7-4 92.010
Neutral Ratings: 2-3 85.127
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 87.682

Rankings: Points: 85.260 (22) 0-5 v #1-25 5-3 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 14-1 87.487 Away Ratings: 7-4 84.901 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 83.151 League Power Rankings: 13-5 86.440 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-3 82.635 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 85.167

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 86.481 (33)
0-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 4-1 88.235
Away Ratings: 1-1 90.329
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 83.797
League Power Rankings: 6-3 88.684
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 76.610

Home Advantage: 6.3527 (99)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0983 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2628 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4092 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5284 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6667 (49)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8798 (45)

Upward Stability: 1.6546 (223)

Downward Stability: 1.9593 (89)

RPI
RPI: 0.6064 (20)
0-5 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
12-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (14-1): 0.5987 (25) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (7-4): 0.6393 (6)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (2-3): 0.5834 (72) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (13-5): 0.6112 (18)
1-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (10-3): 0.5997 (28) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5592 (27)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Home	W 97-66	vs. #297 Westrn Carolina
11/21/2004	Home	W 85-71	vs. #200 North Texas
11/26/2004	Neut	W 78-72	vs. #35 Minnesota
11/27/2004	Neut	L 76-79	vs. #8 Washington
12/1/2004	Home	W 114-77	vs. #254 East Tenn St
12/4/2004	Away	W 102-101	vs. #41 Charlotte
12/7/2004	Away	W 72-54	vs. #298 Alabama St
12/11/2004	Home	W 75-71	vs. #99 Temple
12/18/2004	Home	W 87-79	vs. #193 Tennessee St
12/22/2004	Home	W 76-54	vs. #154 Texas A&M-CC
12/29/2004	Away	L 62-76	vs. #13 Wisconsin
1/1/2005	Home	W 68-57	vs. #188 New Orleans
1/5/2005	Away	L 56-70	vs. #53 Vanderbilt
1/8/2005	Home	W 73-58	vs. #32 LSU
1/11/2005	Away	W 64-61	vs. #71 Arkansas
1/18/2005	Home	W 98-49	vs. #34 Mississippi St
1/22/2005	Away	W 66-58	vs. #116 Mississippi
1/26/2005	Away	W 60-55	vs. #124 Auburn
1/30/2005	Home	W 75-47	vs. #196 Georgia
2/5/2005	Away	L 54-85	vs. #16 Florida
2/9/2005	Away	W 72-54	vs. #91 Tennessee
2/12/2005	Home	W 71-45	vs. #116 Mississippi
2/16/2005	Home	W 72-63	vs. #71 Arkansas
2/19/2005	Home	W 87-68	vs. #52 South Carolina
2/22/2005	Away	L 59-61	vs. #32 LSU
2/26/2005	Home	L 71-78	vs. #7 Kentucky
3/2/2005	Home	W 94-53	vs. #124 Auburn
3/5/2005	Away	W 68-63	vs. #34 Mississippi St
3/11/2005	Neut	W 69-52	vs. #116 Mississippi
3/12/2005	Neut	L 62-68	vs. #16 Florida
3/17/2005	Neut	L 73-83	vs. #28 Wisc Milwaukee

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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