NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-19
Power Rating: 72.585
Ranking: 199

0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
6-9 v #101-200
7-4 v #201-330

Home Ratings (7-5): 72.753 (200) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 7-1 74.710 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-4 68.023 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 76.085

Away Ratings (3-11): 70.749 (225)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 3-6 73.144
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-5 71.398
Last Ten Ratings: 2-4 73.718

Neutral Ratings (3-3): 75.343 (151) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 75.851 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 74.538 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 75.851

League Power Rankings (11-8): 74.370 (170)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-6 v #101-200
7-2 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-1 74.710
Away Ratings: 3-6 73.144
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 75.851
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 75.437

Non-League Power Ratings (2-11): 68.859 (247) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-5 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 0-4 68.023 Away Ratings: 0-5 71.398 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 74.538 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 68.648

Wins Power Rankings: 71.622 (203)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
6-9 v #101-200
7-4 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-5 71.712
Away Ratings: 3-11 69.161
Neutral Ratings: 3-3 75.302
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 73.802

Rankings: Points: 73.861 (189) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 8-11 v #101-200 5-2 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-5 73.876 Away Ratings: 3-11 73.033 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 75.392 League Power Rankings: 11-8 74.960 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-11 71.783 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 75.079

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 74.304 (171)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
5-2 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-0 76.085
Away Ratings: 2-4 73.718
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 75.851
League Power Rankings: 5-4 75.437
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 68.648

Home Advantage: 4.4355 (144)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0351 (219)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1139 (225)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2052 (218)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3082 (208)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4760 (190)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7901 (169)

Upward Stability: 2.4094 (1)

Downward Stability: 2.1747 (32)

RPI
RPI: 0.4769 (206)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
4-6 v #101-200
9-5 v #201-330

RPI Home (7-5): 0.4780 (173) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (3-11): 0.4582 (245)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (3-3): 0.5138 (127) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI League (11-8): 0.5225 (114)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-7 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (2-11): 0.4273 (262) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 2-3 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5001 (145)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Neut	W 52-45	vs. #171 St Louis
11/20/2004	Neut	L 59-73	vs. #207 Eastern Mich
11/22/2004	Neut	L 36-52	vs. #92 Winthrop
11/27/2004	Home	L 62-72	vs. #55 Wichita St
12/1/2004	Away	L 58-74	vs. #53 Vanderbilt
12/4/2004	Away	L 58-67	vs. #174 Evansville
12/18/2004	Away	L 66-71	vs. #66 Memphis
12/21/2004	Neut	W 91-73	vs. #188 New Orleans
12/22/2004	Away	L 49-77	vs. #4 Louisville
12/28/2004	Home	L 80-87	vs. #95 Western KY
12/30/2004	Home	L 70-74	vs. #133 Middle Tenn St
1/3/2005	Home	L 68-76	vs. #140 Chattanooga
1/6/2005	Home	W 60-50	vs. #186 SE Missouri St
1/8/2005	Home	W 68-54	vs. #235 Eastern Ill
1/13/2005	Home	L 63-67	vs. #130 Eastern KY
1/15/2005	Home	W 69-65	vs. #287 Morehead St
1/20/2005	Away	L 51-63	vs. #235 Eastern Ill
1/22/2005	Away	L 52-65	vs. #186 SE Missouri St
1/25/2005	Home	W 79-77	vs. #172 Tennessee Tech
1/27/2005	Home	W 69-51	vs. #193 Tennessee St
2/3/2005	Away	W 80-69	vs. #307 Jacksonville St
2/5/2005	Away	L 71-73	vs. #204 Samford
2/10/2005	Away	W 67-63	vs. #303 Tenn Martin
2/12/2005	Away	L 73-82	vs. #148 Murray St
2/15/2005	Home	W 73-65	vs. #307 Jacksonville St
2/17/2005	Home	W 76-60	vs. #204 Samford
2/19/2005	Away	L 81-85	vs. #254 East Tenn St
2/22/2005	Away	L 59-74	vs. #172 Tennessee Tech
2/26/2005	Away	L 66-70	vs. #130 Eastern KY
3/1/2005	Away	W 71-60	vs. #204 Samford
3/4/2005	Neut	W 67-61	vs. #172 Tennessee Tech
3/5/2005	Neut	L 46-52	vs. #130 Eastern KY

FUTURE GAMES

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