NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ARIZONA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 30-7
Power Rating: 91.411
Ranking: 9

3-4 v #1-25
6-1 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (15-1): 91.130 (13) 2-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 8-1 88.473 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 89.536 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 91.411

Away Ratings (8-3): 90.575 (12)
0-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 7-2 89.692
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 82.161
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 86.973

Neutral Ratings (7-3): 92.427 (11) 1-3 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-1 90.442 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-2 92.708 Last Ten Ratings: 5-2 93.833

League Power Rankings (17-4): 91.024 (10)
1-2 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-1 88.473
Away Ratings: 7-2 89.692
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 90.442
Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 88.512

Non-League Power Ratings (13-3): 92.036 (11) 2-2 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-0 89.536 Away Ratings: 1-1 82.161 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 92.708 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 96.348

Wins Power Rankings: 94.725 (8)
3-4 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
10-2 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 15-1 93.866
Away Ratings: 8-3 94.678
Neutral Ratings: 7-3 95.233
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 96.026

Rankings: Points: 87.343 (10) 3-4 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 12-3 v #51-100 11-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 15-1 87.725 Away Ratings: 8-3 85.444 Neutral Ratings: 7-3 89.093 League Power Rankings: 17-4 86.889 Non-League Power Ratings: 13-3 88.069 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 88.565

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 92.657 (8)
0-3 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 0-0 91.411
Away Ratings: 2-1 86.973
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 93.833
League Power Rankings: 4-2 88.512
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 96.348

Home Advantage: 3.4827 (169)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1163 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2870 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4429 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5753 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7276 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9184 (7)

Upward Stability: 1.6130 (247)

Downward Stability: 2.2293 (21)

RPI
RPI: 0.6374 (7)
3-4 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
15-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (15-1): 0.6263 (13) 2-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (8-3): 0.6326 (9)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (7-3): 0.6660 (16) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (17-4): 0.6330 (10)
1-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (13-3): 0.6430 (9) 2-3 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5785 (6)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2004	Home	W 80-69	vs. #110 San Diego
11/18/2004	Home	W 83-66	vs. #161 Wright St
11/21/2004	Away	L 60-78	vs. #76 Virginia
11/24/2004	Neut	W 61-60	vs. #128 Michigan
11/26/2004	Neut	L 60-63	vs. #5 Wake Forest
11/30/2004	Home	W 98-70	vs. #113 Wyoming
12/5/2004	Neut	W 68-64	vs. #34 Mississippi St
12/11/2004	Home	W 67-62	vs. #19 Utah
12/18/2004	Away	W 48-43	vs. #97 Marquette
12/21/2004	Home	W 105-75	vs. #197 Manhattan
12/28/2004	Home	W 79-45	vs. #279 Eastern Wash
12/30/2004	Home	W 84-71	vs. #141 Richmond
1/2/2005	Home	W 97-79	vs. #68 Arizona St
1/6/2005	Away	W 87-67	vs. #121 California
1/8/2005	Away	L 76-87	vs. #43 Stanford
1/13/2005	Home	W 77-68	vs. #114 USC
1/15/2005	Home	W 76-73	vs. #42 UCLA
1/20/2005	Away	W 74-66	vs. #78 Oregon
1/22/2005	Away	W 92-83	vs. #93 Oregon St
1/27/2005	Home	W 91-82	vs. #8 Washington
1/29/2005	Home	L 63-70	vs. #75 Washington St
2/3/2005	Home	W 97-76	vs. #121 California
2/5/2005	Home	W 90-72	vs. #43 Stanford
2/10/2005	Away	W 88-76	vs. #114 USC
2/12/2005	Away	W 83-73	vs. #42 UCLA
2/17/2005	Home	W 92-67	vs. #78 Oregon
2/20/2005	Home	W 91-70	vs. #93 Oregon St
2/24/2005	Away	W 57-56	vs. #75 Washington St
2/26/2005	Away	L 85-93	vs. #8 Washington
3/5/2005	Away	W 70-68	vs. #68 Arizona St
3/10/2005	Neut	W 88-63	vs. #121 California
3/11/2005	Neut	W 90-59	vs. #93 Oregon St
3/12/2005	Neut	L 72-81	vs. #8 Washington
3/17/2005	Neut	W 66-53	vs. #45 Utah St
3/19/2005	Neut	W 85-63	vs. #49 Uab
3/24/2005	Neut	W 79-78	vs. #10 Oklahoma St
3/26/2005	Neut	L 89-90	vs. #1 Illinois

FUTURE GAMES

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