NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-16
Power Rating: 79.666
Ranking: 98

0-6 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-330

Home Ratings (8-6): 77.588 (130) 0-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-6 76.088 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 81.073 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 77.604

Away Ratings (4-9): 80.073 (91)
0-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 2-6 79.768
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-3 80.010
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 80.698

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 89.166 (34) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 91.135 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 79.666 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 91.135

League Power Rankings (5-13): 78.377 (113)
0-5 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-6 76.088
Away Ratings: 2-6 79.768
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 91.135
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 81.373

Non-League Power Ratings (8-3): 82.526 (66) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 6-0 81.073 Away Ratings: 2-3 80.010 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 79.666 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 79.666

Wins Power Rankings: 80.618 (97)
0-6 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-6 77.766
Away Ratings: 4-9 82.051
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 89.836
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 80.000

Rankings: Points: 78.520 (102) 0-6 v #1-25 3-3 v #26-50 2-5 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-6 77.250 Away Ratings: 4-9 77.703 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.801 League Power Rankings: 5-13 78.036 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-3 79.532 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 79.953

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 79.862 (97)
0-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 1-3 77.604
Away Ratings: 1-3 80.698
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 91.135
League Power Rankings: 3-7 81.373
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 79.666

Home Advantage: 0.1128 (265)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1050 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2787 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4320 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5627 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7103 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9081 (15)

Upward Stability: 2.0302 (43)

Downward Stability: 1.8080 (158)

RPI
RPI: 0.5196 (119)
0-6 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
7-5 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-330

RPI Home (8-6): 0.4966 (142) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (4-9): 0.5287 (122)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.6322 (35) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (5-13): 0.4969 (160)
0-6 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.5777 (48) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5478 (44)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2004	Home	W 72-57	vs. #147 Coll Of Charltn
11/17/2004	Away	L 60-69	vs. #128 Michigan
11/28/2004	Home	W 66-57	vs. #107 Northwestern
12/4/2004	Away	L 87-98	vs. #93 Oregon St
12/7/2004	Away	W 63-60	vs. #121 California
12/18/2004	Home	W 89-83	vs. #175 Colorado St
12/21/2004	Home	W 79-68	vs. #169 Mo Kansas City
12/23/2004	Home	W 74-58	vs. #281 Radford
12/28/2004	Home	W 97-88	vs. #190 Gardner-Webb
12/30/2004	Away	L 48-80	vs. #19 Utah
1/4/2005	Away	W 75-69	vs. #141 Richmond
1/8/2005	Away	L 55-85	vs. #20 Oklahoma
1/12/2005	Home	L 61-68	vs. #89 Nebraska
1/15/2005	Home	L 61-76	vs. #12 Kansas
1/19/2005	Away	L 59-67	vs. #241 Baylor
1/22/2005	Away	W 54-52	vs. #38 Iowa St
1/26/2005	Home	W 64-62	vs. #86 Missouri
1/30/2005	Home	L 86-104	vs. #10 Oklahoma St
2/2/2005	Away	L 90-97	vs. #26 Texas Tech
2/5/2005	Away	W 70-60	vs. #67 Kansas St
2/8/2005	Home	W 88-79	vs. #39 Texas
2/12/2005	Away	L 60-89	vs. #12 Kansas
2/19/2005	Home	L 77-92	vs. #46 Texas AM
2/22/2005	Away	L 54-63	vs. #86 Missouri
2/26/2005	Home	L 82-84	vs. #67 Kansas St
3/2/2005	Away	L 55-70	vs. #89 Nebraska
3/5/2005	Home	L 73-78	vs. #38 Iowa St
3/10/2005	Neut	W 81-69	vs. #39 Texas
3/11/2005	Neut	L 85-87	vs. #10 Oklahoma St

FUTURE GAMES

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