NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-11
Power Rating: 79.563
Ranking: 102

0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
8-7 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (10-1): 83.938 (56) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 8-0 80.579 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 81.251 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 79.063

Away Ratings (6-9): 76.923 (137)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 4-3 80.048
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-6 77.392
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 79.048

Neutral Ratings (2-1): 81.642 (88) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-1 80.095 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 79.563 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 80.095

League Power Rankings (14-4): 81.845 (76)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-0 80.579
Away Ratings: 4-3 80.048
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 80.095
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 79.274

Non-League Power Ratings (4-7): 75.485 (160) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-5 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 2-1 81.251 Away Ratings: 2-6 77.392 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 79.563 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 80.845

Wins Power Rankings: 79.972 (105)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
6-6 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 10-1 86.206
Away Ratings: 6-9 76.339
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 83.268
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 79.397

Rankings: Points: 79.110 (91) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-4 v #51-100 7-6 v #101-200 8-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 10-1 81.173 Away Ratings: 6-9 78.024 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 79.251 League Power Rankings: 14-4 79.966 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-7 77.681 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 78.993

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 79.196 (105)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-0 79.063
Away Ratings: 1-3 79.048
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 80.095
League Power Rankings: 6-3 79.274
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 80.845

Home Advantage: 10.038 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0339 (227)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1241 (200)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2342 (173)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3560 (163)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5269 (148)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8145 (136)

Upward Stability: 1.9162 (87)

Downward Stability: 2.1710 (34)

RPI
RPI: 0.5381 (90)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
5-4 v #101-200
8-2 v #201-330

RPI Home (10-1): 0.5782 (41) 0-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (6-9): 0.4964 (186)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.6356 (31) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (14-4): 0.5873 (35)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (4-7): 0.4570 (211) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4916 (179)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/24/2004	Away	L 56-60	vs. #67 Kansas St
11/28/2004	Home	W 80-64	vs. #279 Eastern Wash
12/1/2004	Away	L 71-76	vs. #165 Loyola Marymnt
12/4/2004	Home	W 79-57	vs. #101 CS Fullerton
12/13/2004	Home	L 52-56	vs. #43 Stanford
12/18/2004	Away	W 80-61	vs. #279 Eastern Wash
12/23/2004	Away	L 92-102	vs. #101 CS Fullerton
12/30/2004	Away	L 69-81	vs. #175 Colorado St
1/4/2005	Away	L 72-78	vs. #113 Wyoming
1/8/2005	Away	W 72-66	vs. #73 Ul Lafayette
1/13/2005	Home	W 79-52	vs. #200 North Texas
1/15/2005	Away	W 63-50	vs. #183 Florida Intl
1/20/2005	Home	W 95-78	vs. #151 Arkansas St
1/22/2005	Home	W 68-58	vs. #112 Arkansas Lr
1/27/2005	Away	W 72-67	vs. #231 South Alabama
1/29/2005	Away	L 61-71	vs. #188 New Orleans
2/3/2005	Home	W 75-73	vs. #293 New Mexico St
2/5/2005	Home	W 79-72	vs. #73 Ul Lafayette
2/7/2005	Away	W 72-53	vs. #316 Northern Colorado
2/10/2005	Away	L 79-84	vs. #95 Western KY
2/12/2005	Home	W 83-71	vs. #133 Middle Tenn St
2/17/2005	Away	L 66-68	vs. #200 North Texas
2/19/2005	Away	W 81-58	vs. #293 New Mexico St
2/24/2005	Home	W 68-46	vs. #231 South Alabama
2/26/2005	Home	W 63-61	vs. #188 New Orleans
3/5/2005	Neut	W 64-57	vs. #151 Arkansas St
3/7/2005	Neut	W 77-68	vs. #95 Western KY
3/8/2005	Neut	L 69-88	vs. #73 Ul Lafayette
3/16/2005	Away	L 67-69	vs. #108 San Francisco

FUTURE GAMES

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