NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-6
Power Rating: 92.978
Ranking: 3

7-3 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (14-1): 94.353 (5) 4-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 7-1 91.463 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 91.322 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 102.47

Away Ratings (5-4): 91.135 (11)
1-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 4-4 92.494
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 91.978
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 96.572

Neutral Ratings (8-1): 94.010 (9) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 3-0 93.150 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-1 90.393 Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 90.127

League Power Rankings (14-5): 92.936 (3)
5-2 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-1 91.463
Away Ratings: 4-4 92.494
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 93.150
Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 95.557

Non-League Power Ratings (13-1): 93.088 (6) 2-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-0 91.322 Away Ratings: 1-0 91.978 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 90.393 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 88.135

Wins Power Rankings: 95.885 (4)
7-3 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 14-1 98.213
Away Ratings: 5-4 92.947
Neutral Ratings: 8-1 97.955
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 97.932

Rankings: Points: 89.416 (3) 9-3 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 10-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 14-1 89.799 Away Ratings: 5-4 89.393 Neutral Ratings: 8-1 89.049 League Power Rankings: 14-5 89.557 Non-League Power Ratings: 13-1 89.119 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 89.752

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 94.252 (4)
3-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 1-0 102.47
Away Ratings: 2-1 96.572
Neutral Ratings: 5-1 90.127
League Power Rankings: 5-1 95.557
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 88.135

Home Advantage: 5.5910 (122)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1394 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3250 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4795 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6028 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7427 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9214 (6)

Upward Stability: 1.4149 (293)

Downward Stability: 1.9890 (81)

RPI
RPI: 0.6495 (3)
4-3 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (14-1): 0.6454 (4) 3-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (5-4): 0.6193 (14)
2-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (8-1): 0.6917 (7) 2-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (14-5): 0.6442 (5)
2-2 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (13-1): 0.6574 (5) 2-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5895 (3)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/2004	Home	W 88-46	vs. #303 Tenn Martin
11/22/2004	Neut	W 74-61	vs. #77 Davidson
11/27/2004	Home	W 98-44	vs. #159 NC Greensboro
11/30/2004	Home	W 81-74	vs. #6 Michigan St
12/4/2004	Neut	W 93-61	vs. #178 Valparaiso
12/12/2004	Home	W 82-54	vs. #103 Toledo
12/14/2004	Home	W 88-55	vs. #143 Illinois Chi
12/18/2004	Neut	W 78-67	vs. #20 Oklahoma
1/2/2005	Home	W 62-54	vs. #59 Clemson
1/5/2005	Home	W 59-46	vs. #156 Princeton
1/8/2005	Home	W 82-74	vs. #99 Temple
1/13/2005	Away	W 86-74	vs. #27 North Carolina St
1/16/2005	Home	W 80-66	vs. #76 Virginia
1/19/2005	Away	W 92-83	vs. #65 Miami Fla
1/22/2005	Away	W 88-56	vs. #105 Florida St
1/26/2005	Home	L 66-75	vs. #44 Maryland
1/30/2005	Home	W 100-65	vs. #72 Virginia Tech
2/2/2005	Away	L 89-92	vs. #5 Wake Forest
2/5/2005	Home	W 82-65	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
2/9/2005	Home	W 71-70	vs. #2 North Carolina
2/12/2005	Away	L 92-99	vs. #44 Maryland
2/17/2005	Away	L 65-67	vs. #72 Virginia Tech
2/20/2005	Home	W 102-92	vs. #5 Wake Forest
2/23/2005	Away	W 60-56	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
2/26/2005	Away	W 58-47	vs. #129 St Johns
3/3/2005	Home	W 83-59	vs. #65 Miami Fla
3/6/2005	Away	L 73-75	vs. #2 North Carolina
3/11/2005	Neut	W 76-64	vs. #76 Virginia
3/12/2005	Neut	W 76-69	vs. #27 North Carolina St
3/13/2005	Neut	W 69-64	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
3/18/2005	Neut	W 57-46	vs. #195 Delaware St
3/20/2005	Neut	W 63-55	vs. #34 Mississippi St
3/25/2005	Neut	L 68-78	vs. #6 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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