NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-9
Power Rating: 81.172
Ranking: 77

0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
10-4 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (8-3): 76.547 (147) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 8-0 76.719 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-3 61.922 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 78.954

Away Ratings (11-4): 85.278 (37)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 8-0 83.204
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-4 83.821
Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 84.907

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 72.907 (173) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 74.204 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 79.922 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 74.204

League Power Rankings (17-1): 83.743 (52)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-0 76.719
Away Ratings: 8-0 83.204
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 74.204
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 77.891

Non-League Power Ratings (3-8): 78.540 (120) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 1-3 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 0-3 61.922 Away Ratings: 3-4 83.821 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 79.922 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 87.704

Wins Power Rankings: 83.010 (68)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
10-4 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-3 77.674
Away Ratings: 11-4 87.686
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 72.010
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 86.917

Rankings: Points: 78.801 (98) 0-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 10-4 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-3 74.770 Away Ratings: 11-4 82.200 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 74.020 League Power Rankings: 17-1 79.446 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-8 77.919 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 81.145

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 84.376 (48)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-0 78.954
Away Ratings: 5-1 84.907
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 74.204
League Power Rankings: 6-1 77.891
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 87.704

Home Advantage: -2.858 (304)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0442 (176)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1426 (161)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2519 (153)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3642 (154)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5253 (152)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8189 (130)

Upward Stability: 1.6172 (241)

Downward Stability: 2.0045 (73)

RPI
RPI: 0.5664 (46)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
7-4 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (8-3): 0.5158 (110) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (11-4): 0.6031 (28)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.4988 (146) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (17-1): 0.6054 (26)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (3-8): 0.5130 (134) 0-1 v #1-25 0-4 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5181 (112)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Away	W 84-81	vs. #86 Missouri
11/22/2004	Neut	L 61-74	vs. #3 Duke
11/27/2004	Away	L 61-76	vs. #51 St Josephs
11/30/2004	Home	L 51-76	vs. #57 Georgetown
12/4/2004	Away	W 84-76	vs. #167 Geo Southern
12/8/2004	Home	L 68-87	vs. #41 Charlotte
12/19/2004	Away	L 67-70	vs. #142 Massachusetts
12/29/2004	Home	L 63-73	vs. #123 Seton Hall
1/2/2005	Away	L 68-70	vs. #156 Princeton
1/5/2005	Home	W 81-75	vs. #187 Furman
1/8/2005	Away	W 68-57	vs. #268 Elon
1/11/2005	Home	W 66-63	vs. #168 Appalachian St
1/15/2005	Home	W 67-62	vs. #147 Coll Of Charltn
1/19/2005	Away	W 80-57	vs. #297 Westrn Carolina
1/22/2005	Away	W 68-61	vs. #187 Furman
1/26/2005	Home	W 63-62	vs. #254 East Tenn St
1/29/2005	Home	W 81-59	vs. #289 The Citadel
1/31/2005	Home	W 67-53	vs. #140 Chattanooga
2/5/2005	Away	W 78-69	vs. #159 NC Greensboro
2/7/2005	Away	W 70-66	vs. #210 Wofford
2/12/2005	Home	W 92-87	vs. #167 Geo Southern
2/14/2005	Away	W 76-74	vs. #147 Coll Of Charltn
2/22/2005	Away	W 75-68	vs. #289 The Citadel
2/26/2005	Home	W 61-45	vs. #210 Wofford
3/3/2005	Neut	W 67-53	vs. #268 Elon
3/4/2005	Neut	L 68-73	vs. #159 NC Greensboro
3/16/2005	Away	W 77-62	vs. #125 VA Commonwealth
3/19/2005	Away	W 82-71	vs. #69 SW Missouri St
3/23/2005	Away	L 63-78	vs. #44 Maryland

FUTURE GAMES

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