NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 7-19
Power Rating: 68.863
Ranking: 254

0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
4-10 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-330

Home Ratings (5-6): 68.219 (257) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-5 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 3-5 66.918 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 71.285 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 69.848

Away Ratings (1-13): 67.574 (272)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 1-8 72.902
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-5 67.551
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 70.176

Neutral Ratings (1-0): 83.613 (77) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-0 76.488 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 68.863 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 76.488

League Power Rankings (5-13): 68.367 (262)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-9 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-5 66.918
Away Ratings: 1-8 72.902
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 76.488
Last Ten Ratings: 3-6 70.590

Non-League Power Ratings (2-6): 70.238 (229) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 2-1 71.285 Away Ratings: 0-5 67.551 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 68.863 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 72.801

Wins Power Rankings: 67.465 (260)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-11 v #101-200
4-4 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 5-6 66.980
Away Ratings: 1-13 64.496
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 91.715
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 69.910

Rankings: Points: 70.650 (250) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 4-10 v #101-200 3-5 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 5-6 69.584 Away Ratings: 1-13 71.060 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 76.650 League Power Rankings: 5-13 70.639 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-6 70.682 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 71.244

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 70.488 (231)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-6 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-2 69.848
Away Ratings: 0-4 70.176
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 76.488
League Power Rankings: 3-6 70.590
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 72.801

Home Advantage: 3.3850 (171)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0352 (218)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1201 (210)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2180 (201)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3203 (197)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4773 (188)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7850 (173)

Upward Stability: 1.8587 (108)

Downward Stability: 1.4257 (273)

RPI
RPI: 0.4246 (290)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-10 v #101-200
5-6 v #201-330

RPI Home (5-6): 0.4155 (273) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-4 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330

RPI Away (1-13): 0.4089 (300)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-6 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (1-0): 0.0 (322) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (5-13): 0.4194 (289)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-9 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (2-6): 0.4345 (252) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4828 (204)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2004	Away	L 76-80	vs. #212 Marshall
11/27/2004	Home	L 73-90	vs. #153 Fresno St
12/1/2004	Away	L 77-114	vs. #21 Alabama
12/4/2004	Home	L 72-79	vs. #147 Coll Of Charltn
12/7/2004	Away	L 77-88	vs. #209 Central Mich
12/10/2004	Home	W 65-54	vs. #172 Tennessee Tech
12/18/2004	Away	L 65-86	vs. #54 Old Dominion
12/30/2004	Away	L 56-87	vs. #66 Memphis
1/5/2005	Away	L 79-81	vs. #168 Appalachian St
1/8/2005	Home	L 68-76	vs. #187 Furman
1/10/2005	Away	W 76-70	vs. #297 Westrn Carolina
1/15/2005	Home	W 79-67	vs. #268 Elon
1/18/2005	Away	L 76-79	vs. #159 NC Greensboro
1/22/2005	Away	L 59-93	vs. #140 Chattanooga
1/24/2005	Home	L 76-80	vs. #289 The Citadel
1/26/2005	Away	L 62-63	vs. #77 Davidson
2/5/2005	Away	L 64-68	vs. #210 Wofford
2/7/2005	Away	L 72-80	vs. #268 Elon
2/9/2005	Home	L 73-95	vs. #168 Appalachian St
2/12/2005	Home	W 105-78	vs. #159 NC Greensboro
2/14/2005	Home	W 92-83	vs. #297 Westrn Carolina
2/19/2005	Home	W 85-81	vs. #199 Austin Peay
2/21/2005	Home	L 64-78	vs. #140 Chattanooga
2/26/2005	Away	L 91-97	vs. #167 Geo Southern
3/2/2005	Neut	W 87-84	vs. #187 Furman
3/3/2005	Away	L 70-77	vs. #140 Chattanooga

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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