NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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GONZAGA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-5
Power Rating: 89.418
Ranking: 14

3-1 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
16-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (13-0): 92.605 (8) 1-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 7-0 85.058 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 93.293 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 82.230

Away Ratings (6-3): 86.215 (32)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 5-2 85.543
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 84.699
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 88.074

Neutral Ratings (7-2): 91.683 (16) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-0 95.918 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-2 89.371 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 89.668

League Power Rankings (14-2): 89.207 (18)
0-0 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
12-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-0 85.058
Away Ratings: 5-2 85.543
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 95.918
Last Ten Ratings: 7-0 88.621

Non-League Power Ratings (12-3): 89.668 (17) 3-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 6-0 93.293 Away Ratings: 1-1 84.699 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 89.371 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 86.668

Wins Power Rankings: 92.347 (12)
3-1 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
16-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 13-0 101.72
Away Ratings: 6-3 88.465
Neutral Ratings: 7-2 94.629
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 93.543

Rankings: Points: 85.826 (20) 3-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 15-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 13-0 86.857 Away Ratings: 6-3 83.404 Neutral Ratings: 7-2 87.982 League Power Rankings: 14-2 85.228 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-3 86.560 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 86.303

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 90.355 (19)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-0 82.230
Away Ratings: 3-0 88.074
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 89.668
League Power Rankings: 7-0 88.621
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 86.668

Home Advantage: 7.4660 (70)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0744 (88)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2029 (86)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3369 (84)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4644 (86)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6199 (87)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8583 (87)

Upward Stability: 1.1595 (318)

Downward Stability: 1.7314 (201)

RPI
RPI: 0.6330 (10)
2-1 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
15-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (13-0): 0.6425 (5) 1-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (6-3): 0.6068 (25)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (7-2): 0.6685 (14) 2-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (14-2): 0.6507 (2)
2-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6138 (18) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5577 (30)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Home	W 98-80	vs. #191 Portland St
11/21/2004	Home	W 78-62	vs. #177 Montana
11/24/2004	Home	W 88-74	vs. #255 Idaho
11/27/2004	Neut	L 72-89	vs. #1 Illinois
12/1/2004	Home	W 99-87	vs. #8 Washington
12/4/2004	Neut	W 68-57	vs. #142 Massachusetts
12/7/2004	Away	W 54-52	vs. #75 Washington St
12/11/2004	Home	W 75-45	vs. #171 St Louis
12/18/2004	Neut	W 85-73	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
12/21/2004	Neut	W 83-70	vs. #279 Eastern Wash
12/28/2004	Neut	W 78-75	vs. #10 Oklahoma St
12/30/2004	Away	L 61-63	vs. #86 Missouri
1/6/2005	Away	W 91-87	vs. #127 Santa Clara
1/8/2005	Away	L 81-89	vs. #50 St Marys CA
1/13/2005	Home	W 76-65	vs. #165 Loyola Marymnt
1/15/2005	Home	W 86-62	vs. #122 Pepperdine
1/20/2005	Away	L 70-73	vs. #108 San Francisco
1/22/2005	Away	W 68-56	vs. #110 San Diego
1/29/2005	Home	W 91-79	vs. #137 Portland
2/3/2005	Home	W 68-63	vs. #50 St Marys CA
2/5/2005	Home	W 92-75	vs. #127 Santa Clara
2/10/2005	Away	W 82-75	vs. #122 Pepperdine
2/12/2005	Away	W 61-58	vs. #165 Loyola Marymnt
2/17/2005	Home	W 90-73	vs. #110 San Diego
2/19/2005	Home	W 75-73	vs. #108 San Francisco
2/24/2005	Away	W 84-68	vs. #137 Portland
2/28/2005	Home	W 87-60	vs. #316 Northern Colorado
3/6/2005	Neut	W 90-74	vs. #110 San Diego
3/7/2005	Neut	W 80-67	vs. #50 St Marys CA
3/17/2005	Neut	W 74-64	vs. #92 Winthrop
3/19/2005	Neut	L 69-71	vs. #26 Texas Tech

FUTURE GAMES

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