NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ILLINOIS CHI
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-13
Power Rating: 76.389
Ranking: 143

0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
7-8 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (8-4): 76.693 (144) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 6-3 74.139 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 83.201 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 72.389

Away Ratings (5-8): 77.451 (129)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 3-5 76.232
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-3 80.779
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 77.435

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 62.639 (280) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 69.076 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 76.389 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 69.076

League Power Rankings (9-9): 74.187 (175)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-7 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 6-3 74.139
Away Ratings: 3-5 76.232
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 69.076
Last Ten Ratings: 4-5 72.849

Non-League Power Ratings (4-4): 82.279 (70) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 2-1 83.201 Away Ratings: 2-3 80.779 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 76.389 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 79.889

Wins Power Rankings: 76.154 (145)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
7-8 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-4 75.912
Away Ratings: 5-8 78.084
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 54.904
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 71.756

Rankings: Points: 76.709 (138) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 7-8 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-4 77.521 Away Ratings: 5-8 76.779 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 69.646 League Power Rankings: 9-9 75.410 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-4 80.115 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 74.467

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 72.935 (194)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 4-2 72.389
Away Ratings: 1-2 77.435
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 69.076
League Power Rankings: 4-5 72.849
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 79.889

Home Advantage: 4.1099 (153)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0534 (136)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1540 (143)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2596 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3727 (144)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5310 (145)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8148 (135)

Upward Stability: 1.7349 (193)

Downward Stability: 1.7556 (186)

RPI
RPI: 0.5010 (153)
0-1 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
4-4 v #101-200
7-3 v #201-330

RPI Home (8-4): 0.4776 (174) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-330

RPI Away (5-8): 0.5374 (108)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (282) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-330

RPI League (9-9): 0.4575 (232)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
7-2 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (4-4): 0.5978 (33) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4985 (149)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2004	Home	L 59-60	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
11/24/2004	Away	L 51-63	vs. #115 Bowling Green
11/30/2004	Away	W 60-56	vs. #109 Illinois St
12/4/2004	Home	L 67-75	vs. #28 Wisc Milwaukee
12/12/2004	Away	W 76-67	vs. #139 NC Wilmington
12/14/2004	Away	L 55-88	vs. #3 Duke
12/18/2004	Away	L 62-80	vs. #60 DePaul
12/30/2004	Away	L 57-67	vs. #146 Detroit
1/3/2005	Away	W 62-56	vs. #310 Youngstown St
1/6/2005	Away	W 64-58	vs. #158 Loyola Chi
1/8/2005	Home	W 57-47	vs. #83 Pennsylvania
1/15/2005	Home	W 74-57	vs. #230 Cleveland St
1/20/2005	Home	W 63-57	vs. #146 Detroit
1/22/2005	Away	L 72-76	vs. #145 Wisc Green Bay
1/26/2005	Away	L 61-72	vs. #161 Wright St
1/29/2005	Home	W 73-49	vs. #181 Butler
2/5/2005	Away	L 75-85	vs. #28 Wisc Milwaukee
2/10/2005	Home	W 71-65	vs. #310 Youngstown St
2/12/2005	Away	W 73-66	vs. #230 Cleveland St
2/14/2005	Home	L 66-78	vs. #145 Wisc Green Bay
2/17/2005	Home	L 85-91	vs. #158 Loyola Chi
2/19/2005	Home	W 92-83	vs. #167 Geo Southern
2/23/2005	Home	W 81-68	vs. #161 Wright St
2/26/2005	Away	L 82-86	vs. #181 Butler
3/1/2005	Home	W 84-65	vs. #230 Cleveland St
3/4/2005	Neut	L 81-87	vs. #158 Loyola Chi

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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