NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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CALIFORNIA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-16
Power Rating: 78.203
Ranking: 121

0-5 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
5-5 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (8-9): 75.562 (160) 0-2 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 3-3 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 3-6 74.891 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-3 76.687 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 71.953

Away Ratings (4-6): 81.937 (70)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 2-6 80.969
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 81.234
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 78.828

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 84.516 (65) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 83.672 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 78.203 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 66.703

League Power Rankings (6-13): 78.102 (119)
0-5 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-6 74.891
Away Ratings: 2-6 80.969
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 83.672
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 74.750

Non-League Power Ratings (7-3): 78.437 (122) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 5-3 76.687 Away Ratings: 2-0 81.234 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 78.203 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 78.203

Wins Power Rankings: 79.336 (116)
0-5 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
5-5 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-9 75.781
Away Ratings: 4-6 84.586
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.086
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 76.555

Rankings: Points: 76.719 (137) 0-5 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 6-8 v #51-100 4-3 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-9 75.184 Away Ratings: 4-6 78.695 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.406 League Power Rankings: 6-13 76.098 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-3 78.078 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 72.977

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 75.070 (162)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 1-3 71.953
Away Ratings: 1-4 78.828
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 66.703
League Power Rankings: 2-8 74.750
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 78.203

Home Advantage: -2.994 (306)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0976 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2556 (57)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3992 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5255 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6841 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8888 (29)

Upward Stability: 1.9553 (77)

Downward Stability: 1.8107 (156)

RPI
RPI: 0.5082 (135)
0-5 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
6-5 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (8-9): 0.4737 (180) 0-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 5-3 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (4-6): 0.5566 (73)
1-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5913 (65) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (6-13): 0.5066 (141)
0-5 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
4-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (7-3): 0.5085 (139) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5448 (52)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/11/2004	Home	W 78-61	vs. #265 UC Riverside
11/12/2004	Home	L 52-61	vs. #50 St Marys CA
11/23/2004	Home	W 82-63	vs. #305 Southern
11/27/2004	Away	W 67-64	vs. #179 BYU
12/1/2004	Home	L 72-73	vs. #90 Unlv
12/4/2004	Home	W 80-66	vs. #194 Fair Dickinson
12/7/2004	Home	L 60-63	vs. #98 Colorado
12/11/2004	Away	W 60-57	vs. #163 San Diego St
12/22/2004	Home	W 69-46	vs. #223 Hampton
12/23/2004	Home	W 61-58	vs. #122 Pepperdine
12/31/2004	Away	L 67-81	vs. #8 Washington
1/2/2005	Neut	W 59-47	vs. #75 Washington St
1/6/2005	Home	L 67-87	vs. #9 Arizona
1/8/2005	Home	L 70-79	vs. #68 Arizona St
1/15/2005	Home	L 58-74	vs. #43 Stanford
1/20/2005	Away	L 66-83	vs. #114 USC
1/22/2005	Away	W 64-51	vs. #42 UCLA
1/27/2005	Home	W 65-62	vs. #78 Oregon
1/29/2005	Home	W 91-66	vs. #93 Oregon St
2/3/2005	Away	L 76-97	vs. #9 Arizona
2/5/2005	Away	W 84-82	vs. #68 Arizona St
2/12/2005	Away	L 56-71	vs. #43 Stanford
2/17/2005	Home	L 62-77	vs. #42 UCLA
2/19/2005	Home	L 70-89	vs. #114 USC
2/24/2005	Away	L 58-63	vs. #78 Oregon
2/26/2005	Away	L 63-82	vs. #93 Oregon St
3/3/2005	Home	L 73-106	vs. #8 Washington
3/5/2005	Home	W 63-57	vs. #75 Washington St
3/10/2005	Neut	L 63-88	vs. #9 Arizona

FUTURE GAMES

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