NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 31-5
Power Rating: 92.882
Ranking: 4

6-2 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (15-2): 87.358 (27) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 7-1 85.366 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-1 89.226 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 92.632

Away Ratings (9-1): 94.905 (3)
2-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 8-1 89.835
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 96.882
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 88.444

Neutral Ratings (7-2): 95.288 (5) 3-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-0 94.538 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-2 93.562 Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 95.140

League Power Rankings (17-2): 92.116 (5)
2-0 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-1 85.366
Away Ratings: 8-1 89.835
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 94.538
Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 90.866

Non-League Power Ratings (14-3): 93.827 (3) 4-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-1 89.226 Away Ratings: 1-0 96.882 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 93.562 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 95.280

Wins Power Rankings: 96.509 (3)
6-2 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 15-2 88.024
Away Ratings: 9-1 100.52
Neutral Ratings: 7-2 99.103
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 102.89

Rankings: Points: 88.581 (5) 5-2 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 10-2 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 15-2 86.480 Away Ratings: 9-1 88.523 Neutral Ratings: 7-2 90.526 League Power Rankings: 17-2 87.499 Non-League Power Ratings: 14-3 90.042 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 90.464

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 97.210 (2)
3-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 1-0 92.632
Away Ratings: 2-0 88.444
Neutral Ratings: 6-1 95.140
League Power Rankings: 5-0 90.866
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 95.280

Home Advantage: -3.918 (317)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1034 (48)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2576 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4035 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5235 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6630 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8724 (62)

Upward Stability: 1.2639 (311)

Downward Stability: 1.8938 (120)

RPI
RPI: 0.6318 (11)
4-2 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (15-2): 0.5710 (49) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (9-1): 0.6614 (2)
1-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (7-2): 0.6919 (6) 2-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (17-2): 0.6372 (9)
0-0 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (14-3): 0.6232 (15) 2-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5621 (22)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2004	Neut	L 71-76	vs. #31 Iowa
11/24/2004	Neut	W 82-67	vs. #43 Stanford
12/4/2004	Home	W 98-57	vs. #276 Lafayette
12/11/2004	Away	W 74-70	vs. #16 Florida
12/14/2004	Home	W 85-51	vs. #320 NO Carolina A&T
12/18/2004	Home	L 58-60	vs. #7 Kentucky
12/21/2004	Home	W 80-60	vs. #166 Iupui
12/22/2004	Home	W 77-49	vs. #199 Austin Peay
12/27/2004	Home	W 104-40	vs. #287 Morehead St
12/30/2004	Home	W 78-63	vs. #130 Eastern KY
1/2/2005	Home	W 98-64	vs. #193 Tennessee St
1/5/2005	Away	L 67-70	vs. #94 Houston
1/8/2005	Home	W 86-61	vs. #79 TCU
1/11/2005	Away	W 107-62	vs. #215 SO Mississippi
1/15/2005	Away	W 69-66	vs. #22 Cincinnati
1/19/2005	Home	W 92-41	vs. #176 East Carolina
1/22/2005	Home	W 85-62	vs. #91 Tennessee
1/26/2005	Home	W 99-52	vs. #97 Marquette
1/29/2005	Away	W 105-69	vs. #217 Tulane
2/2/2005	Home	W 77-70	vs. #22 Cincinnati
2/5/2005	Away	W 77-73	vs. #49 Uab
2/9/2005	Home	L 68-85	vs. #66 Memphis
2/12/2005	Home	W 65-57	vs. #135 South Florida
2/17/2005	Away	W 64-61	vs. #97 Marquette
2/20/2005	Home	W 84-66	vs. #171 St Louis
2/26/2005	Away	W 53-44	vs. #66 Memphis
3/3/2005	Home	W 94-82	vs. #41 Charlotte
3/5/2005	Away	W 66-62	vs. #60 DePaul
3/10/2005	Neut	W 85-61	vs. #79 TCU
3/11/2005	Neut	W 74-67	vs. #49 Uab
3/12/2005	Away	W 75-74	vs. #66 Memphis
3/18/2005	Neut	W 68-62	vs. #73 Ul Lafayette
3/20/2005	Neut	W 76-54	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
3/24/2005	Neut	W 93-79	vs. #8 Washington
3/26/2005	Neut	W 93-85	vs. #25 West Virginia
4/2/2005	Neut	L 57-72	vs. #1 Illinois

FUTURE GAMES

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