NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-18
Power Rating: 77.190
Ranking: 128

0-7 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
4-4 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (11-7): 78.135 (125) 0-3 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-6 77.448 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-1 79.643 Last Ten Ratings: 1-5 76.502

Away Ratings (2-8): 76.846 (139)
0-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 2-6 76.096
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 81.877
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 66.315

Neutral Ratings (0-3): 71.784 (187) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 77.127 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 80.565 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 77.127

League Power Rankings (4-13): 75.436 (153)
0-5 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-6 77.448
Away Ratings: 2-6 76.096
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.127
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 75.213

Non-League Power Ratings (9-5): 79.971 (95) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 9-1 79.643 Away Ratings: 0-2 81.877 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 80.565 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 77.190

Wins Power Rankings: 76.963 (137)
0-7 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 11-7 77.823
Away Ratings: 2-8 78.104
Neutral Ratings: 0-3 63.463
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 67.995

Rankings: Points: 77.442 (121) 0-7 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 1-4 v #51-100 5-4 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 11-7 78.414 Away Ratings: 2-8 75.340 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 77.473 League Power Rankings: 4-13 75.840 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-5 80.075 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 74.145

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 71.096 (224)
0-3 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 1-5 76.502
Away Ratings: 0-3 66.315
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.127
League Power Rankings: 1-9 75.213
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 77.190

Home Advantage: 6.2670 (103)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1075 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2676 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3981 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5120 (59)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6516 (68)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8666 (72)

Upward Stability: 1.8533 (115)

Downward Stability: 1.6599 (230)

RPI
RPI: 0.4838 (187)
0-6 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-7 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-330

RPI Home (11-7): 0.4978 (139) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-4 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (2-8): 0.4867 (203)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (0-3): 0.4010 (241) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (4-13): 0.4603 (229)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (9-5): 0.5253 (120) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5290 (83)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2004	Home	W 59-46	vs. #202 Binghamton
11/17/2004	Home	W 69-60	vs. #98 Colorado
11/19/2004	Home	W 70-49	vs. #261 Sacramento St
11/24/2004	Neut	L 60-61	vs. #9 Arizona
11/26/2004	Neut	L 63-72	vs. #82 Providence
11/30/2004	Away	L 68-99	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
12/4/2004	Home	W 61-60	vs. #61 Notre Dame
12/7/2004	Home	W 67-53	vs. #262 High Point
12/11/2004	Home	W 71-62	vs. #135 South Florida
12/14/2004	Home	L 52-63	vs. #111 Boston U
12/18/2004	Away	L 79-81	vs. #42 UCLA
12/29/2004	Home	W 66-48	vs. #195 Delaware St
12/31/2004	Home	W 75-54	vs. #270 NC Asheville
1/5/2005	Away	W 65-63	vs. #31 Iowa
1/8/2005	Home	W 70-48	vs. #198 Fairfield
1/12/2005	Home	W 71-61	vs. #107 Northwestern
1/15/2005	Away	W 66-62	vs. #226 Penn St
1/19/2005	Away	L 53-62	vs. #62 Indiana
1/22/2005	Home	L 61-72	vs. #13 Wisconsin
1/27/2005	Away	L 53-64	vs. #6 Michigan St
1/30/2005	Away	L 55-84	vs. #152 Purdue
2/2/2005	Home	L 54-71	vs. #35 Minnesota
2/5/2005	Away	L 46-72	vs. #36 Ohio St
2/8/2005	Home	L 51-57	vs. #1 Illinois
2/12/2005	Home	L 49-64	vs. #6 Michigan St
2/16/2005	Away	L 50-76	vs. #13 Wisconsin
2/20/2005	Home	L 63-70	vs. #62 Indiana
2/23/2005	Home	W 63-48	vs. #226 Penn St
2/26/2005	Away	L 53-69	vs. #107 Northwestern
3/5/2005	Home	L 72-74	vs. #31 Iowa
3/10/2005	Neut	L 56-58	vs. #107 Northwestern

FUTURE GAMES

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