NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MEMPHIS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-16
Power Rating: 81.925
Ranking: 66

1-4 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
9-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (16-7): 81.570 (78) 0-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 7-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 8-4 84.347 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-3 78.996 Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 88.933

Away Ratings (5-5): 84.660 (44)
1-0 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 4-4 85.847
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 84.863
Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 69.425

Neutral Ratings (1-4): 76.535 (139) 0-1 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-0 81.925 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-4 77.456 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 71.550

League Power Rankings (12-8): 83.906 (51)
1-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-4 84.347
Away Ratings: 4-4 85.847
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 81.925
Last Ten Ratings: 3-3 83.425

Non-League Power Ratings (10-8): 79.386 (107) 0-1 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-3 78.996 Away Ratings: 1-1 84.863 Neutral Ratings: 1-4 77.456 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 85.378

Wins Power Rankings: 82.281 (79)
1-4 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
8-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 16-7 81.445
Away Ratings: 5-5 85.718
Neutral Ratings: 1-4 77.562
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 82.710

Rankings: Points: 81.568 (54) 1-5 v #1-25 2-5 v #26-50 5-3 v #51-100 9-3 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 16-7 81.708 Away Ratings: 5-5 83.685 Neutral Ratings: 1-4 75.505 League Power Rankings: 12-8 83.595 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-8 78.931 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 83.404

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 82.917 (64)
0-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 6-2 88.933
Away Ratings: 0-1 69.425
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 71.550
League Power Rankings: 3-3 83.425
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 85.378

Home Advantage: 3.4282 (170)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0750 (85)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2089 (81)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3434 (82)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4647 (85)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6209 (85)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8602 (83)

Upward Stability: 2.4007 (2)

Downward Stability: 2.6006 (1)

RPI
RPI: 0.5246 (112)
1-4 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
4-5 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
9-1 v #201-330

RPI Home (16-7): 0.5029 (130) 1-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 6-1 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5755 (53)
1-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (1-4): 0.5223 (121) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (12-8): 0.5522 (74)
1-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (10-8): 0.4939 (156) 0-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5290 (84)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/11/2004	Home	W 102-40	vs. #330 Savannah St
11/13/2004	Home	W 75-58	vs. #164 George Mason
11/18/2004	Neut	W 81-66	vs. #50 St Marys CA
11/19/2004	Neut	L 62-77	vs. #18 Syracuse
11/23/2004	Home	W 79-75	vs. #151 Arkansas St
11/26/2004	Neut	L 61-84	vs. #44 Maryland
12/3/2004	Away	W 62-51	vs. #152 Purdue
12/7/2004	Neut	L 51-70	vs. #30 Pittsburgh
12/11/2004	Home	L 53-65	vs. #116 Mississippi
12/18/2004	Home	W 71-66	vs. #199 Austin Peay
12/20/2004	Home	L 55-64	vs. #155 Louisiana Tech
12/23/2004	Home	L 59-72	vs. #82 Providence
12/30/2004	Home	W 87-56	vs. #254 East Tenn St
1/6/2005	Away	L 67-74	vs. #39 Texas
1/9/2005	Home	W 60-46	vs. #215 SO Mississippi
1/13/2005	Home	W 78-68	vs. #97 Marquette
1/15/2005	Home	L 59-61	vs. #79 TCU
1/19/2005	Away	W 73-67	vs. #135 South Florida
1/22/2005	Away	L 70-73	vs. #49 Uab
1/27/2005	Home	W 68-55	vs. #60 DePaul
1/29/2005	Away	W 72-57	vs. #79 TCU
2/2/2005	Home	W 72-66	vs. #176 East Carolina
2/5/2005	Away	L 53-66	vs. #94 Houston
2/9/2005	Away	W 85-68	vs. #4 Louisville
2/12/2005	Home	W 103-71	vs. #217 Tulane
2/19/2005	Away	W 85-73	vs. #215 SO Mississippi
2/23/2005	Away	L 77-80	vs. #41 Charlotte
2/26/2005	Home	L 44-53	vs. #4 Louisville
3/2/2005	Away	L 61-70	vs. #171 St Louis
3/5/2005	Home	L 60-62	vs. #22 Cincinnati
3/9/2005	Home	W 79-59	vs. #171 St Louis
3/10/2005	Home	W 83-69	vs. #41 Charlotte
3/11/2005	Home	W 81-68	vs. #135 South Florida
3/12/2005	Home	L 74-75	vs. #4 Louisville
3/16/2005	Home	W 90-65	vs. #106 Northeastern
3/19/2005	Home	W 83-62	vs. #72 Virginia Tech
3/23/2005	Home	W 81-68	vs. #53 Vanderbilt
3/29/2005	Neut	L 58-70	vs. #51 St Josephs

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

Opp. Rating

(Opp. Specific Rating)