NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-7
Power Rating: 91.942
Ranking: 6

3-4 v #1-25
7-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (14-1): 93.099 (6) 1-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 7-1 90.770 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 91.005 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 98.442

Away Ratings (6-3): 91.544 (10)
0-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 6-2 92.395
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 89.817
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.645

Neutral Ratings (6-3): 91.673 (17) 2-1 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 83.817 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-2 92.091 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 92.653

League Power Rankings (13-4): 90.708 (11)
1-2 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-1 90.770
Away Ratings: 6-2 92.395
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 83.817
Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 87.802

Non-League Power Ratings (13-3): 93.520 (5) 2-2 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-0 91.005 Away Ratings: 0-1 89.817 Neutral Ratings: 6-2 92.091 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 94.661

Wins Power Rankings: 94.595 (9)
3-4 v #1-25
8-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 14-1 96.454
Away Ratings: 6-3 93.438
Neutral Ratings: 6-3 94.767
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 95.052

Rankings: Points: 88.808 (4) 3-4 v #1-25 5-2 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 14-1 89.417 Away Ratings: 6-3 89.479 Neutral Ratings: 6-3 87.854 League Power Rankings: 13-4 88.761 Non-League Power Ratings: 13-3 88.866 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 88.757

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 92.212 (11)
3-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-0 98.442
Away Ratings: 1-1 86.645
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 92.653
League Power Rankings: 3-2 87.802
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 94.661

Home Advantage: 5.2999 (128)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1284 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2972 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4343 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5513 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6788 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8737 (56)

Upward Stability: 1.4446 (287)

Downward Stability: 1.8051 (160)

RPI
RPI: 0.6200 (13)
4-4 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (14-1): 0.5981 (27) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (6-3): 0.6015 (29)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (6-3): 0.6848 (10) 2-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (13-4): 0.5855 (37)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (13-3): 0.6570 (6) 2-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5646 (20)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Home	W 104-72	vs. #285 Florida A&M
11/23/2004	Home	W 104-46	vs. #145 Wisc Green Bay
11/27/2004	Home	W 102-52	vs. #321 Nicholls St
11/30/2004	Away	L 74-81	vs. #3 Duke
12/4/2004	Neut	L 83-96	vs. #47 Geo Washington
12/5/2004	Neut	W 66-60	vs. #164 George Mason
12/11/2004	Neut	W 78-53	vs. #43 Stanford
12/18/2004	Home	W 63-45	vs. #195 Delaware St
12/21/2004	Home	W 76-64	vs. #42 UCLA
12/29/2004	Home	W 92-63	vs. #270 NC Asheville
1/5/2005	Away	W 84-58	vs. #226 Penn St
1/8/2005	Home	W 87-58	vs. #107 Northwestern
1/16/2005	Away	L 59-62	vs. #13 Wisconsin
1/18/2005	Home	W 71-64	vs. #152 Purdue
1/22/2005	Away	W 69-55	vs. #35 Minnesota
1/27/2005	Home	W 64-53	vs. #128 Michigan
1/29/2005	Home	W 92-75	vs. #184 Oakland
2/1/2005	Home	L 68-81	vs. #1 Illinois
2/5/2005	Away	W 75-64	vs. #31 Iowa
2/9/2005	Home	W 83-69	vs. #36 Ohio St
2/12/2005	Away	W 64-49	vs. #128 Michigan
2/16/2005	Home	W 81-62	vs. #35 Minnesota
2/19/2005	Away	W 68-57	vs. #152 Purdue
2/24/2005	Home	W 77-64	vs. #13 Wisconsin
2/27/2005	Away	L 74-78	vs. #62 Indiana
3/2/2005	Away	W 69-58	vs. #107 Northwestern
3/5/2005	Home	W 90-64	vs. #226 Penn St
3/11/2005	Neut	L 69-71	vs. #31 Iowa
3/18/2005	Neut	W 89-81	vs. #54 Old Dominion
3/20/2005	Neut	W 72-61	vs. #40 Vermont
3/25/2005	Neut	W 78-68	vs. #3 Duke
3/27/2005	Neut	W 94-88	vs. #7 Kentucky
4/2/2005	Neut	L 71-87	vs. #2 North Carolina

FUTURE GAMES

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