NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MISSISSIPPI
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 14-17
Power Rating: 78.666
Ranking: 116

0-5 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
6-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (8-6): 77.401 (131) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 3-5 78.057 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-1 80.291 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 78.909

Away Ratings (3-8): 80.354 (84)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 1-7 79.432
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 84.791
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 80.104

Neutral Ratings (3-3): 78.502 (118) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 80.916 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 73.604 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 80.916

League Power Rankings (5-13): 78.010 (123)
0-5 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-5 78.057
Away Ratings: 1-7 79.432
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.916
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 79.659

Non-League Power Ratings (9-4): 79.799 (102) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 5-1 80.291 Away Ratings: 2-1 84.791 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 73.604 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 78.666

Wins Power Rankings: 79.102 (117)
0-5 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
6-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-6 76.617
Away Ratings: 3-8 81.727
Neutral Ratings: 3-3 80.157
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 79.321

Rankings: Points: 78.262 (107) 0-5 v #1-25 0-5 v #26-50 3-5 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-6 78.528 Away Ratings: 3-8 78.985 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 76.168 League Power Rankings: 5-13 77.422 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-4 79.809 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 78.219

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 78.799 (109)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-2 78.909
Away Ratings: 0-4 80.104
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.916
League Power Rankings: 3-7 79.659
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 78.666

Home Advantage: 1.5101 (226)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0906 (68)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2479 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3939 (60)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5166 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6564 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8596 (85)

Upward Stability: 1.9753 (67)

Downward Stability: 1.7378 (196)

RPI
RPI: 0.5055 (143)
0-5 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
7-6 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (8-6): 0.4645 (200) 1-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (3-8): 0.5482 (92)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (3-3): 0.5239 (118) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-330

RPI League (5-13): 0.4930 (167)
0-7 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-4 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (9-4): 0.5214 (124) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-4 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5321 (74)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/14/2004	Neut	W 64-52	vs. #225 SO Carolina St
11/15/2004	Neut	L 36-60	vs. #87 Air Force
11/16/2004	Neut	L 52-70	vs. #109 Illinois St
11/19/2004	Home	W 91-68	vs. #172 Tennessee Tech
12/1/2004	Away	L 68-70	vs. #151 Arkansas St
12/4/2004	Home	L 64-69	vs. #105 Florida St
12/11/2004	Away	W 65-53	vs. #66 Memphis
12/13/2004	Home	W 87-55	vs. #321 Nicholls St
12/15/2004	Home	W 81-49	vs. #244 Troy St
12/18/2004	Home	W 84-58	vs. #308 Ul Monroe
12/21/2004	Neut	W 92-64	vs. #303 Tenn Martin
12/29/2004	Away	W 63-62	vs. #125 VA Commonwealth
12/31/2004	Home	W 64-48	vs. #136 SE Louisiana
1/5/2005	Away	L 46-69	vs. #71 Arkansas
1/8/2005	Home	L 76-87	vs. #34 Mississippi St
1/12/2005	Home	W 59-54	vs. #196 Georgia
1/15/2005	Away	W 79-72	vs. #124 Auburn
1/19/2005	Home	L 50-53	vs. #7 Kentucky
1/22/2005	Home	L 58-66	vs. #21 Alabama
1/26/2005	Away	L 60-70	vs. #32 LSU
1/29/2005	Away	L 51-73	vs. #53 Vanderbilt
2/2/2005	Home	W 70-55	vs. #124 Auburn
2/5/2005	Home	L 65-66	vs. #71 Arkansas
2/12/2005	Away	L 45-71	vs. #21 Alabama
2/16/2005	Away	L 53-90	vs. #16 Florida
2/19/2005	Home	W 60-58	vs. #91 Tennessee
2/26/2005	Away	L 68-71	vs. #34 Mississippi St
3/2/2005	Home	L 53-58	vs. #32 LSU
3/6/2005	Away	L 70-76	vs. #52 South Carolina
3/10/2005	Neut	W 53-52	vs. #52 South Carolina
3/11/2005	Neut	L 52-69	vs. #21 Alabama

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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