NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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NO CAROLINA A&T
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 6-24
Power Rating: 59.654
Ranking: 320

0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
5-17 v #201-330

Home Ratings (5-7): 60.604 (313) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 4-7 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 4-6 61.756 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 63.342 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 60.826

Away Ratings (1-14): 59.920 (321)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-8 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 1-7 62.459
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-7 63.904
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 62.358

Neutral Ratings (0-3): 47.779 (325) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 50.279 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 55.029 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 50.279

League Power Rankings (5-14): 59.811 (319)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
4-13 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 4-6 61.756
Away Ratings: 1-7 62.459
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 50.279
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 60.545

Non-League Power Ratings (1-10): 58.811 (320) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-4 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 1-1 63.342 Away Ratings: 0-7 63.904 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 55.029 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 59.654

Wins Power Rankings: 56.387 (318)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
5-17 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 5-7 57.270
Away Ratings: 1-14 56.817
Neutral Ratings: 0-3 40.887
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 56.113

Rankings: Points: 63.336 (321) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 6-18 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 5-7 64.469 Away Ratings: 1-14 63.391 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 53.336 League Power Rankings: 5-14 63.188 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-10 64.039 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 62.328

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 59.006 (318)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 1-3 60.826
Away Ratings: 1-4 62.358
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 50.279
League Power Rankings: 2-8 60.545
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 59.654

Home Advantage: 6.5167 (91)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0449 (171)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1061 (237)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1660 (270)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2282 (289)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3338 (298)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6163 (312)

Upward Stability: 1.6410 (229)

Downward Stability: 1.1925 (301)

RPI
RPI: 0.3940 (308)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-10 v #101-200
5-10 v #201-330

RPI Home (5-7): 0.3783 (307) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 4-5 v #201-330

RPI Away (1-14): 0.4215 (292)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
1-5 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (0-3): 0.3022 (265) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-330

RPI League (5-14): 0.3986 (303)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-9 v #101-200
4-4 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (1-10): 0.3822 (308) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 1-3 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4681 (249)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/12/2004	Away	L 59-75	vs. #33 New Mexico
11/13/2004	Neut	L 69-82	vs. #253 Duquesne
11/14/2004	Neut	L 52-90	vs. #127 Santa Clara
11/19/2004	Away	L 56-89	vs. #46 Texas AM
11/30/2004	Home	W 77-68	vs. #262 High Point
12/2/2004	Away	L 61-66	vs. #281 Radford
12/4/2004	Away	L 53-67	vs. #237 Coppin St
12/11/2004	Home	L 67-68	vs. #322 Campbell
12/14/2004	Away	L 51-85	vs. #4 Louisville
12/18/2004	Away	L 49-71	vs. #89 Nebraska
12/21/2004	Away	L 54-73	vs. #217 Tulane
12/30/2004	Away	L 76-98	vs. #5 Wake Forest
1/8/2005	Home	L 72-81	vs. #223 Hampton
1/10/2005	Home	L 62-69	vs. #280 Norfolk St
1/15/2005	Home	W 70-66	vs. #195 Delaware St
1/17/2005	Home	W 82-72	vs. #326 Howard
1/22/2005	Away	L 86-93	vs. #285 Florida A&M
1/24/2005	Away	L 78-83	vs. #304 Bethune Cookman
1/29/2005	Home	W 74-59	vs. #329 MD Eastrn Shore
2/5/2005	Home	L 74-79	vs. #237 Coppin St
2/7/2005	Home	L 61-63	vs. #288 Morgan St
2/10/2005	Away	L 54-71	vs. #288 Morgan St
2/12/2005	Away	L 47-65	vs. #223 Hampton
2/14/2005	Away	L 51-56	vs. #280 Norfolk St
2/19/2005	Away	L 59-69	vs. #195 Delaware St
2/21/2005	Away	W 67-63	vs. #326 Howard
2/26/2005	Home	L 85-89	vs. #285 Florida A&M
2/28/2005	Home	W 63-60	vs. #304 Bethune Cookman
3/5/2005	Home	L 65-73	vs. #225 SO Carolina St
3/8/2005	Neut	L 62-76	vs. #304 Bethune Cookman

FUTURE GAMES

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