NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-8
Power Rating: 89.730
Ranking: 11

4-5 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (14-2): 89.090 (19) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 6-2 85.613 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 94.387 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 91.387

Away Ratings (5-3): 89.613 (16)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 5-3 89.574
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 89.730
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 89.668

Neutral Ratings (5-3): 90.527 (24) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 88.980 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-2 93.402 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 93.512

League Power Rankings (12-6): 88.133 (23)
2-4 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 6-2 85.613
Away Ratings: 5-3 89.574
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.980
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 89.918

Non-League Power Ratings (12-2): 93.582 (4) 2-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-0 94.387 Away Ratings: 0-0 89.730 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 93.402 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 96.715

Wins Power Rankings: 91.498 (15)
4-5 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 14-2 90.920
Away Ratings: 5-3 91.631
Neutral Ratings: 5-3 91.935
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 96.756

Rankings: Points: 87.693 (9) 5-4 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 5-3 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 14-2 86.732 Away Ratings: 5-3 87.350 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 89.256 League Power Rankings: 12-6 86.008 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-2 91.537 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 89.912

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 93.691 (5)
2-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-0 91.387
Away Ratings: 2-0 89.668
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 93.512
League Power Rankings: 6-1 89.918
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 96.715

Home Advantage: 2.8292 (196)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1087 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2754 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4349 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5676 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7144 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9101 (11)

Upward Stability: 1.5748 (266)

Downward Stability: 2.2081 (25)

RPI
RPI: 0.6167 (15)
3-4 v #1-25
6-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (14-2): 0.6229 (16) 2-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (5-3): 0.5928 (39)
0-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (5-3): 0.6304 (36) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (12-6): 0.5931 (30)
1-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (12-2): 0.6509 (8) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5795 (4)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2004	Home	W 66-41	vs. #278 Umbc
12/4/2004	Neut	L 52-53	vs. #99 Temple
12/7/2004	Home	W 70-50	vs. #222 Monmouth NJ
12/11/2004	Neut	W 54-43	vs. #203 La Salle
12/14/2004	Home	W 68-47	vs. #185 Fordham
12/22/2004	Home	W 86-72	vs. #201 Albany NY
12/27/2004	Home	W 81-62	vs. #133 Middle Tenn St
12/31/2004	Home	W 74-64	vs. #83 Pennsylvania
1/5/2005	Home	W 84-46	vs. #25 West Virginia
1/8/2005	Away	L 72-78	vs. #61 Notre Dame
1/11/2005	Away	W 83-78	vs. #82 Providence
1/15/2005	Home	L 64-66	vs. #57 Georgetown
1/19/2005	Away	L 66-67	vs. #17 Boston College
1/22/2005	Home	W 83-62	vs. #12 Kansas
1/26/2005	Home	W 65-60	vs. #61 Notre Dame
1/29/2005	Away	W 94-61	vs. #132 Rutgers
2/2/2005	Away	L 76-81	vs. #15 Connecticut
2/5/2005	Home	W 89-81	vs. #82 Providence
2/7/2005	Neut	W 67-52	vs. #51 St Josephs
2/12/2005	Home	L 75-90	vs. #18 Syracuse
2/15/2005	Home	W 89-51	vs. #84 Bucknell
2/17/2005	Away	W 66-52	vs. #123 Seton Hall
2/20/2005	Home	W 80-72	vs. #30 Pittsburgh
2/23/2005	Home	W 76-70	vs. #17 Boston College
2/27/2005	Away	W 67-56	vs. #57 Georgetown
3/2/2005	Home	W 79-58	vs. #123 Seton Hall
3/5/2005	Away	W 70-68	vs. #129 St Johns
3/10/2005	Neut	W 67-58	vs. #30 Pittsburgh
3/11/2005	Neut	L 76-78	vs. #25 West Virginia
3/18/2005	Neut	W 55-47	vs. #33 New Mexico
3/20/2005	Neut	W 76-65	vs. #16 Florida
3/25/2005	Neut	L 66-67	vs. #2 North Carolina

FUTURE GAMES

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