NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 17-12
Power Rating: 74.912
Ranking: 162

0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-5 v #101-200
13-2 v #201-330

Home Ratings (11-2): 74.791 (170) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 9-2 72.600 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 72.912 Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 73.490

Away Ratings (6-8): 75.186 (157)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
5-2 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 6-2 75.701
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-6 70.444
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 76.787

Neutral Ratings (0-2): 70.787 (201) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-0 74.912 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 76.912 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 74.912

League Power Rankings (15-4): 76.143 (142)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
11-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 9-2 72.600
Away Ratings: 6-2 75.701
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 74.912
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 74.194

Non-League Power Ratings (2-8): 69.897 (234) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 2-0 72.912 Away Ratings: 0-6 70.444 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 76.912 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 74.912

Wins Power Rankings: 74.879 (159)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-5 v #101-200
13-2 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 11-2 74.598
Away Ratings: 6-8 75.399
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 64.379
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 78.551

Rankings: Points: 74.844 (173) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-6 v #101-200 13-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 11-2 74.778 Away Ratings: 6-8 74.899 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 74.969 League Power Rankings: 15-4 75.590 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-8 71.946 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 76.375

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 77.530 (124)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-1 73.490
Away Ratings: 2-0 76.787
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 74.912
League Power Rankings: 9-1 74.194
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 74.912

Home Advantage: 3.9650 (157)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0532 (138)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1300 (186)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2032 (222)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2819 (234)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4093 (251)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7020 (275)

Upward Stability: 1.6026 (250)

Downward Stability: 1.8996 (119)

RPI
RPI: 0.5213 (116)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-5 v #101-200
13-2 v #201-330

RPI Home (11-2): 0.5140 (117) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (6-8): 0.5340 (113)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (0-2): 0.5377 (106) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (15-4): 0.5473 (80)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-3 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (2-8): 0.4458 (234) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4919 (177)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Away	L 53-91	vs. #10 Oklahoma St
11/21/2004	Away	L 54-63	vs. #220 Tulsa
11/30/2004	Home	W 83-76	vs. #318 Centenary
12/6/2004	Home	W 85-72	vs. #217 Tulane
12/11/2004	Away	L 74-83	vs. #32 LSU
12/16/2004	Away	L 61-74	vs. #178 Valparaiso
12/18/2004	Away	L 65-81	vs. #22 Cincinnati
12/20/2004	Away	L 55-64	vs. #120 Dayton
12/30/2004	Neut	L 51-69	vs. #1 Illinois
12/31/2004	Neut	L 62-69	vs. #56 Northern Iowa
1/6/2005	Away	W 69-63	vs. #286 Stephen Austin
1/8/2005	Home	W 71-66	vs. #216 Tex San Antonio
1/12/2005	Away	W 69-58	vs. #273 Texas Arlington
1/15/2005	Home	W 65-63	vs. #136 SE Louisiana
1/20/2005	Away	W 72-69	vs. #267 SW Texas St
1/22/2005	Away	L 78-86	vs. #216 Tex San Antonio
1/29/2005	Away	L 65-77	vs. #182 Sam Houston
2/3/2005	Home	L 84-89	vs. #180 Lamar
2/5/2005	Away	W 92-73	vs. #247 McNeese St
2/10/2005	Home	W 95-93	vs. #321 Nicholls St
2/12/2005	Home	W 88-71	vs. #308 Ul Monroe
2/16/2005	Away	W 90-83	vs. #180 Lamar
2/23/2005	Away	W 67-65	vs. #321 Nicholls St
2/26/2005	Home	W 64-62	vs. #286 Stephen Austin
3/2/2005	Home	W 82-63	vs. #182 Sam Houston
3/4/2005	Home	W 103-73	vs. #247 McNeese St
3/8/2005	Home	W 81-67	vs. #273 Texas Arlington
3/10/2005	Home	W 90-75	vs. #180 Lamar
3/13/2005	Home	L 42-49	vs. #136 SE Louisiana

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)