NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-8
Power Rating: 88.919
Ranking: 20

3-4 v #1-25
6-3 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (14-1): 91.497 (12) 3-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 7-1 88.138 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 90.482 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 94.982

Away Ratings (6-3): 90.536 (13)
0-1 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 5-3 89.817
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 97.169
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 97.607

Neutral Ratings (5-4): 84.763 (60) 0-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 82.935 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-3 86.060 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 83.888

League Power Rankings (13-5): 89.224 (17)
2-1 v #1-25
5-3 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-1 88.138
Away Ratings: 5-3 89.817
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 82.935
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 91.575

Non-League Power Ratings (12-3): 88.232 (22) 1-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-0 90.482 Away Ratings: 1-0 97.169 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 86.060 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.107

Wins Power Rankings: 91.241 (20)
3-4 v #1-25
6-3 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 14-1 94.476
Away Ratings: 6-3 93.210
Neutral Ratings: 5-4 86.304
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 94.140

Rankings: Points: 86.134 (16) 3-4 v #1-25 6-3 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 14-1 87.790 Away Ratings: 6-3 87.400 Neutral Ratings: 5-4 83.048 League Power Rankings: 13-5 86.083 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-3 86.235 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 87.739

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 91.263 (14)
0-0 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-0 94.982
Away Ratings: 3-0 97.607
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 83.888
League Power Rankings: 7-1 91.575
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 85.107

Home Advantage: 7.6574 (67)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1025 (49)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2690 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4184 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5360 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6722 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8673 (71)

Upward Stability: 1.6819 (212)

Downward Stability: 2.1405 (40)

RPI
RPI: 0.6077 (18)
3-4 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (14-1): 0.6276 (12) 2-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (6-3): 0.6110 (20)
1-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (5-4): 0.5851 (70) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (13-5): 0.6154 (15)
3-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.5988 (31) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5597 (26)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/2004	Home	W 82-72	vs. #117 CS Northridge
11/25/2004	Neut	W 93-65	vs. #262 High Point
11/26/2004	Neut	L 91-96	vs. #8 Washington
11/27/2004	Neut	W 67-54	vs. #35 Minnesota
12/1/2004	Home	W 67-44	vs. #237 Coppin St
12/8/2004	Away	W 66-48	vs. #152 Purdue
12/11/2004	Home	W 80-44	vs. #316 Northern Colorado
12/18/2004	Neut	L 67-78	vs. #3 Duke
12/23/2004	Home	W 61-53	vs. #69 SW Missouri St
12/28/2004	Neut	W 70-64	vs. #220 Tulsa
12/30/2004	Home	W 104-45	vs. #285 Florida A&M
1/2/2005	Home	W 94-54	vs. #283 TX Pan American
1/8/2005	Home	W 85-55	vs. #98 Colorado
1/10/2005	Home	W 77-65	vs. #15 Connecticut
1/15/2005	Away	W 65-61	vs. #241 Baylor
1/18/2005	Away	W 70-54	vs. #46 Texas AM
1/22/2005	Home	W 64-60	vs. #39 Texas
1/24/2005	Home	W 67-57	vs. #10 Oklahoma St
1/29/2005	Away	L 66-74	vs. #38 Iowa St
2/2/2005	Home	W 69-65	vs. #46 Texas AM
2/5/2005	Home	L 81-88	vs. #26 Texas Tech
2/7/2005	Away	L 67-79	vs. #10 Oklahoma St
2/12/2005	Away	L 65-68	vs. #86 Missouri
2/16/2005	Home	W 83-60	vs. #89 Nebraska
2/19/2005	Away	W 69-68	vs. #67 Kansas St
2/21/2005	Home	W 71-63	vs. #12 Kansas
2/26/2005	Home	W 103-60	vs. #241 Baylor
2/28/2005	Away	W 74-58	vs. #39 Texas
3/5/2005	Away	W 74-54	vs. #26 Texas Tech
3/11/2005	Neut	W 83-79	vs. #86 Missouri
3/12/2005	Neut	L 63-69	vs. #26 Texas Tech
3/17/2005	Neut	W 84-67	vs. #131 Niagara
3/19/2005	Neut	L 58-67	vs. #19 Utah

FUTURE GAMES

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