NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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PROVIDENCE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-17
Power Rating: 80.961
Ranking: 82

0-12 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (8-8): 78.719 (116) 0-5 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-6 81.110 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-2 80.438 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 81.336

Away Ratings (4-6): 85.203 (38)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 2-6 84.297
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 93.524
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 87.524

Neutral Ratings (1-3): 77.868 (125) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 63.961 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 80.805 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 63.961

League Power Rankings (4-13): 79.536 (101)
0-10 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-6 81.110
Away Ratings: 2-6 84.297
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 63.961
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 83.758

Non-League Power Ratings (9-4): 83.586 (50) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 6-2 80.438 Away Ratings: 2-0 93.524 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 80.805 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 80.961

Wins Power Rankings: 81.166 (91)
0-12 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-8 77.737
Away Ratings: 4-6 86.979
Neutral Ratings: 1-3 79.323
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 83.252

Rankings: Points: 80.905 (62) 0-10 v #1-25 0-4 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-8 80.264 Away Ratings: 4-6 83.295 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 75.998 League Power Rankings: 4-13 80.186 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-4 82.373 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 81.909

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 82.547 (69)
0-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-2 81.336
Away Ratings: 2-3 87.524
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 63.961
League Power Rankings: 4-6 83.758
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 80.961

Home Advantage: -0.578 (281)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1147 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2972 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4512 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5739 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7178 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9086 (14)

Upward Stability: 1.9770 (66)

Downward Stability: 1.8749 (128)

RPI
RPI: 0.5251 (111)
0-9 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (8-8): 0.4961 (144) 0-2 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (4-6): 0.5773 (49)
0-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (1-3): 0.5223 (122) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (4-13): 0.4948 (161)
0-3 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (9-4): 0.5669 (59) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5700 (14)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/16/2004	Home	W 83-78	vs. #131 Niagara
11/18/2004	Home	W 89-52	vs. #83 Pennsylvania
11/24/2004	Neut	L 67-79	vs. #5 Wake Forest
11/26/2004	Neut	W 72-63	vs. #128 Michigan
11/27/2004	Neut	L 66-84	vs. #16 Florida
11/30/2004	Home	L 54-60	vs. #92 Winthrop
12/4/2004	Home	W 65-58	vs. #271 Rhode Island
12/11/2004	Home	L 86-90	vs. #55 Wichita St
12/21/2004	Home	W 104-74	vs. #206 Maine
12/23/2004	Away	W 72-59	vs. #66 Memphis
12/31/2004	Away	W 76-67	vs. #163 San Diego St
1/3/2005	Home	W 79-63	vs. #239 Brown
1/8/2005	Away	L 60-69	vs. #17 Boston College
1/11/2005	Home	L 78-83	vs. #11 Villanova
1/15/2005	Home	L 71-75	vs. #18 Syracuse
1/19/2005	Away	L 67-72	vs. #132 Rutgers
1/26/2005	Home	L 75-78	vs. #17 Boston College
1/29/2005	Home	L 78-82	vs. #25 West Virginia
1/31/2005	Away	L 66-86	vs. #30 Pittsburgh
2/2/2005	Home	W 98-79	vs. #76 Virginia
2/5/2005	Away	L 81-89	vs. #11 Villanova
2/9/2005	Away	L 65-67	vs. #25 West Virginia
2/13/2005	Home	W 81-64	vs. #132 Rutgers
2/15/2005	Home	L 89-94	vs. #15 Connecticut
2/19/2005	Home	L 61-62	vs. #61 Notre Dame
2/23/2005	Away	W 67-54	vs. #123 Seton Hall
2/26/2005	Away	L 66-91	vs. #18 Syracuse
3/1/2005	Home	W 86-75	vs. #129 St Johns
3/5/2005	Away	W 68-65	vs. #57 Georgetown
3/9/2005	Neut	L 59-82	vs. #25 West Virginia

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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