NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RUTGERS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 9-19
Power Rating: 77.106
Ranking: 132

0-9 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-330

Home Ratings (6-8): 75.926 (153) 0-5 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-6 76.395 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-2 76.903 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 73.434

Away Ratings (2-10): 76.528 (144)
0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 0-8 76.137
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 81.856
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 75.200

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 84.543 (64) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 82.997 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 77.106 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 82.997

League Power Rankings (3-15): 75.645 (150)
0-8 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-6 76.395
Away Ratings: 0-8 76.137
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 82.997
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 76.465

Non-League Power Ratings (6-4): 80.262 (92) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 4-2 76.903 Away Ratings: 2-2 81.856 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 77.106 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 77.106

Wins Power Rankings: 77.411 (129)
0-9 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 6-8 75.582
Away Ratings: 2-10 76.856
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.161
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 77.090

Rankings: Points: 76.889 (133) 0-9 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-5 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 6-8 76.311 Away Ratings: 2-10 76.522 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.233 League Power Rankings: 3-15 76.022 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-4 78.709 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 74.952

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 76.129 (143)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 1-3 73.434
Away Ratings: 0-4 75.200
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 82.997
League Power Rankings: 2-8 76.465
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 77.106

Home Advantage: 2.0631 (211)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1106 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2928 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4644 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5984 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7348 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9089 (13)

Upward Stability: 1.8342 (130)

Downward Stability: 1.3731 (282)

RPI
RPI: 0.4893 (173)
0-8 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
5-6 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-330

RPI Home (6-8): 0.4740 (179) 0-3 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330

RPI Away (2-10): 0.4939 (190)
0-3 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5865 (69) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (3-15): 0.4597 (230)
0-4 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (6-4): 0.5400 (103) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5561 (33)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2004	Away	W 73-71	vs. #41 Charlotte
11/27/2004	Home	W 66-58	vs. #50 St Marys CA
12/1/2004	Home	L 80-83	vs. #226 Penn St
12/4/2004	Home	L 62-70	vs. #13 Wisconsin
12/8/2004	Away	L 40-53	vs. #156 Princeton
12/11/2004	Home	W 72-58	vs. #271 Rhode Island
12/18/2004	Home	W 63-58	vs. #280 Norfolk St
12/22/2004	Home	W 88-57	vs. #194 Fair Dickinson
12/28/2004	Away	W 76-66	vs. #67 Kansas St
12/31/2004	Away	L 53-70	vs. #87 Air Force
1/8/2005	Home	L 63-66	vs. #30 Pittsburgh
1/11/2005	Away	L 55-62	vs. #57 Georgetown
1/15/2005	Away	L 64-78	vs. #15 Connecticut
1/19/2005	Home	W 72-67	vs. #82 Providence
1/22/2005	Away	L 58-74	vs. #123 Seton Hall
1/24/2005	Home	L 84-86	vs. #18 Syracuse
1/29/2005	Home	L 61-94	vs. #11 Villanova
2/2/2005	Away	L 52-53	vs. #129 St Johns
2/5/2005	Home	L 56-61	vs. #57 Georgetown
2/8/2005	Home	W 62-61	vs. #123 Seton Hall
2/13/2005	Away	L 64-81	vs. #82 Providence
2/16/2005	Away	L 64-74	vs. #17 Boston College
2/19/2005	Home	L 63-85	vs. #15 Connecticut
2/26/2005	Away	L 58-76	vs. #25 West Virginia
3/2/2005	Away	L 56-66	vs. #61 Notre Dame
3/5/2005	Home	L 66-78	vs. #17 Boston College
3/9/2005	Neut	W 72-65	vs. #61 Notre Dame
3/10/2005	Neut	L 57-81	vs. #18 Syracuse

FUTURE GAMES

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