NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 12-16
Power Rating: 77.954
Ranking: 123

1-7 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (9-7): 76.868 (141) 1-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 3-5 77.501 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-2 74.243 Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 76.251

Away Ratings (3-8): 80.352 (85)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 1-7 81.118
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 83.954
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 79.517

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 71.204 (195) 0-0 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: 0-1 77.954 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 77.954 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 77.954

League Power Rankings (4-13): 77.384 (133)
1-7 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-5 77.501
Away Ratings: 1-7 81.118
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.954
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 77.415

Non-League Power Ratings (8-3): 79.126 (115) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 6-2 74.243 Away Ratings: 2-1 83.954 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 77.954 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 77.954

Wins Power Rankings: 78.169 (124)
1-7 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 9-7 77.036
Away Ratings: 3-8 81.122
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 64.919
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 75.942

Rankings: Points: 77.726 (118) 0-7 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-4 v #51-100 5-3 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 9-7 76.456 Away Ratings: 3-8 79.772 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 76.413 League Power Rankings: 4-13 77.784 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-3 77.601 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 76.233

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 76.071 (144)
1-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-3 76.251
Away Ratings: 0-4 79.517
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.954
League Power Rankings: 2-8 77.415
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 77.954

Home Advantage: 1.0877 (236)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1003 (51)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2618 (51)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4024 (49)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5237 (46)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6604 (58)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8736 (57)

Upward Stability: 1.7598 (177)

Downward Stability: 1.5574 (251)

RPI
RPI: 0.5004 (156)
0-6 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
5-5 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (9-7): 0.4900 (158) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-2 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-330

RPI Away (3-8): 0.5288 (121)
0-4 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (283) 0-0 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 (4-13): 0.4707 (210)
0-3 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.5456 (90) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5402 (57)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Home	L 71-77	vs. #141 Richmond
11/28/2004	Away	W 59-49	vs. #271 Rhode Island
12/2/2004	Home	W 70-50	vs. #222 Monmouth NJ
12/4/2004	Home	L 62-70	vs. #39 Texas
12/8/2004	Home	W 57-56	vs. #259 St Francis NY
12/11/2004	Home	W 82-78	vs. #189 St Peters
12/18/2004	Away	L 44-53	vs. #107 Northwestern
12/21/2004	Home	W 58-54	vs. #119 Drexel
12/29/2004	Away	W 73-63	vs. #77 Davidson
1/1/2005	Home	W 82-45	vs. #243 Liberty
1/3/2005	Home	W 70-57	vs. #288 Morgan St
1/5/2005	Home	L 65-66	vs. #61 Notre Dame
1/8/2005	Away	L 50-75	vs. #18 Syracuse
1/15/2005	Away	L 63-67	vs. #30 Pittsburgh
1/17/2005	Home	L 68-77	vs. #15 Connecticut
1/22/2005	Home	W 74-58	vs. #132 Rutgers
1/29/2005	Away	W 62-55	vs. #129 St Johns
2/2/2005	Away	L 51-61	vs. #57 Georgetown
2/5/2005	Home	L 52-60	vs. #17 Boston College
2/8/2005	Away	L 61-62	vs. #132 Rutgers
2/12/2005	Home	W 57-55	vs. #129 St Johns
2/17/2005	Home	L 52-66	vs. #11 Villanova
2/20/2005	Away	L 86-96	vs. #25 West Virginia
2/23/2005	Home	L 54-67	vs. #82 Providence
2/26/2005	Away	L 58-70	vs. #17 Boston College
3/2/2005	Away	L 58-79	vs. #11 Villanova
3/5/2005	Home	W 66-63	vs. #25 West Virginia
3/9/2005	Neut	L 51-56	vs. #57 Georgetown

FUTURE GAMES

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