NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-8
Power Rating: 86.259
Ranking: 29

0-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
6-5 v #51-100
17-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (14-0): 90.072 (16) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 10-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 9-0 83.978 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-0 85.822 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 86.228

Away Ratings (8-6): 84.888 (41)
0-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 6-3 85.693
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-3 82.455
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 90.791

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 86.197 (48) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 81.541 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 88.978 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 84.634

League Power Rankings (16-4): 86.588 (30)
0-0 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 9-0 83.978
Away Ratings: 6-3 85.693
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.541
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 85.267

Non-League Power Ratings (10-4): 85.752 (34) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 6-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 5-0 85.822 Away Ratings: 2-3 82.455 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 88.978 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 89.353

Wins Power Rankings: 88.199 (29)
0-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
6-6 v #51-100
17-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 14-0 96.886
Away Ratings: 8-6 86.558
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 87.558
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 91.043

Rankings: Points: 83.810 (28) 0-1 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 5-4 v #51-100 17-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 14-0 84.849 Away Ratings: 8-6 82.931 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 84.654 League Power Rankings: 16-4 83.740 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-4 83.931 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 85.388

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 88.595 (22)
1-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-0 86.228
Away Ratings: 3-0 90.791
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 84.634
League Power Rankings: 6-1 85.267
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 89.353

Home Advantage: 8.6007 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0632 (105)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1971 (92)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3426 (83)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4846 (74)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6565 (61)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8985 (23)

Upward Stability: 1.8000 (151)

Downward Stability: 2.4696 (5)

RPI
RPI: 0.6112 (16)
0-1 v #1-25
4-3 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
11-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (14-0): 0.6423 (6) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (8-6): 0.5974 (31)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6202 (42) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI League (16-4): 0.6067 (23)
0-0 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-4 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.6174 (16) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 6-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5455 (49)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2004	Home	W 83-60	vs. #193 Tennessee St
11/26/2004	Neut	W 67-53	vs. #53 Vanderbilt
11/27/2004	Neut	W 68-62	vs. #58 Texas El Paso
11/29/2004	Away	L 64-66	vs. #138 Hawaii
12/7/2004	Away	L 53-70	vs. #112 Arkansas Lr
12/11/2004	Home	W 80-71	vs. #148 Murray St
12/14/2004	Home	W 54-42	vs. #161 Wright St
12/18/2004	Away	W 72-68	vs. #186 SE Missouri St
12/21/2004	Home	W 67-41	vs. #171 St Louis
12/23/2004	Home	W 61-49	vs. #109 Illinois St
12/30/2004	Home	W 81-69	vs. #113 Wyoming
1/2/2005	Home	W 51-45	vs. #126 Drake
1/5/2005	Away	L 61-63	vs. #73 Ul Lafayette
1/9/2005	Away	W 69-63	vs. #48 Creighton
1/12/2005	Away	W 69-57	vs. #174 Evansville
1/15/2005	Home	W 61-60	vs. #69 SW Missouri St
1/19/2005	Home	W 67-59	vs. #134 Bradley
1/22/2005	Away	L 56-58	vs. #55 Wichita St
1/26/2005	Away	L 77-92	vs. #69 SW Missouri St
1/29/2005	Home	W 79-55	vs. #174 Evansville
2/2/2005	Away	W 89-73	vs. #134 Bradley
2/5/2005	Away	L 61-67	vs. #56 Northern Iowa
2/7/2005	Away	W 58-57	vs. #126 Drake
2/9/2005	Home	W 64-53	vs. #157 Indiana St
2/12/2005	Home	W 71-67	vs. #48 Creighton
2/16/2005	Away	W 66-59	vs. #109 Illinois St
2/19/2005	Away	W 65-54	vs. #85 Kent
2/23/2005	Home	W 76-69	vs. #56 Northern Iowa
2/26/2005	Home	W 65-55	vs. #55 Wichita St
2/28/2005	Away	W 60-52	vs. #157 Indiana St
3/5/2005	Neut	W 64-49	vs. #157 Indiana St
3/6/2005	Neut	L 61-65	vs. #69 SW Missouri St
3/18/2005	Neut	W 65-56	vs. #50 St Marys CA
3/20/2005	Neut	L 77-85	vs. #10 Oklahoma St

FUTURE GAMES

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