NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-13
Power Rating: 84.152
Ranking: 43

2-5 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
4-6 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (10-2): 86.543 (32) 2-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 7-2 84.957 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-0 81.527 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 85.543

Away Ratings (5-5): 86.008 (34)
0-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 4-4 87.504
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 80.715
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.012

Neutral Ratings (3-6): 79.277 (110) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-2 81.793 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-4 77.230 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 81.152

League Power Rankings (12-8): 85.875 (32)
2-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
4-5 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-2 84.957
Away Ratings: 4-4 87.504
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 81.793
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 85.410

Non-League Power Ratings (6-5): 79.738 (103) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 3-0 81.527 Away Ratings: 1-1 80.715 Neutral Ratings: 2-4 77.230 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 62.152

Wins Power Rankings: 86.086 (41)
2-5 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
4-6 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 10-2 88.992
Away Ratings: 5-5 88.219
Neutral Ratings: 3-6 80.445
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 86.570

Rankings: Points: 81.787 (51) 2-5 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 7-6 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 10-2 83.350 Away Ratings: 5-5 83.435 Neutral Ratings: 3-6 77.881 League Power Rankings: 12-8 83.252 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-5 77.998 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 81.920

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 84.504 (45)
1-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 4-1 85.543
Away Ratings: 1-1 85.012
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 81.152
League Power Rankings: 6-3 85.410
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 62.152

Home Advantage: 7.5330 (69)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1105 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2838 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4358 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5697 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7212 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9127 (9)

Upward Stability: 2.0125 (52)

Downward Stability: 2.2125 (24)

RPI
RPI: 0.5640 (51)
2-5 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
7-5 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (10-2): 0.5762 (43) 2-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (5-5): 0.6094 (21)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (3-6): 0.5074 (138) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (12-8): 0.5808 (40)
2-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
7-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (6-5): 0.5339 (110) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5601 (24)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Neut	W 93-83	vs. #108 San Francisco
11/22/2004	Neut	L 57-69	vs. #91 Tennessee
11/23/2004	Neut	W 62-53	vs. #179 BYU
11/24/2004	Neut	L 67-82	vs. #4 Louisville
11/28/2004	Away	L 76-86	vs. #127 Santa Clara
12/11/2004	Neut	L 53-78	vs. #6 Michigan St
12/13/2004	Away	W 56-52	vs. #102 Denver
12/18/2004	Home	W 72-62	vs. #249 UC Davis
12/22/2004	Home	W 71-54	vs. #260 Dartmouth
12/23/2004	Home	W 84-66	vs. #177 Montana
12/31/2004	Neut	L 51-60	vs. #75 Washington St
1/2/2005	Away	L 73-76	vs. #8 Washington
1/6/2005	Home	L 69-81	vs. #68 Arizona St
1/8/2005	Home	W 87-76	vs. #9 Arizona
1/15/2005	Away	W 74-58	vs. #121 California
1/20/2005	Away	W 75-64	vs. #42 UCLA
1/22/2005	Away	W 78-70	vs. #114 USC
1/27/2005	Home	W 69-65	vs. #93 Oregon St
1/29/2005	Home	W 88-69	vs. #78 Oregon
2/3/2005	Away	L 67-74	vs. #68 Arizona St
2/5/2005	Away	L 72-90	vs. #9 Arizona
2/12/2005	Home	W 71-56	vs. #121 California
2/17/2005	Home	W 71-62	vs. #114 USC
2/20/2005	Home	W 78-65	vs. #42 UCLA
2/24/2005	Away	L 83-84	vs. #93 Oregon St
2/26/2005	Away	W 58-56	vs. #78 Oregon
3/3/2005	Home	L 48-59	vs. #75 Washington St
3/5/2005	Home	W 77-67	vs. #8 Washington
3/10/2005	Neut	W 60-58	vs. #75 Washington St
3/11/2005	Neut	L 63-66	vs. #8 Washington
3/18/2005	Neut	L 70-93	vs. #34 Mississippi St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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