NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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SYRACUSE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-7
Power Rating: 88.992
Ranking: 18

4-4 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (16-2): 86.215 (34) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 6-2 84.446 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-0 84.992 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 84.367

Away Ratings (6-3): 90.422 (14)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 5-3 89.555
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 90.492
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 91.258

Neutral Ratings (5-2): 90.430 (26) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 3-0 95.055 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 86.133 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 90.227

League Power Rankings (14-5): 89.895 (13)
4-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 6-2 84.446
Away Ratings: 5-3 89.555
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 95.055
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 90.789

Non-League Power Ratings (13-2): 86.446 (30) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 10-0 84.992 Away Ratings: 1-0 90.492 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 86.133 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 81.492

Wins Power Rankings: 91.305 (18)
4-4 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 16-2 87.586
Away Ratings: 6-3 93.313
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 92.727
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 90.555

Rankings: Points: 86.254 (15) 2-6 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 11-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 16-2 84.442 Away Ratings: 6-3 87.067 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 87.668 League Power Rankings: 14-5 86.668 Non-League Power Ratings: 13-2 85.137 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 87.047

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 88.840 (21)
3-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-1 84.367
Away Ratings: 1-2 91.258
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 90.227
League Power Rankings: 6-3 90.789
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 81.492

Home Advantage: -0.400 (279)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0941 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2501 (61)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3871 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5050 (68)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6473 (69)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8615 (81)

Upward Stability: 1.5761 (264)

Downward Stability: 1.9683 (86)

RPI
RPI: 0.5985 (24)
2-5 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
13-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (16-2): 0.5729 (46) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 10-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (6-3): 0.6089 (22)
0-3 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (5-2): 0.6481 (24) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (14-5): 0.6050 (27)
1-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (13-2): 0.5925 (38) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5390 (62)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/11/2004	Home	W 104-54	vs. #316 Northern Colorado
11/12/2004	Home	W 56-45	vs. #156 Princeton
11/18/2004	Neut	W 71-58	vs. #34 Mississippi St
11/19/2004	Neut	W 77-62	vs. #66 Memphis
11/27/2004	Away	W 78-56	vs. #299 Siena
12/1/2004	Home	W 91-67	vs. #317 St Bonaventure
12/4/2004	Home	W 68-55	vs. #246 Colgate
12/7/2004	Neut	L 60-74	vs. #10 Oklahoma St
12/11/2004	Home	W 86-56	vs. #202 Binghamton
12/18/2004	Home	W 74-54	vs. #119 Drexel
12/20/2004	Home	W 82-69	vs. #221 Cornell
12/22/2004	Home	W 88-72	vs. #104 Rice
12/28/2004	Home	W 72-55	vs. #201 Albany NY
12/30/2004	Home	W 80-75	vs. #100 Hofstra
1/5/2005	Away	W 79-65	vs. #129 St Johns
1/8/2005	Home	W 75-50	vs. #123 Seton Hall
1/10/2005	Away	W 70-61	vs. #61 Notre Dame
1/15/2005	Away	W 75-71	vs. #82 Providence
1/18/2005	Home	W 78-73	vs. #57 Georgetown
1/22/2005	Home	W 72-64	vs. #25 West Virginia
1/24/2005	Away	W 86-84	vs. #132 Rutgers
1/29/2005	Away	L 69-76	vs. #30 Pittsburgh
2/5/2005	Home	W 60-57	vs. #61 Notre Dame
2/7/2005	Home	L 66-74	vs. #15 Connecticut
2/12/2005	Away	W 90-75	vs. #11 Villanova
2/14/2005	Home	L 64-68	vs. #30 Pittsburgh
2/19/2005	Away	L 60-65	vs. #17 Boston College
2/23/2005	Home	W 83-69	vs. #129 St Johns
2/26/2005	Home	W 91-66	vs. #82 Providence
3/5/2005	Away	L 70-88	vs. #15 Connecticut
3/10/2005	Neut	W 81-57	vs. #132 Rutgers
3/11/2005	Neut	W 67-63	vs. #15 Connecticut
3/12/2005	Neut	W 68-59	vs. #25 West Virginia
3/18/2005	Neut	L 57-60	vs. #40 Vermont

FUTURE GAMES

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