NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 15-13
Power Rating: 79.503
Ranking: 103

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

Home Ratings (10-1): 84.988 (45) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 8-1 80.644 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 86.441 Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 83.191

Away Ratings (3-10): 76.777 (140)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 3-6 80.859
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-4 72.628
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 82.246

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 76.488 (140) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 69.378 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 78.378 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 69.378

League Power Rankings (11-8): 80.031 (93)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-1 80.644
Away Ratings: 3-6 80.859
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 69.378
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 81.066

Non-League Power Ratings (4-5): 78.167 (127) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 2-0 86.441 Away Ratings: 0-4 72.628 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 78.378 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 83.503

Wins Power Rankings: 79.798 (108)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-6 v #51-100
8-5 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 10-1 87.330
Away Ratings: 3-10 76.107
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 76.751
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 82.330

Rankings: Points: 79.164 (89) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-5 v #51-100 7-6 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 10-1 81.929 Away Ratings: 3-10 78.109 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 76.179 League Power Rankings: 11-8 79.667 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-5 77.874 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 80.789

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 81.636 (78)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 5-0 83.191
Away Ratings: 2-2 82.246
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 69.378
League Power Rankings: 6-3 81.066
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 83.503

Home Advantage: 12.088 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0557 (132)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1694 (118)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2952 (116)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4253 (114)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6091 (99)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8751 (53)

Upward Stability: 1.9614 (75)

Downward Stability: 2.2144 (23)

RPI
RPI: 0.5333 (95)
0-1 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
5-2 v #201-330

RPI Home (10-1): 0.6091 (18) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (3-10): 0.4853 (206)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.5115 (131) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (11-8): 0.5423 (84)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
4-4 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (4-5): 0.5134 (132) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5228 (101)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Away	L 57-73	vs. #53 Vanderbilt
11/27/2004	Away	L 64-74	vs. #161 Wright St
12/1/2004	Away	L 71-73	vs. #176 East Carolina
12/7/2004	Home	W 83-75	vs. #37 Nevada
12/12/2004	Away	L 54-82	vs. #3 Duke
12/20/2004	Neut	L 65-70	vs. #133 Middle Tenn St
12/21/2004	Neut	W 81-58	vs. #252 Delaware
12/22/2004	Neut	W 68-65	vs. #124 Auburn
1/2/2005	Away	L 70-75	vs. #207 Eastern Mich
1/6/2005	Home	W 70-59	vs. #81 Akron
1/9/2005	Away	L 54-56	vs. #64 Buffalo
1/12/2005	Home	W 77-67	vs. #118 Ball St
1/15/2005	Away	W 83-74	vs. #212 Marshall
1/22/2005	Away	L 69-70	vs. #115 Bowling Green
1/26/2005	Away	L 68-76	vs. #74 Ohio
1/29/2005	Home	W 73-70	vs. #85 Kent
1/31/2005	Home	W 83-77	vs. #88 Western Mich
2/3/2005	Home	L 64-76	vs. #70 Miami Ohio
2/6/2005	Away	W 64-56	vs. #209 Central Mich
2/9/2005	Home	W 58-50	vs. #115 Bowling Green
2/12/2005	Home	W 74-58	vs. #149 Northern Ill
2/14/2005	Away	L 79-81	vs. #81 Akron
2/19/2005	Home	W 78-67	vs. #144 SMU
2/24/2005	Away	L 59-63	vs. #118 Ball St
2/26/2005	Home	W 68-44	vs. #209 Central Mich
3/2/2005	Away	W 81-75	vs. #149 Northern Ill
3/5/2005	Home	W 78-70	vs. #207 Eastern Mich
3/10/2005	Neut	L 72-85	vs. #64 Buffalo

FUTURE GAMES

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