NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 8-16
Power Rating: 66.882
Ranking: 283

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

Home Ratings (7-3): 70.964 (223) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-2 65.648 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-1 74.148 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 65.648

Away Ratings (1-13): 60.679 (316)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-5 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 0-4 60.382
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-9 65.382
Last Ten Ratings: 1-5 64.382

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 66.882 (252) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-0 66.882 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 66.882 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 66.882

League Power Rankings (2-6): 61.851 (313)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-2 65.648
Away Ratings: 0-4 60.382
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 66.882
Last Ten Ratings: 2-4 65.617

Non-League Power Ratings (6-10): 69.980 (233) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 5-1 74.148 Away Ratings: 1-9 65.382 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 66.882 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 63.757

Wins Power Rankings: 65.017 (286)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
6-6 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-3 69.556
Away Ratings: 1-13 57.236
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 65.017
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 60.728

Rankings: Points: 69.039 (277) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 2-4 v #101-200 6-7 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-3 72.460 Away Ratings: 1-13 64.492 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 69.039 League Power Rankings: 2-6 65.874 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-10 71.058 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 66.953

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 63.554 (300)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-2 65.648
Away Ratings: 1-5 64.382
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 66.882
League Power Rankings: 2-4 65.617
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-3 63.757

Home Advantage: 14.094 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0399 (195)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1197 (211)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2093 (209)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2971 (217)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4231 (236)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7160 (253)

Upward Stability: 1.5373 (275)

Downward Stability: 1.2931 (290)

RPI
RPI: 0.4271 (289)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-8 v #101-200
5-5 v #201-330

RPI Home (7-3): 0.4719 (185) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-330

RPI Away (1-13): 0.3859 (316)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
1-6 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.4271 (228) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (2-6): 0.3441 (329)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (6-10): 0.4704 (193) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-6 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4634 (260)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/27/2004	Away	L 63-88	vs. #69 SW Missouri St
12/4/2004	Home	W 83-72	vs. #182 Sam Houston
12/7/2004	Away	L 66-74	vs. #180 Lamar
12/11/2004	Home	L 85-92	vs. #200 North Texas
12/20/2004	Home	W 69-57	vs. #228 Birmingham Southern
12/22/2004	Home	W 77-59	vs. #161 Wright St
12/23/2004	Home	W 76-73	vs. #291 Miss Valley St
12/29/2004	Away	L 54-74	vs. #90 Unlv
12/31/2004	Away	L 48-56	vs. #107 Northwestern
1/2/2005	Away	L 54-94	vs. #20 Oklahoma
1/5/2005	Away	L 51-84	vs. #87 Air Force
1/8/2005	Away	L 70-84	vs. #316 Northern Colorado
1/11/2005	Away	L 51-73	vs. #218 Utah Valley St
1/17/2005	Home	W 90-78	vs. #216 Tex San Antonio
1/20/2005	Away	W 64-54	vs. #324 Alcorn St
1/26/2005	Home	L 61-66	vs. #154 Texas A&M-CC
1/29/2005	Home	W 77-72	vs. #316 Northern Colorado
1/31/2005	Home	W 83-74	vs. #296 IPFW
2/5/2005	Away	L 70-72	vs. #154 Texas A&M-CC
2/7/2005	Away	L 54-90	vs. #53 Vanderbilt
2/17/2005	Away	L 69-78	vs. #228 Birmingham Southern
2/21/2005	Home	L 71-75	vs. #218 Utah Valley St
2/27/2005	Away	L 49-66	vs. #296 IPFW
3/1/2005	Away	L 61-78	vs. #293 New Mexico St

FUTURE GAMES

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