NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TEXAS TECH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-11
Power Rating: 86.821
Ranking: 26

4-5 v #1-25
4-5 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (13-2): 86.454 (33) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 6-2 83.501 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 92.196 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 79.384

Away Ratings (5-5): 86.231 (31)
1-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 4-4 85.235
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 86.009
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 76.602

Neutral Ratings (4-4): 87.696 (38) 2-2 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-1 90.931 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-3 85.165 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 89.907

League Power Rankings (12-7): 87.173 (27)
3-4 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 6-2 83.501
Away Ratings: 4-4 85.235
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 90.931
Last Ten Ratings: 4-3 84.399

Non-League Power Ratings (10-4): 86.157 (31) 1-1 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-0 92.196 Away Ratings: 1-1 86.009 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 85.165 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.931

Wins Power Rankings: 89.300 (26)
4-5 v #1-25
4-5 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 13-2 88.487
Away Ratings: 5-5 89.018
Neutral Ratings: 4-4 90.159
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 90.057

Rankings: Points: 83.776 (29) 4-4 v #1-25 3-6 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 13-2 83.807 Away Ratings: 5-5 82.815 Neutral Ratings: 4-4 84.682 League Power Rankings: 12-7 83.788 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-4 83.757 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 83.565

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 87.220 (29)
2-2 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 1-1 79.384
Away Ratings: 1-1 76.602
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 89.907
League Power Rankings: 4-3 84.399
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 88.931

Home Advantage: 3.3813 (172)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1151 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2966 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4610 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5769 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6995 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8731 (59)

Upward Stability: 2.1620 (8)

Downward Stability: 2.3357 (10)

RPI
RPI: 0.5859 (27)
4-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
6-6 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (13-2): 0.5599 (55) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (5-5): 0.6134 (18)
1-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (4-4): 0.6113 (53) 1-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (12-7): 0.6063 (24)
3-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.5589 (66) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5621 (21)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Home	W 119-55	vs. #270 NC Asheville
11/23/2004	Away	L 68-83	vs. #79 TCU
11/27/2004	Home	W 93-41	vs. #318 Centenary
12/1/2004	Home	W 105-67	vs. #144 SMU
12/4/2004	Away	W 72-57	vs. #58 Texas El Paso
12/7/2004	Home	W 81-65	vs. #275 Northrn Arizona
12/16/2004	Neut	L 71-77	vs. #36 Ohio St
12/21/2004	Neut	L 53-83	vs. #31 Iowa
12/29/2004	Home	W 98-56	vs. #213 Georgia St
1/1/2005	Home	W 97-53	vs. #108 San Francisco
1/4/2005	Home	W 88-68	vs. #316 Northern Colorado
1/8/2005	Home	L 66-76	vs. #10 Oklahoma St
1/12/2005	Away	W 79-76	vs. #67 Kansas St
1/15/2005	Home	W 70-56	vs. #46 Texas AM
1/19/2005	Away	W 78-62	vs. #86 Missouri
1/25/2005	Away	L 73-80	vs. #39 Texas
1/29/2005	Home	W 84-68	vs. #89 Nebraska
2/2/2005	Home	W 97-90	vs. #98 Colorado
2/5/2005	Away	W 88-81	vs. #20 Oklahoma
2/9/2005	Home	W 83-67	vs. #241 Baylor
2/12/2005	Away	L 68-81	vs. #38 Iowa St
2/14/2005	Home	W 80-79	vs. #12 Kansas
2/19/2005	Away	L 56-85	vs. #10 Oklahoma St
2/22/2005	Home	W 69-65	vs. #39 Texas
2/26/2005	Away	L 63-85	vs. #46 Texas AM
3/2/2005	Away	W 72-66	vs. #241 Baylor
3/5/2005	Home	L 54-74	vs. #20 Oklahoma
3/11/2005	Neut	W 64-56	vs. #38 Iowa St
3/12/2005	Neut	W 69-63	vs. #20 Oklahoma
3/13/2005	Neut	L 68-72	vs. #10 Oklahoma St
3/17/2005	Neut	W 78-66	vs. #42 UCLA
3/19/2005	Neut	W 71-69	vs. #14 Gonzaga
3/24/2005	Neut	L 60-65	vs. #25 West Virginia

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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