NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-11
Power Rating: 83.674
Ranking: 49

0-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-330

Home Ratings (11-3): 81.674 (76) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 5-3 78.674 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 90.111 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 76.127

Away Ratings (7-5): 83.256 (54)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 5-3 83.994
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 76.799
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 86.236

Neutral Ratings (4-3): 86.541 (45) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 85.705 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-2 86.166 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 86.736

League Power Rankings (11-7): 82.877 (63)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 5-3 78.674
Away Ratings: 5-3 83.994
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 85.705
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 82.838

Non-League Power Ratings (11-4): 85.072 (39) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 6-0 90.111 Away Ratings: 2-2 76.799 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 86.166 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 87.518

Wins Power Rankings: 85.195 (47)
0-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
7-3 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 11-3 81.828
Away Ratings: 7-5 85.227
Neutral Ratings: 4-3 88.711
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 87.602

Rankings: Points: 81.817 (50) 0-5 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 8-1 v #51-100 7-3 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 11-3 81.309 Away Ratings: 7-5 80.887 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 83.809 League Power Rankings: 11-7 81.137 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-4 82.957 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 82.371

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 85.240 (39)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-1 76.127
Away Ratings: 2-1 86.236
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 86.736
League Power Rankings: 5-3 82.838
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 87.518

Home Advantage: 1.0174 (240)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0812 (77)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2238 (75)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3537 (77)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4787 (77)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6364 (78)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8736 (58)

Upward Stability: 1.8817 (100)

Downward Stability: 2.2609 (17)

RPI
RPI: 0.5626 (54)
0-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
7-2 v #201-330

RPI Home (11-3): 0.5381 (81) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (7-5): 0.5566 (72)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (4-3): 0.6124 (52) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (11-7): 0.5409 (87)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (11-4): 0.5917 (41) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5280 (90)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/27/2004	Home	W 79-55	vs. #125 VA Commonwealth
11/29/2004	Home	W 66-54	vs. #155 Louisiana Tech
12/2/2004	Home	W 80-66	vs. #89 Nebraska
12/4/2004	Away	W 81-78	vs. #212 Marshall
12/10/2004	Away	L 73-86	vs. #10 Oklahoma St
12/15/2004	Home	W 107-76	vs. #219 Belmont
12/17/2004	Away	L 81-96	vs. #141 Richmond
12/21/2004	Neut	W 78-66	vs. #59 Clemson
12/22/2004	Neut	L 78-81	vs. #114 USC
12/23/2004	Neut	W 84-77	vs. #80 Oral Roberts
12/28/2004	Home	W 100-68	vs. #284 Alabama A&M
12/31/2004	Away	W 82-76	vs. #231 South Alabama
1/2/2005	Home	W 100-80	vs. #148 Murray St
1/5/2005	Home	W 83-75	vs. #215 SO Mississippi
1/8/2005	Away	W 62-61	vs. #135 South Florida
1/12/2005	Home	L 85-91	vs. #41 Charlotte
1/15/2005	Away	W 76-64	vs. #176 East Carolina
1/19/2005	Away	L 73-76	vs. #217 Tulane
1/22/2005	Home	W 73-70	vs. #66 Memphis
1/29/2005	Home	W 85-71	vs. #135 South Florida
2/2/2005	Away	W 86-63	vs. #97 Marquette
2/5/2005	Home	L 73-77	vs. #4 Louisville
2/12/2005	Away	L 65-76	vs. #79 TCU
2/16/2005	Home	L 64-67	vs. #176 East Carolina
2/19/2005	Away	L 69-72	vs. #22 Cincinnati
2/23/2005	Away	W 64-62	vs. #171 St Louis
2/26/2005	Home	W 87-58	vs. #217 Tulane
3/2/2005	Home	W 81-80	vs. #60 DePaul
3/5/2005	Away	W 71-66	vs. #94 Houston
3/10/2005	Neut	W 59-56	vs. #60 DePaul
3/11/2005	Neut	L 67-74	vs. #4 Louisville
3/17/2005	Neut	W 82-68	vs. #32 LSU
3/19/2005	Neut	L 63-85	vs. #9 Arizona

FUTURE GAMES

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