NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 28-6
Power Rating: 91.755
Ranking: 7

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

Home Ratings (14-1): 90.411 (14) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 8-0 88.942 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-1 84.099 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 88.755

Away Ratings (7-3): 93.114 (4)
2-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 6-2 90.935
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 95.692
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 94.536

Neutral Ratings (7-2): 91.185 (20) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-1 85.224 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-1 92.396 Last Ten Ratings: 5-2 88.942

League Power Rankings (16-3): 91.474 (8)
2-2 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-0 88.942
Away Ratings: 6-2 90.935
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 85.224
Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 89.231

Non-League Power Ratings (12-3): 92.271 (10) 3-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 6-1 84.099 Away Ratings: 1-1 95.692 Neutral Ratings: 5-1 92.396 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 91.708

Wins Power Rankings: 95.028 (7)
5-5 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 14-1 93.278
Away Ratings: 7-3 96.755
Neutral Ratings: 7-2 94.122
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 94.239

Rankings: Points: 87.718 (8) 5-5 v #1-25 5-0 v #26-50 6-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 14-1 86.866 Away Ratings: 7-3 88.690 Neutral Ratings: 7-2 87.358 League Power Rankings: 16-3 87.108 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-3 88.827 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 87.733

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 91.341 (13)
1-3 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 1-0 88.755
Away Ratings: 1-1 94.536
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 88.942
League Power Rankings: 4-2 89.231
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 91.708

Home Advantage: 2.0206 (213)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1228 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2941 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4419 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5612 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6945 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8764 (51)

Upward Stability: 1.4778 (284)

Downward Stability: 2.0305 (69)

RPI
RPI: 0.6357 (9)
5-5 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (14-1): 0.6001 (24) 3-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (7-3): 0.6612 (3)
2-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (7-2): 0.6700 (13) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (16-3): 0.6411 (7)
4-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6285 (13) 1-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5712 (13)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/2004	Home	W 77-46	vs. #237 Coppin St
11/23/2004	Neut	W 73-53	vs. #118 Ball St
11/26/2004	Home	W 77-59	vs. #213 Georgia St
11/30/2004	Home	W 92-63	vs. #172 Tennessee Tech
12/4/2004	Away	L 78-91	vs. #2 North Carolina
12/8/2004	Home	W 71-40	vs. #287 Morehead St
12/11/2004	Neut	W 73-58	vs. #62 Indiana
12/18/2004	Away	W 60-58	vs. #4 Louisville
12/22/2004	Home	W 92-47	vs. #295 William & Mary
12/29/2004	Home	W 82-50	vs. #322 Campbell
1/5/2005	Home	W 79-75	vs. #52 South Carolina
1/9/2005	Home	L 59-65	vs. #12 Kansas
1/12/2005	Home	W 69-54	vs. #53 Vanderbilt
1/15/2005	Away	W 76-55	vs. #196 Georgia
1/19/2005	Away	W 53-50	vs. #116 Mississippi
1/22/2005	Home	W 89-58	vs. #32 LSU
1/25/2005	Away	W 84-62	vs. #91 Tennessee
1/29/2005	Away	W 68-67	vs. #71 Arkansas
2/5/2005	Away	W 84-70	vs. #53 Vanderbilt
2/8/2005	Home	W 69-66	vs. #16 Florida
2/12/2005	Home	W 60-51	vs. #196 Georgia
2/15/2005	Away	L 61-73	vs. #52 South Carolina
2/19/2005	Home	W 94-78	vs. #34 Mississippi St
2/23/2005	Home	W 81-73	vs. #124 Auburn
2/26/2005	Away	W 78-71	vs. #21 Alabama
3/2/2005	Home	W 73-61	vs. #91 Tennessee
3/6/2005	Away	L 52-53	vs. #16 Florida
3/11/2005	Neut	W 76-62	vs. #91 Tennessee
3/12/2005	Neut	W 79-78	vs. #32 LSU
3/13/2005	Neut	L 53-70	vs. #16 Florida
3/17/2005	Neut	W 72-64	vs. #130 Eastern KY
3/19/2005	Neut	W 69-60	vs. #22 Cincinnati
3/25/2005	Neut	W 62-52	vs. #19 Utah
3/27/2005	Neut	L 88-94	vs. #6 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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