NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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NORTH CAROLINA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 33-4
Power Rating: 97.615
Ranking: 2

8-3 v #1-25
7-0 v #26-50
9-0 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (15-0): 102.11 (1) 3-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 8-0 96.865 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 101.24 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 91.021

Away Ratings (8-2): 97.333 (2)
1-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 6-2 95.990
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 97.677
Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 97.615

Neutral Ratings (10-2): 96.349 (4) 4-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-1 86.615 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-1 96.443 Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 96.021

League Power Rankings (15-3): 95.267 (2)
2-3 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-0 96.865
Away Ratings: 6-2 95.990
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.615
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 88.466

Non-League Power Ratings (18-1): 101.07 (1) 6-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-0 101.24 Away Ratings: 2-0 97.677 Neutral Ratings: 9-1 96.443 Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 99.755

Wins Power Rankings: 101.55 (2)
8-3 v #1-25
7-0 v #26-50
9-0 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 15-0 109.80
Away Ratings: 8-2 100.96
Neutral Ratings: 10-2 100.54
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 104.31

Rankings: Points: 92.937 (2) 10-3 v #1-25 5-0 v #26-50 11-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 15-0 96.343 Away Ratings: 8-2 92.921 Neutral Ratings: 10-2 91.359 League Power Rankings: 15-3 92.003 Non-League Power Ratings: 18-1 94.109 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 92.246

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 98.748 (1)
5-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-0 91.021
Away Ratings: 0-0 97.615
Neutral Ratings: 7-1 96.021
League Power Rankings: 3-1 88.466
Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 99.755

Home Advantage: 9.1279 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1449 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3370 (5)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4941 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6169 (1)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7513 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9222 (4)

Upward Stability: 1.1265 (319)

Downward Stability: 1.7098 (216)

RPI
RPI: 0.6582 (2)
8-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
14-0 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (15-0): 0.6664 (2) 3-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (8-2): 0.6709 (1)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (10-2): 0.6501 (21) 4-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (15-3): 0.6507 (3)
1-2 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (18-1): 0.6651 (4) 6-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5762 (9)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Neut	L 66-77	vs. #127 Santa Clara
11/22/2004	Neut	W 86-50	vs. #179 BYU
11/23/2004	Neut	W 94-81	vs. #91 Tennessee
11/24/2004	Neut	W 106-92	vs. #31 Iowa
11/28/2004	Home	W 97-65	vs. #114 USC
12/1/2004	Away	W 70-63	vs. #62 Indiana
12/4/2004	Home	W 91-78	vs. #7 Kentucky
12/12/2004	Home	W 109-60	vs. #158 Loyola Chi
12/19/2004	Away	W 85-51	vs. #72 Virginia Tech
12/21/2004	Home	W 93-65	vs. #40 Vermont
12/28/2004	Home	W 96-75	vs. #139 NC Wilmington
12/30/2004	Home	W 107-64	vs. #230 Cleveland St
1/2/2005	Home	W 105-66	vs. #295 William & Mary
1/8/2005	Home	W 109-75	vs. #44 Maryland
1/12/2005	Home	W 91-69	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
1/15/2005	Away	L 82-95	vs. #5 Wake Forest
1/19/2005	Away	W 77-58	vs. #59 Clemson
1/22/2005	Home	W 87-67	vs. #65 Miami Fla
1/29/2005	Away	W 110-76	vs. #76 Virginia
2/3/2005	Home	W 95-71	vs. #27 North Carolina St
2/6/2005	Away	W 81-60	vs. #105 Florida St
2/9/2005	Away	L 70-71	vs. #3 Duke
2/13/2005	Away	W 77-70	vs. #15 Connecticut
2/16/2005	Home	W 85-61	vs. #76 Virginia
2/19/2005	Home	W 88-56	vs. #59 Clemson
2/22/2005	Away	W 81-71	vs. #27 North Carolina St
2/27/2005	Away	W 85-83	vs. #44 Maryland
3/3/2005	Home	W 91-76	vs. #105 Florida St
3/6/2005	Home	W 75-73	vs. #3 Duke
3/11/2005	Neut	W 88-81	vs. #59 Clemson
3/12/2005	Neut	L 75-78	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
3/18/2005	Neut	W 96-68	vs. #184 Oakland
3/20/2005	Neut	W 92-65	vs. #38 Iowa St
3/25/2005	Neut	W 67-66	vs. #11 Villanova
3/27/2005	Neut	W 88-82	vs. #13 Wisconsin
4/2/2005	Neut	W 87-71	vs. #6 Michigan St
4/4/2005	Neut	W 75-70	vs. #1 Illinois

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

Opp. Rating

(Opp. Specific Rating)