NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-8
Power Rating: 84.112
Ranking: 45

2-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
12-2 v #201-330

Home Ratings (14-1): 87.932 (24) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 8-1 85.393 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 95.612 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 85.924

Away Ratings (6-5): 80.049 (92)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
4-2 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 5-4 83.284
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 77.424
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 82.643

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 86.877 (43) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-0 93.987 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 79.768 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.846

League Power Rankings (15-5): 84.721 (40)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
5-2 v #101-200
9-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-1 85.393
Away Ratings: 5-4 83.284
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 93.987
Last Ten Ratings: 7-2 87.456

Non-League Power Ratings (9-3): 82.776 (63) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 6-0 95.612 Away Ratings: 1-1 77.424 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 79.768 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 78.362

Wins Power Rankings: 84.536 (54)
2-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
8-2 v #101-200
12-2 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 14-1 88.567
Away Ratings: 6-5 79.215
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 89.817
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 86.903

Rankings: Points: 83.813 (27) 1-1 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 10-3 v #101-200 12-2 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 14-1 87.665 Away Ratings: 6-5 81.508 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 83.243 League Power Rankings: 15-5 84.313 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-3 82.797 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 84.336

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 85.581 (37)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 4-1 85.924
Away Ratings: 1-1 82.643
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.846
League Power Rankings: 7-2 87.456
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 78.362

Home Advantage: 9.2826 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0450 (168)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1397 (168)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2389 (170)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3397 (174)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4880 (177)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7833 (177)

Upward Stability: 1.3420 (308)

Downward Stability: 1.7490 (191)

RPI
RPI: 0.5647 (50)
2-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
13-2 v #201-330

RPI Home (14-1): 0.5793 (39) 1-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 9-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (6-5): 0.5157 (148)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
4-2 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6395 (29) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (15-5): 0.5697 (47)
1-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
11-1 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (9-3): 0.5560 (70) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4981 (151)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2004	Neut	W 71-61	vs. #167 Geo Southern
11/20/2004	Neut	L 52-55	vs. #150 Central Florida
11/21/2004	Neut	W 64-57	vs. #107 Northwestern
11/27/2004	Home	W 81-55	vs. #249 UC Davis
12/1/2004	Home	W 71-57	vs. #179 BYU
12/4/2004	Home	W 71-45	vs. #19 Utah
12/7/2004	Away	L 59-64	vs. #296 IPFW
12/11/2004	Home	W 73-56	vs. #234 Weber St
12/18/2004	Away	W 84-62	vs. #179 BYU
12/23/2004	Away	L 62-69	vs. #255 Idaho
12/29/2004	Home	W 82-60	vs. #225 SO Carolina St
12/30/2004	Home	W 87-42	vs. #165 Loyola Marymnt
1/6/2005	Home	W 80-70	vs. #208 UC Santa Barbara
1/8/2005	Home	W 76-65	vs. #306 Cal Poly
1/13/2005	Away	L 66-73	vs. #23 Pacific
1/15/2005	Away	L 67-70	vs. #117 CS Northridge
1/20/2005	Home	W 84-60	vs. #101 CS Fullerton
1/22/2005	Home	W 77-52	vs. #265 UC Riverside
1/27/2005	Away	W 77-52	vs. #160 UC Irvine
1/29/2005	Away	W 75-44	vs. #227 Long Beach St
2/3/2005	Away	W 81-57	vs. #306 Cal Poly
2/5/2005	Away	W 80-50	vs. #208 UC Santa Barbara
2/10/2005	Home	W 77-57	vs. #117 CS Northridge
2/12/2005	Home	L 63-64	vs. #23 Pacific
2/17/2005	Away	W 73-48	vs. #265 UC Riverside
2/19/2005	Away	L 60-64	vs. #101 CS Fullerton
2/24/2005	Home	W 68-52	vs. #227 Long Beach St
2/26/2005	Home	W 87-49	vs. #160 UC Irvine
3/4/2005	Home	W 65-43	vs. #255 Idaho
3/11/2005	Neut	W 84-77	vs. #101 CS Fullerton
3/12/2005	Neut	W 65-52	vs. #23 Pacific
3/17/2005	Neut	L 53-66	vs. #9 Arizona

FUTURE GAMES

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