NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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VERMONT
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-7
Power Rating: 84.496
Ranking: 40

1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
19-1 v #201-330

Home Ratings (13-0): 86.714 (29) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 10-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 10-0 81.636 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-0 81.058 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 80.902

Away Ratings (10-6): 82.648 (59)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
8-1 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 8-2 82.167
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-4 83.136
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 77.355

Neutral Ratings (2-1): 89.292 (32) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 1-0 82.371 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 88.121 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 87.589

League Power Rankings (19-2): 84.265 (49)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
15-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 10-0 81.636
Away Ratings: 8-2 82.167
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 82.371
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 78.628

Non-League Power Ratings (6-5): 84.894 (42) 1-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 3-0 81.058 Away Ratings: 2-4 83.136 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.121 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 85.683

Wins Power Rankings: 86.548 (38)
1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
18-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 13-0 93.048
Away Ratings: 10-6 83.845
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 92.626
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 85.423

Rankings: Points: 82.165 (44) 1-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 10-2 v #101-200 13-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 13-0 82.689 Away Ratings: 10-6 81.298 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 85.025 League Power Rankings: 19-2 81.990 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-5 82.494 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 80.236

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 83.027 (61)
1-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 3-0 80.902
Away Ratings: 2-2 77.355
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 87.589
League Power Rankings: 6-1 78.628
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 85.683

Home Advantage: 6.8270 (83)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0662 (97)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1628 (132)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2538 (151)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3426 (171)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4800 (184)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7681 (193)

Upward Stability: 1.2554 (313)

Downward Stability: 1.5585 (250)

RPI
RPI: 0.6064 (21)
1-3 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
7-2 v #101-200
12-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (13-0): 0.6237 (14) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (10-6): 0.6047 (27)
0-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.6226 (40) 1-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (19-2): 0.6098 (20)
0-0 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
9-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (6-5): 0.5962 (36) 0-3 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5292 (82)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Away	L 61-68	vs. #12 Kansas
11/26/2004	Home	W 90-70	vs. #263 Marist
11/28/2004	Home	W 79-57	vs. #211 Iona
12/4/2004	Away	L 64-67	vs. #173 American
12/19/2004	Home	W 83-53	vs. #202 Binghamton
12/21/2004	Away	L 65-93	vs. #2 North Carolina
12/28/2004	Away	W 77-52	vs. #299 Siena
12/30/2004	Away	W 64-59	vs. #63 Holy Cross
1/2/2005	Home	W 89-45	vs. #292 Hartford
1/5/2005	Away	W 75-60	vs. #106 Northeastern
1/8/2005	Home	W 67-66	vs. #206 Maine
1/10/2005	Home	W 78-68	vs. #260 Dartmouth
1/12/2005	Away	W 76-59	vs. #245 Stony Brook
1/16/2005	Home	W 69-58	vs. #111 Boston U
1/19/2005	Away	W 64-54	vs. #274 New Hampshire
1/22/2005	Home	W 62-45	vs. #201 Albany NY
1/27/2005	Away	W 71-44	vs. #202 Binghamton
1/30/2005	Away	W 75-55	vs. #292 Hartford
2/2/2005	Away	W 80-70	vs. #278 Umbc
2/5/2005	Home	W 72-64	vs. #106 Northeastern
2/9/2005	Home	W 82-55	vs. #245 Stony Brook
2/12/2005	Away	L 55-61	vs. #111 Boston U
2/16/2005	Away	W 71-63	vs. #201 Albany NY
2/19/2005	Away	L 64-74	vs. #37 Nevada
2/21/2005	Home	W 81-67	vs. #274 New Hampshire
2/24/2005	Home	W 66-61	vs. #278 Umbc
2/27/2005	Away	L 66-87	vs. #206 Maine
3/5/2005	Neut	W 76-61	vs. #278 Umbc
3/6/2005	Away	W 76-65	vs. #202 Binghamton
3/12/2005	Home	W 80-57	vs. #106 Northeastern
3/18/2005	Neut	W 60-57	vs. #18 Syracuse
3/20/2005	Neut	L 61-72	vs. #6 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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