NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-14
Power Rating: 83.190
Ranking: 53

1-5 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
8-4 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (17-2): 88.323 (22) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 6-2 85.112 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-0 88.831 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 86.596

Away Ratings (3-8): 82.323 (64)
0-3 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 2-6 83.956
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 83.690
Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 85.479

Neutral Ratings (0-4): 65.878 (257) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 73.940 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-3 69.190 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 73.940

League Power Rankings (8-9): 82.608 (67)
1-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 6-2 85.112
Away Ratings: 2-6 83.956
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 73.940
Last Ten Ratings: 4-3 84.745

Non-League Power Ratings (12-5): 83.940 (47) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-3 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 11-0 88.831 Away Ratings: 1-2 83.690 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 69.190 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 83.706

Wins Power Rankings: 84.114 (57)
1-5 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
8-4 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 17-2 90.247
Away Ratings: 3-8 83.325
Neutral Ratings: 0-4 60.239
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 86.055

Rankings: Points: 82.112 (46) 1-5 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 8-4 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 17-2 85.807 Away Ratings: 3-8 81.510 Neutral Ratings: 0-4 70.112 League Power Rankings: 8-9 81.917 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-5 82.378 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 82.850

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 84.604 (43)
0-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 4-0 86.596
Away Ratings: 2-3 85.479
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 73.940
League Power Rankings: 4-3 84.745
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 83.706

Home Advantage: 14.195 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0907 (67)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2449 (65)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3886 (64)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5119 (60)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6679 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8876 (32)

Upward Stability: 2.1501 (9)

Downward Stability: 2.2837 (14)

RPI
RPI: 0.5512 (69)
1-6 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-330

RPI Home (17-2): 0.6067 (19) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (3-8): 0.5369 (110)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (0-4): 0.4053 (239) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (8-9): 0.5302 (101)
1-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (12-5): 0.5748 (51) 0-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5503 (40)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Home	W 73-57	vs. #103 Toledo
11/21/2004	Home	W 87-65	vs. #193 Tennessee St
11/23/2004	Home	W 93-75	vs. #117 CS Northridge
11/26/2004	Neut	L 53-67	vs. #29 Southern Ill
11/27/2004	Neut	L 68-87	vs. #68 Arizona St
12/1/2004	Home	W 74-58	vs. #199 Austin Peay
12/4/2004	Neut	L 65-75	vs. #78 Oregon
12/9/2004	Away	L 72-88	vs. #22 Cincinnati
12/18/2004	Home	W 78-55	vs. #79 TCU
12/20/2004	Home	W 86-54	vs. #209 Central Mich
12/22/2004	Home	W 68-51	vs. #168 Appalachian St
12/29/2004	Home	W 90-74	vs. #120 Dayton
1/2/2005	Home	W 71-44	vs. #73 Ul Lafayette
1/5/2005	Home	W 70-56	vs. #21 Alabama
1/8/2005	Away	W 88-63	vs. #91 Tennessee
1/12/2005	Away	L 54-69	vs. #7 Kentucky
1/15/2005	Home	L 65-82	vs. #16 Florida
1/22/2005	Away	L 59-68	vs. #196 Georgia
1/26/2005	Away	L 63-68	vs. #52 South Carolina
1/29/2005	Home	W 73-51	vs. #116 Mississippi
2/2/2005	Home	W 67-62	vs. #91 Tennessee
2/5/2005	Home	L 70-84	vs. #7 Kentucky
2/7/2005	Home	W 90-54	vs. #283 TX Pan American
2/12/2005	Away	L 54-60	vs. #34 Mississippi St
2/16/2005	Away	W 67-43	vs. #124 Auburn
2/19/2005	Home	W 79-65	vs. #71 Arkansas
2/23/2005	Away	L 61-69	vs. #16 Florida
2/26/2005	Home	W 65-37	vs. #196 Georgia
3/2/2005	Home	W 75-65	vs. #52 South Carolina
3/5/2005	Away	L 69-81	vs. #32 LSU
3/10/2005	Neut	L 73-77	vs. #124 Auburn
3/16/2005	Away	W 67-60	vs. #62 Indiana
3/21/2005	Home	W 65-63	vs. #55 Wichita St
3/23/2005	Away	L 68-81	vs. #66 Memphis

FUTURE GAMES

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