NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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WESTRN CAROLINA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 5-22
Power Rating: 65.248
Ranking: 297

0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-10 v #101-200
4-6 v #201-330

Home Ratings (4-6): 67.099 (271) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-6 66.052 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 76.248 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 67.248

Away Ratings (1-13): 65.576 (293)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
1-3 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 1-7 68.435
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-6 65.748
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 69.912

Neutral Ratings (0-3): 50.498 (320) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 62.748 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 50.748 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 62.748

League Power Rankings (3-14): 64.927 (291)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-10 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-6 66.052
Away Ratings: 1-7 68.435
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 62.748
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 68.115

Non-League Power Ratings (2-8): 66.138 (281) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-3 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 2-0 76.248 Away Ratings: 0-6 65.748 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 50.748 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 65.248

Wins Power Rankings: 63.511 (293)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-10 v #101-200
4-6 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 4-6 65.621
Away Ratings: 1-13 64.152
Neutral Ratings: 0-3 41.011
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 64.402

Rankings: Points: 67.425 (297) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-10 v #101-200 4-6 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 4-6 68.886 Away Ratings: 1-13 67.496 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 57.988 League Power Rankings: 3-14 67.339 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-8 67.660 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 68.394

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 66.068 (283)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-6 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 1-3 67.248
Away Ratings: 1-4 69.912
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 62.748
League Power Rankings: 2-8 68.115
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 65.248

Home Advantage: 7.9940 (59)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0455 (165)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1391 (169)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2328 (176)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3306 (182)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4830 (180)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7926 (164)

Upward Stability: 1.5897 (257)

Downward Stability: 1.1208 (307)

RPI
RPI: 0.3942 (307)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-9 v #101-200
5-7 v #201-330

RPI Home (4-6): 0.4055 (288) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-4 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330

RPI Away (1-13): 0.4167 (294)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (0-3): 0.2426 (268) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-330

RPI League (3-14): 0.3910 (307)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-10 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (2-8): 0.4004 (297) 0-2 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-3 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4706 (242)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/14/2004	Away	L 64-75	vs. #97 Marquette
11/15/2004	Neut	L 63-78	vs. #226 Penn St
11/16/2004	Neut	L 74-90	vs. #307 Jacksonville St
11/19/2004	Away	L 66-97	vs. #21 Alabama
11/21/2004	Away	L 61-87	vs. #52 South Carolina
12/1/2004	Home	W 75-63	vs. #243 Liberty
12/4/2004	Away	L 71-85	vs. #270 NC Asheville
12/7/2004	Home	W 77-72	vs. #176 East Carolina
12/18/2004	Away	L 75-88	vs. #31 Iowa
12/21/2004	Away	L 60-65	vs. #289 The Citadel
12/27/2004	Away	L 49-89	vs. #13 Wisconsin
1/3/2005	Home	L 76-85	vs. #167 Geo Southern
1/8/2005	Away	L 61-81	vs. #140 Chattanooga
1/10/2005	Home	L 70-76	vs. #254 East Tenn St
1/15/2005	Away	L 54-66	vs. #159 NC Greensboro
1/19/2005	Home	L 57-80	vs. #77 Davidson
1/22/2005	Home	W 80-75	vs. #210 Wofford
1/29/2005	Home	W 71-67	vs. #268 Elon
1/31/2005	Away	L 66-73	vs. #187 Furman
2/3/2005	Away	L 68-77	vs. #147 Coll Of Charltn
2/7/2005	Home	L 71-74	vs. #168 Appalachian St
2/12/2005	Away	W 54-49	vs. #268 Elon
2/14/2005	Away	L 83-92	vs. #254 East Tenn St
2/17/2005	Home	L 66-75	vs. #140 Chattanooga
2/22/2005	Away	L 54-72	vs. #168 Appalachian St
2/26/2005	Home	L 76-79	vs. #159 NC Greensboro
3/2/2005	Neut	L 57-69	vs. #167 Geo Southern

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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