NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-6
Power Rating: 92.548
Ranking: 5

5-4 v #1-25
6-1 v #26-50
8-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (16-0): 99.142 (3) 3-0 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 8-0 95.626 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 87.079 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 93.860

Away Ratings (8-4): 92.954 (5)
1-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 5-3 91.298
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 93.860
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 90.813

Neutral Ratings (3-2): 85.392 (56) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-1 70.798 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 88.360 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 81.548

League Power Rankings (13-4): 92.423 (4)
3-2 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 8-0 95.626
Away Ratings: 5-3 91.298
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 70.798
Last Ten Ratings: 5-2 88.454

Non-League Power Ratings (14-2): 92.790 (7) 2-2 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-0 87.079 Away Ratings: 3-1 93.860 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 88.360 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 84.892

Wins Power Rankings: 95.810 (5)
5-4 v #1-25
6-1 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 16-0 109.12
Away Ratings: 8-4 96.208
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.364
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 91.052

Rankings: Points: 88.563 (6) 7-4 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 9-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 16-0 91.954 Away Ratings: 8-4 89.017 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 83.079 League Power Rankings: 13-4 88.915 Non-League Power Ratings: 14-2 87.946 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 85.317

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 88.493 (24)
2-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 4-0 93.860
Away Ratings: 2-1 90.813
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 81.548
League Power Rankings: 5-2 88.454
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 84.892

Home Advantage: 12.221 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1380 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3214 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4725 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5919 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7197 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8793 (46)

Upward Stability: 1.3883 (302)

Downward Stability: 1.9191 (108)

RPI
RPI: 0.6365 (8)
4-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
12-1 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (16-0): 0.6461 (3) 2-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (8-4): 0.6604 (4)
2-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (3-2): 0.6029 (57) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330

RPI League (13-4): 0.6377 (8)
2-1 v #1-25
3-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (14-2): 0.6351 (11) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5674 (17)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2004	Home	W 97-76	vs. #47 Geo Washington
11/18/2004	Home	W 81-67	vs. #125 VA Commonwealth
11/22/2004	Home	W 99-72	vs. #214 Yale
11/24/2004	Neut	W 79-67	vs. #82 Providence
11/26/2004	Neut	W 63-60	vs. #9 Arizona
12/1/2004	Away	L 73-91	vs. #1 Illinois
12/4/2004	Home	W 90-73	vs. #141 Richmond
12/13/2004	Away	W 67-64	vs. #99 Temple
12/15/2004	Home	W 85-67	vs. #268 Elon
12/18/2004	Home	W 89-88	vs. #39 Texas
12/22/2004	Away	W 81-64	vs. #33 New Mexico
12/30/2004	Home	W 98-76	vs. #320 NO Carolina A&T
1/2/2005	Away	W 89-70	vs. #76 Virginia
1/8/2005	Away	W 103-68	vs. #59 Clemson
1/11/2005	Home	W 81-66	vs. #44 Maryland
1/15/2005	Home	W 95-82	vs. #2 North Carolina
1/18/2005	Away	L 83-91	vs. #105 Florida St
1/22/2005	Away	W 74-70	vs. #22 Cincinnati
1/27/2005	Away	L 101-102	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
1/29/2005	Home	W 94-82	vs. #65 Miami Fla
2/2/2005	Home	W 92-89	vs. #3 Duke
2/5/2005	Away	W 83-63	vs. #72 Virginia Tech
2/10/2005	Home	W 86-75	vs. #27 North Carolina St
2/12/2005	Home	W 87-48	vs. #105 Florida St
2/15/2005	Away	W 68-63	vs. #65 Miami Fla
2/20/2005	Away	L 92-102	vs. #3 Duke
2/23/2005	Home	W 88-47	vs. #328 Longwood
2/27/2005	Home	W 90-68	vs. #76 Virginia
3/2/2005	Home	W 98-91	vs. #24 Georgia Tech
3/6/2005	Away	W 55-53	vs. #27 North Carolina St
3/11/2005	Neut	L 65-81	vs. #27 North Carolina St
3/17/2005	Neut	W 70-54	vs. #140 Chattanooga
3/19/2005	Neut	L 105-111	vs. #25 West Virginia

FUTURE GAMES

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