NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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WISC MILWAUKEE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-6
Power Rating: 86.621
Ranking: 28

2-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
16-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

Home Ratings (11-1): 82.261 (69) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 9-1 78.816 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 81.871 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 78.996

Away Ratings (11-3): 86.003 (35)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
9-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 7-1 84.980
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-2 83.121
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 87.839

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 91.527 (19) 2-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-0 86.621 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 90.824 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 93.792

League Power Rankings (16-2): 84.582 (42)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
12-2 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 9-1 78.816
Away Ratings: 7-1 84.980
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 86.621
Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 82.871

Non-League Power Ratings (8-4): 88.617 (21) 2-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 2-0 81.871 Away Ratings: 4-2 83.121 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 90.824 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 92.542

Wins Power Rankings: 89.113 (27)
2-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
15-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 11-1 83.316
Away Ratings: 11-3 87.808
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 94.910
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 99.394

Rankings: Points: 83.742 (30) 2-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 16-3 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 11-1 80.742 Away Ratings: 11-3 83.742 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 87.328 League Power Rankings: 16-2 82.644 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-4 84.960 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 87.007

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 93.199 (7)
0-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 4-0 78.996
Away Ratings: 3-0 87.839
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 93.792
League Power Rankings: 6-0 82.871
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 92.542

Home Advantage: -1.159 (287)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0721 (90)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1831 (111)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2877 (123)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3939 (130)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5512 (130)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8179 (132)

Upward Stability: 1.2054 (314)

Downward Stability: 1.5254 (259)

RPI
RPI: 0.5789 (33)
2-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
12-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (11-1): 0.5447 (69) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (11-3): 0.5740 (56)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.6883 (9) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (16-2): 0.5621 (59)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.6067 (20) 2-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4980 (152)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/2004	Home	W 117-55	vs. #325 Prairie View
11/28/2004	Home	W 50-45	vs. #87 Air Force
12/4/2004	Away	W 75-67	vs. #143 Illinois Chi
12/7/2004	Away	W 57-47	vs. #171 St Louis
12/11/2004	Away	L 71-72	vs. #178 Valparaiso
12/15/2004	Away	L 37-66	vs. #13 Wisconsin
12/22/2004	Neut	L 62-73	vs. #12 Kansas
12/30/2004	Away	W 88-78	vs. #197 Manhattan
1/3/2005	Home	L 68-76	vs. #146 Detroit
1/6/2005	Away	W 71-68	vs. #181 Butler
1/8/2005	Home	W 73-56	vs. #158 Loyola Chi
1/12/2005	Away	W 65-42	vs. #310 Youngstown St
1/15/2005	Home	W 86-56	vs. #145 Wisc Green Bay
1/17/2005	Home	W 71-66	vs. #161 Wright St
1/20/2005	Home	W 85-65	vs. #230 Cleveland St
1/22/2005	Away	W 61-48	vs. #146 Detroit
1/26/2005	Away	W 73-68	vs. #152 Purdue
1/29/2005	Away	L 72-76	vs. #145 Wisc Green Bay
2/2/2005	Away	W 79-70	vs. #161 Wright St
2/5/2005	Home	W 85-75	vs. #143 Illinois Chi
2/10/2005	Away	W 74-67	vs. #158 Loyola Chi
2/12/2005	Home	W 90-67	vs. #310 Youngstown St
2/16/2005	Home	W 64-53	vs. #181 Butler
2/19/2005	Away	W 87-81	vs. #138 Hawaii
2/26/2005	Away	W 81-59	vs. #230 Cleveland St
3/5/2005	Home	W 94-76	vs. #158 Loyola Chi
3/8/2005	Home	W 59-58	vs. #146 Detroit
3/17/2005	Neut	W 83-73	vs. #21 Alabama
3/19/2005	Neut	W 83-75	vs. #17 Boston College
3/24/2005	Neut	L 63-77	vs. #1 Illinois

FUTURE GAMES

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