NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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WISCONSIN
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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-9
Power Rating: 89.474
Ranking: 13

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

Home Ratings (15-1): 92.615 (7) 2-1 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 7-1 86.693 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 91.880 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 81.599

Away Ratings (5-6): 84.427 (46)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 4-4 87.037
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 79.005
Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 96.599

Neutral Ratings (5-2): 93.318 (10) 0-2 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 2-1 90.677 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 91.443 Last Ten Ratings: 5-2 91.115

League Power Rankings (13-6): 89.486 (16)
1-4 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-1 86.693
Away Ratings: 4-4 87.037
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 90.677
Last Ten Ratings: 5-1 89.599

Non-League Power Ratings (12-3): 89.459 (18) 1-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 8-0 91.880 Away Ratings: 1-2 79.005 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 91.443 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 91.443

Wins Power Rankings: 92.382 (11)
2-5 v #1-25
8-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 15-1 97.586
Away Ratings: 5-6 85.961
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 97.281
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 98.304

Rankings: Points: 85.925 (18) 3-5 v #1-25 7-1 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 9-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 15-1 87.277 Away Ratings: 5-6 82.695 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 88.464 League Power Rankings: 13-6 85.738 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-3 86.253 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 88.136

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 93.615 (6)
1-2 v #1-25
6-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 2-0 81.599
Away Ratings: 1-0 96.599
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 91.115
League Power Rankings: 5-1 89.599
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 91.443

Home Advantage: 8.5397 (53)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1510 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3181 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4640 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5919 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7300 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9142 (8)

Upward Stability: 1.6303 (237)

Downward Stability: 2.1619 (37)

RPI
RPI: 0.6192 (14)
2-5 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
8-3 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

RPI Home (15-1): 0.6406 (7) 1-1 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-330

RPI Away (5-6): 0.5573 (71)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (5-2): 0.6904 (8) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-330

RPI League (13-6): 0.6090 (21)
0-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6337 (12) 1-1 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5757 (10)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/20/2004	Home	W 77-44	vs. #83 Pennsylvania
11/23/2004	Home	W 72-61	vs. #208 UC Santa Barbara
11/27/2004	Away	L 61-75	vs. #122 Pepperdine
11/30/2004	Home	W 69-64	vs. #44 Maryland
12/4/2004	Away	W 70-62	vs. #132 Rutgers
12/7/2004	Home	W 65-55	vs. #145 Wisc Green Bay
12/11/2004	Away	L 54-63	vs. #97 Marquette
12/15/2004	Home	W 66-37	vs. #28 Wisc Milwaukee
12/23/2004	Home	W 85-53	vs. #159 NC Greensboro
12/27/2004	Home	W 89-49	vs. #297 Westrn Carolina
12/29/2004	Home	W 76-62	vs. #21 Alabama
1/5/2005	Away	W 77-68	vs. #152 Purdue
1/8/2005	Away	L 61-74	vs. #62 Indiana
1/11/2005	Home	W 72-66	vs. #36 Ohio St
1/16/2005	Home	W 62-59	vs. #6 Michigan St
1/22/2005	Away	W 72-61	vs. #128 Michigan
1/25/2005	Home	L 65-75	vs. #1 Illinois
1/29/2005	Away	W 76-50	vs. #226 Penn St
2/2/2005	Home	W 73-58	vs. #107 Northwestern
2/5/2005	Away	L 50-60	vs. #35 Minnesota
2/9/2005	Home	W 72-69	vs. #31 Iowa
2/12/2005	Away	L 59-70	vs. #1 Illinois
2/16/2005	Home	W 76-50	vs. #128 Michigan
2/24/2005	Away	L 64-77	vs. #6 Michigan St
2/27/2005	Away	W 64-56	vs. #36 Ohio St
3/1/2005	Home	W 62-60	vs. #62 Indiana
3/5/2005	Home	W 64-52	vs. #152 Purdue
3/11/2005	Neut	W 60-49	vs. #36 Ohio St
3/12/2005	Neut	W 59-56	vs. #31 Iowa
3/13/2005	Neut	L 43-54	vs. #1 Illinois
3/18/2005	Neut	W 57-52	vs. #56 Northern Iowa
3/20/2005	Neut	W 71-62	vs. #84 Bucknell
3/25/2005	Neut	W 65-56	vs. #27 North Carolina St
3/27/2005	Neut	L 82-88	vs. #2 North Carolina

FUTURE GAMES

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