NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-16
Power Rating: 71.662
Ranking: 214

0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
7-6 v #201-330

Home Ratings (7-4): 73.201 (190) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 6-1 76.522 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-3 67.006 Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 76.522

Away Ratings (3-10): 70.537 (230)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-330
League Power Rankings: 1-6 69.881
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-4 78.084
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 66.787

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 68.350 (238) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-330 League Power Rankings: 0-0 71.662 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 72.318 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 71.662

League Power Rankings (7-7): 72.537 (201)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
5-5 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 6-1 76.522
Away Ratings: 1-6 69.881
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.662
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 73.037

Non-League Power Ratings (4-9): 70.045 (231) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-4 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 1-3 67.006 Away Ratings: 2-4 78.084 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 72.318 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 71.662

Wins Power Rankings: 70.727 (219)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
8-6 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 7-4 72.484
Away Ratings: 3-10 69.719
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 65.414
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 72.203

Rankings: Points: 72.859 (205) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-6 v #101-200 7-6 v #201-330 Home Ratings: 7-4 73.863 Away Ratings: 3-10 71.805 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 72.859 League Power Rankings: 7-7 73.301 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-9 72.066 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 73.715

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 72.877 (196)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-330
Home Ratings: 6-1 76.522
Away Ratings: 0-3 66.787
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.662
League Power Rankings: 6-4 73.037
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 71.662

Home Advantage: 6.8839 (81)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0429 (179)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1233 (202)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2098 (208)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3061 (210)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4531 (213)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7664 (195)

Upward Stability: 1.8310 (134)

Downward Stability: 1.8280 (148)

RPI
RPI: 0.4868 (183)
0-2 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-5 v #101-200
6-5 v #201-330

RPI Home (7-4): 0.4943 (148) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-330

RPI Away (3-10): 0.4955 (187)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-330

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.4253 (229) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-1 v #201-330

RPI League (7-7): 0.4947 (162)
1-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-330

RPI Non-League (4-9): 0.4867 (169) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-330

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5129 (121)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/19/2004	Neut	L 71-72	vs. #281 Radford
11/20/2004	Neut	W 92-80	vs. #292 Hartford
11/22/2004	Away	L 72-99	vs. #5 Wake Forest
11/28/2004	Away	L 56-70	vs. #142 Massachusetts
12/1/2004	Away	W 74-64	vs. #319 Sacred Heart
12/4/2004	Home	L 65-73	vs. #84 Bucknell
12/8/2004	Away	L 60-96	vs. #131 Niagara
12/19/2004	Away	L 80-82	vs. #17 Boston College
12/28/2004	Neut	L 74-80	vs. #41 Charlotte
12/29/2004	Away	W 90-84	vs. #127 Santa Clara
1/5/2005	Home	W 60-57	vs. #198 Fairfield
1/10/2005	Home	L 65-69	vs. #173 American
1/15/2005	Home	L 68-79	vs. #189 St Peters
1/28/2005	Away	L 41-65	vs. #83 Pennsylvania
1/29/2005	Away	L 43-58	vs. #156 Princeton
2/4/2005	Away	W 77-67	vs. #257 Columbia
2/5/2005	Away	L 82-87	vs. #221 Cornell
2/11/2005	Home	W 66-53	vs. #260 Dartmouth
2/12/2005	Home	W 54-53	vs. #205 Harvard
2/18/2005	Home	W 56-43	vs. #156 Princeton
2/19/2005	Home	W 78-60	vs. #83 Pennsylvania
2/22/2005	Home	L 64-70	vs. #239 Brown
2/25/2005	Away	L 66-82	vs. #205 Harvard
2/26/2005	Away	L 52-53	vs. #260 Dartmouth
3/4/2005	Home	W 79-63	vs. #221 Cornell
3/5/2005	Home	W 81-68	vs. #257 Columbia
3/8/2005	Away	L 65-75	vs. #239 Brown

FUTURE GAMES

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