NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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AMERICAN
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-12
Power Rating: 77.1
Ranking: 136

0-2v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
9-8v #101-200
11-1v #201-341

Home Rankings (11-4): 73.4 (186) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 5-4v #101-200 6-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 8-272.8 Non-League Power Rankings: 3-267.1 Last Ten Rankings: 7-075.3

Away Rankings (10-7): 80.0 (96)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
4-4v #101-200
5-1v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 5-280.0
Non-League Power Rankings: 5-580.0
Last Ten Rankings: 1-175.3

Neutral Rankings (0-1): 73.1 (189) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 0-077.1 Non-League Power Rankings: 0-177.0 Last Ten Rankings: 0-177.0

League Power Rankings (13-4): 77.8 (132)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
7-3v #101-200
6-1v #201-341
Home Rankings: 8-272.8
Away Rankings: 5-280.0
Neutral Rankings: 0-077.1
Last Ten Rankings: 8-175.3

Non-League Power Rankings (8-8): 75.8 (150) 0-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-1v #51-100 2-5v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 3-267.1 Away Rankings: 5-580.0 Neutral Rankings: 0-177.0 Last Ten Rankings: 0-177.0

Wins Power Rankings: 77.9 (130)
0-2v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
1-0v #51-100
9-8v #101-200
11-1v #201-341
Home Rankings: 11-473.8
Away Rankings: 10-780.8
Neutral Rankings: 0-171.9
Last Ten Rankings: 8-281.2

Predictive / Points Rankings: 76.0 (148) 0-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-1v #51-100 8-8v #101-200 12-1v #201-341 Home Rankings: 11-472.5 Away Rankings: 10-779.1 Neutral Rankings: 0-172.3 League Power Rankings: 13-476.5 Non-League Power Rankings: 8-875.1 Last Ten Rankings: 8-275.7

Last Ten Rankings (8-2): 78.8 (112)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
3-1v #101-200
5-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 7-075.3
Away Rankings: 1-175.3
Neutral Rankings: 0-177.0
League Power Rankings: 8-175.3
Non-League Power Rankings: 0-177.0

Home Advantage: -2.5 (307)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (197)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1 (201)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2 (210)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2 (226)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4 (226)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7 (218)

Upward Stability: 2.8 (212)

Downward Stability: 3.3 (53)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (92)
0-2v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
9-5v #101-200
11-3v #201-341

RPI Home (11-4): 0.5 (135) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 10-3v #201-341

RPI Away (10-7): 0.5 (70)
1-1v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
5-3v #101-200
3-1v #201-341

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (292) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (13-4): 0.5 (52)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
9-3v #101-200
4-1v #201-341

RPI Non-League (8-8): 0.5 (128) 0-3v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-1v #51-100 2-3v #101-200 5-1v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (138)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/10/2007	Away	W 75-68	vs. #324 St Francis PA
11/13/2007	Away	L 67-71	vs. #150 Loyola MD
11/15/2007	Home	L 52-60	vs. #183 Fairfield
11/18/2007	Home	W 64-56	vs. #320 Stony Brook
11/20/2007	Away	L 54-62	vs. #164 Morgan St
11/24/2007	Away	W 73-50	vs. #341 NJIT
11/26/2007	Away	W 66-45	vs. #174 Mt St Marys
12/1/2007	Home	L 68-83	vs. #123 Umbc
12/4/2007	Home	W 66-54	vs. #331 Howard
12/7/2007	Home	W 52-50	vs. #197 Jacksonville
12/19/2007	Away	L 56-63	vs. #51 Dayton
12/22/2007	Away	W 67-59	vs. #71 Maryland
12/29/2007	Away	L 51-78	vs. #9 Georgetown
1/4/2008	Away	L 55-68	vs. #131 Brown
1/6/2008	Away	W 69-56	vs. #240 Columbia
1/12/2008	Away	W 71-54	vs. #235 Lehigh
1/16/2008	Away	L 62-66	vs. #219 Bucknell
1/19/2008	Home	W 65-57	vs. #185 Colgate
1/23/2008	Away	W 66-53	vs. #230 Army
1/26/2008	Home	L 64-66	vs. #182 Holy Cross
1/30/2008	Home	L 66-77	vs. #198 Navy
2/2/2008	Away	W 87-76	vs. #194 Lafayette
2/6/2008	Away	W 62-46	vs. #182 Holy Cross
2/10/2008	Home	W 82-74	vs. #235 Lehigh
2/13/2008	Home	W 68-64	vs. #219 Bucknell
2/17/2008	Away	W 68-60	vs. #185 Colgate
2/20/2008	Home	W 49-40	vs. #230 Army
2/27/2008	Away	L 68-83	vs. #198 Navy
3/1/2008	Home	W 84-72	vs. #194 Lafayette
3/5/2008	Home	W 62-60	vs. #182 Holy Cross
3/9/2008	Home	W 72-60	vs. #230 Army
3/14/2008	Home	W 52-46	vs. #185 Colgate
3/21/2008	Neut	L 57-72	vs. #7 Tennessee

FUTURE GAMES

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