NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-9
Power Rating: 79.0
Ranking: 109

0-2v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
7-4v #101-200
16-2v #201-341

Home Rankings (10-1): 78.0 (129) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 3-1v #101-200 7-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 8-074.6 Non-League Power Rankings: 2-174.5 Last Ten Rankings: 4-073.2

Away Rankings (9-5): 79.1 (107)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-0v #51-100
2-2v #101-200
6-2v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 6-276.9
Non-League Power Rankings: 3-379.6
Last Ten Rankings: 2-085.7

Neutral Rankings (5-3): 79.5 (117) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 2-1v #101-200 3-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 3-080.6 Non-League Power Rankings: 2-379.3 Last Ten Rankings: 3-184.7

League Power Rankings (17-2): 80.1 (91)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
5-0v #101-200
12-2v #201-341
Home Rankings: 8-074.6
Away Rankings: 6-276.9
Neutral Rankings: 3-080.6
Last Ten Rankings: 9-079.5

Non-League Power Rankings (7-7): 77.6 (130) 0-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-1v #51-100 2-4v #101-200 4-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 2-174.5 Away Rankings: 3-379.6 Neutral Rankings: 2-379.3 Last Ten Rankings: 0-190.5

Wins Power Rankings: 79.9 (104)
0-2v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
7-4v #101-200
16-2v #201-341
Home Rankings: 10-179.5
Away Rankings: 9-580.2
Neutral Rankings: 5-379.6
Last Ten Rankings: 9-188.2

Predictive / Points Rankings: 77.7 (118) 0-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 5-5v #101-200 18-2v #201-341 Home Rankings: 10-176.1 Away Rankings: 9-577.8 Neutral Rankings: 5-379.4 League Power Rankings: 17-277.8 Non-League Power Rankings: 7-777.5 Last Ten Rankings: 9-181.7

Last Ten Rankings (9-1): 85.0 (44)
0-0v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
4-0v #101-200
5-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 4-073.2
Away Rankings: 2-085.7
Neutral Rankings: 3-184.7
League Power Rankings: 9-079.5
Non-League Power Rankings: 0-190.5

Home Advantage: 2.3 (196)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (236)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0 (247)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1 (264)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2 (271)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3 (269)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7 (264)

Upward Stability: 2.3 (307)

Downward Stability: 3.0 (149)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (76)
0-2v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-3v #51-100
9-1v #101-200
15-3v #201-341

RPI Home (10-1): 0.5 (76) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 7-0v #201-341

RPI Away (9-5): 0.5 (83)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
1-1v #101-200
7-2v #201-341

RPI Neutral (5-3): 0.5 (110) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-2v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 2-1v #201-341

RPI League (17-2): 0.5 (66)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
5-0v #101-200
12-2v #201-341

RPI Non-League (7-7): 0.5 (92) 0-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-2v #51-100 2-1v #101-200 4-2v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4 (207)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/9/2007	Away	W 86-75	vs. #110 Cincinnati
11/10/2007	Neut	L 67-78	vs. #180 Bowling Green
11/11/2007	Neut	W 79-70	vs. #253 Westrn Carolina
11/15/2007	Away	W 82-73	vs. #286 Samford
11/17/2007	Away	L 56-71	vs. #147 Austin Peay
11/19/2007	Away	W 85-83	vs. #90 Alabama
11/26/2007	Home	W 85-62	vs. #155 Middle Tenn St
12/1/2007	Away	L 49-90	vs. #13 Xavier
12/12/2007	Away	L 80-86	vs. #155 Middle Tenn St
12/17/2007	Home	W 82-71	vs. #244 Tennessee St
12/19/2007	Home	L 84-93	vs. #147 Austin Peay
12/29/2007	Neut	L 74-78	vs. #87 Wright St
12/30/2007	Neut	W 84-67	vs. #218 Murray St
1/3/2008	Away	W 87-84	vs. #215 Gardner-Webb
1/5/2008	Away	L 75-83	vs. #306 Campbell
1/12/2008	Away	W 99-91	vs. #224 Lipscomb
1/17/2008	Home	W 86-83	vs. #167 East Tenn St
1/19/2008	Home	W 76-52	vs. #304 SC Upstate
1/24/2008	Away	L 79-81	vs. #309 Kennesaw St
1/26/2008	Away	W 93-82	vs. #303 Mercer
1/31/2008	Away	W 83-75	vs. #262 Stetson
2/2/2008	Home	W 86-74	vs. #300 Fla Gulf Coast
2/7/2008	Home	W 85-78	vs. #197 Jacksonville
2/9/2008	Home	W 79-56	vs. #340 North Florida
2/14/2008	Away	W 87-75	vs. #167 East Tenn St
2/16/2008	Away	W 82-72	vs. #304 SC Upstate
2/22/2008	Home	W 74-65	vs. #224 Lipscomb
2/28/2008	Home	W 75-64	vs. #306 Campbell
3/1/2008	Home	W 76-73	vs. #215 Gardner-Webb
3/5/2008	Neut	W 75-66	vs. #306 Campbell
3/7/2008	Neut	W 69-65	vs. #167 East Tenn St
3/8/2008	Neut	W 79-61	vs. #197 Jacksonville
3/20/2008	Neut	L 70-71	vs. #8 Duke

FUTURE GAMES

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