NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-9
Power Rating: 79.1
Ranking: 107

0-2v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
0-1v #51-100
5-4v #101-200
18-2v #201-341

Home Rankings (10-5): 74.5 (172) 0-1v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 2-2v #101-200 7-1v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 6-274.3 Non-League Power Rankings: 4-372.7 Last Ten Rankings: 2-268.9

Away Rankings (12-3): 82.2 (64)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
2-2v #101-200
10-1v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 7-280.0
Non-League Power Rankings: 5-179.8
Last Ten Rankings: 3-082.1

Neutral Rankings (2-1): 83.0 (74) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 2-082.4 Non-League Power Rankings: 0-172.6 Last Ten Rankings: 2-180.3

League Power Rankings (15-4): 80.2 (88)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
4-4v #101-200
11-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 6-274.3
Away Rankings: 7-280.0
Neutral Rankings: 2-082.4
Last Ten Rankings: 6-178.4

Non-League Power Rankings (9-5): 77.4 (133) 0-2v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 7-2v #201-341 Home Rankings: 4-372.7 Away Rankings: 5-179.8 Neutral Rankings: 0-172.6 Last Ten Rankings: 1-269.3

Wins Power Rankings: 80.0 (99)
0-2v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
4-4v #101-200
18-2v #201-341
Home Rankings: 10-574.2
Away Rankings: 12-383.7
Neutral Rankings: 2-185.4
Last Ten Rankings: 7-379.9

Predictive / Points Rankings: 77.9 (116) 0-2v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 6-4v #101-200 17-2v #201-341 Home Rankings: 10-574.8 Away Rankings: 12-380.2 Neutral Rankings: 2-180.0 League Power Rankings: 15-479.0 Non-League Power Rankings: 9-576.2 Last Ten Rankings: 7-377.1

Last Ten Rankings (7-3): 78.7 (113)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-1v #51-100
2-1v #101-200
5-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 2-268.9
Away Rankings: 3-082.1
Neutral Rankings: 2-180.3
League Power Rankings: 6-178.4
Non-League Power Rankings: 1-269.3

Home Advantage: -4.1 (326)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (246)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1 (241)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1 (238)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2 (234)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4 (225)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7 (229)

Upward Stability: 2.7 (232)

Downward Stability: 3.4 (42)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (91)
0-2v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
4-3v #51-100
1-2v #101-200
18-2v #201-341

RPI Home (10-5): 0.4 (168) 1-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-2v #51-100 2-1v #101-200 6-1v #201-341

RPI Away (12-3): 0.5 (68)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
2-1v #51-100
1-0v #101-200
9-2v #201-341

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.6 (43) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341

RPI League (15-4): 0.5 (72)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
4-4v #51-100
0-0v #101-200
11-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (9-5): 0.5 (119) 0-2v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 1-1v #101-200 7-1v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4 (185)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/9/2007	Home	W 73-72	vs. #216 Utah Valley St
11/13/2007	Home	L 74-86	vs. #15 Washington St
11/16/2007	Away	L 84-86	vs. #242 Montana St
11/24/2007	Away	W 75-73	vs. #220 Southern Utah
11/28/2007	Home	W 77-71	vs. #101 San Diego
12/1/2007	Away	W 91-81	vs. #272 San Francisco
12/5/2007	Away	W 93-61	vs. #278 Idaho St
12/8/2007	Home	L 74-76	vs. #329 Loyola Marymnt
12/13/2007	Away	W 87-77	vs. #216 Utah Valley St
12/22/2007	Away	W 74-68	vs. #208 Albany NY
12/29/2007	Home	W 73-70	vs. #34 BYU
1/2/2008	Home	W 78-63	vs. #260 San Jose St
1/5/2008	Away	W 95-84	vs. #296 Idaho
1/10/2008	Home	L 73-76	vs. #139 New Mexico St
1/12/2008	Home	W 81-66	vs. #327 Louisiana Tech
1/17/2008	Away	L 78-82	vs. #120 Utah St
1/19/2008	Away	W 95-80	vs. #115 Nevada
1/24/2008	Home	W 95-80	vs. #265 Hawaii
1/28/2008	Away	W 90-89	vs. #248 Fresno St
2/2/2008	Home	W 78-64	vs. #296 Idaho
2/7/2008	Away	W 73-61	vs. #327 Louisiana Tech
2/9/2008	Away	L 80-99	vs. #139 New Mexico St
2/14/2008	Home	W 77-68	vs. #115 Nevada
2/16/2008	Home	W 84-72	vs. #248 Fresno St
2/20/2008	Home	W 81-56	vs. #314 CSU Bakersfield
2/23/2008	Home	L 70-93	vs. #85 Siena
2/28/2008	Away	W 74-68	vs. #260 San Jose St
3/1/2008	Away	W 78-71	vs. #265 Hawaii
3/6/2008	Home	L 69-88	vs. #120 Utah St
3/13/2008	Neut	W 80-74	vs. #265 Hawaii
3/14/2008	Neut	W 88-78	vs. #120 Utah St
3/15/2008	Away	W 107-102	vs. #139 New Mexico St
3/21/2008	Neut	L 61-79	vs. #10 Louisville

FUTURE GAMES

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