NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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CORNELL
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-6
Power Rating: 80.2
Ranking: 91

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

Home Rankings (11-1): 80.0 (89) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 1-1v #101-200 9-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 7-079.2 Non-League Power Rankings: 4-174.3 Last Ten Rankings: 5-082.4

Away Rankings (10-4): 80.8 (78)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-2v #51-100
1-0v #101-200
9-1v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 7-081.1
Non-League Power Rankings: 3-473.7
Last Ten Rankings: 4-074.6

Neutral Rankings (0-1): 64.2 (281) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 0-080.2 Non-League Power Rankings: 0-166.2 Last Ten Rankings: 0-166.2

League Power Rankings (14-0): 86.2 (31)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
2-0v #101-200
12-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 7-079.2
Away Rankings: 7-081.1
Neutral Rankings: 0-080.2
Last Ten Rankings: 9-077.7

Non-League Power Rankings (7-6): 74.8 (160) 0-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-2v #51-100 0-1v #101-200 6-1v #201-341 Home Rankings: 4-174.3 Away Rankings: 3-473.7 Neutral Rankings: 0-166.2 Last Ten Rankings: 0-166.2

Wins Power Rankings: 82.2 (74)
0-2v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-2v #51-100
2-1v #101-200
18-1v #201-341
Home Rankings: 11-181.5
Away Rankings: 10-483.1
Neutral Rankings: 0-165.7
Last Ten Rankings: 9-185.8

Predictive / Points Rankings: 77.7 (122) 0-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-2v #51-100 2-1v #101-200 18-1v #201-341 Home Rankings: 11-178.1 Away Rankings: 10-477.9 Neutral Rankings: 0-162.2 League Power Rankings: 14-081.0 Non-League Power Rankings: 7-673.9 Last Ten Rankings: 9-177.9

Last Ten Rankings (9-1): 81.8 (80)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
3-0v #101-200
6-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 5-082.4
Away Rankings: 4-074.6
Neutral Rankings: 0-166.2
League Power Rankings: 9-077.7
Non-League Power Rankings: 0-166.2

Home Advantage: 3.9 (155)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (205)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1 (228)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1 (256)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2 (273)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3 (284)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6 (297)

Upward Stability: 1.6 (335)

Downward Stability: 2.1 (301)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (68)
0-2v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-2v #51-100
5-1v #101-200
15-1v #201-341

RPI Home (11-1): 0.5 (63) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 9-1v #201-341

RPI Away (10-4): 0.5 (96)
0-1v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
1-0v #51-100
3-1v #101-200
6-1v #201-341

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (296) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (14-0): 0.5 (45)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
4-0v #101-200
10-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (7-6): 0.5 (125) 0-1v #1-25 1-3v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 1-1v #101-200 5-1v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4 (236)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/10/2007	Home	W 87-83	vs. #235 Lehigh
11/17/2007	Away	L 89-102	vs. #95 Ohio
11/20/2007	Home	W 93-78	vs. #230 Army
11/25/2007	Home	W 83-77	vs. #85 Siena
11/27/2007	Home	W 73-68	vs. #236 Binghamton
12/1/2007	Home	L 73-76	vs. #185 Colgate
12/19/2007	Away	L 75-88	vs. #219 Bucknell
12/22/2007	Away	L 64-80	vs. #54 Syracuse
12/29/2007	Away	W 66-50	vs. #320 Stony Brook
12/31/2007	Away	W 86-84	vs. #223 Quinnipiac
1/6/2008	Away	L 67-81	vs. #8 Duke
1/15/2008	Away	W 64-33	vs. #341 NJIT
1/19/2008	Home	W 70-64	vs. #240 Columbia
1/26/2008	Away	W 72-54	vs. #240 Columbia
2/1/2008	Away	W 75-64	vs. #131 Brown
2/2/2008	Away	W 66-45	vs. #228 Yale
2/8/2008	Home	W 72-61	vs. #317 Princeton
2/9/2008	Home	W 87-74	vs. #255 Pennsylvania
2/15/2008	Away	W 72-71	vs. #295 Harvard
2/16/2008	Away	W 73-63	vs. #294 Dartmouth
2/22/2008	Home	W 85-65	vs. #228 Yale
2/23/2008	Home	W 74-65	vs. #131 Brown
2/29/2008	Home	W 75-59	vs. #294 Dartmouth
3/1/2008	Home	W 86-53	vs. #295 Harvard
3/7/2008	Away	W 94-92	vs. #255 Pennsylvania
3/8/2008	Away	W 71-64	vs. #317 Princeton
3/20/2008	Neut	L 53-77	vs. #12 Stanford

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent