NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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DUKE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 28-6
Power Rating: 91.5
Ranking: 8

5-4v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
13-1v #51-100
5-0v #101-200
4-0v #201-341

Home Rankings (15-1): 93.6 (7) 2-1v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 5-0v #51-100 4-0v #101-200 3-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 7-190.7 Non-League Power Rankings: 8-0101.3 Last Ten Rankings: 2-188.5

Away Rankings (8-2): 95.0 (5)
2-0v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
6-1v #51-100
0-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 6-292.1
Non-League Power Rankings: 2-098.7
Last Ten Rankings: 2-188.5

Neutral Rankings (5-3): 86.2 (37) 1-3v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 2-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 1-187.1 Non-League Power Rankings: 4-285.8 Last Ten Rankings: 2-284.2

League Power Rankings (14-4): 91.4 (9)
2-2v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
10-1v #51-100
1-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 7-190.7
Away Rankings: 6-292.1
Neutral Rankings: 1-187.1
Last Ten Rankings: 4-387.8

Non-League Power Rankings (14-2): 91.8 (9) 3-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 3-0v #51-100 4-0v #101-200 4-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 8-0101.3 Away Rankings: 2-098.7 Neutral Rankings: 4-285.8 Last Ten Rankings: 2-182.7

Wins Power Rankings: 93.7 (9)
5-4v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
11-1v #51-100
7-0v #101-200
4-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 15-196.1
Away Rankings: 8-298.4
Neutral Rankings: 5-387.4
Last Ten Rankings: 6-487.8

Predictive / Points Rankings: 88.8 (5) 5-4v #1-25 2-1v #26-50 9-1v #51-100 9-0v #101-200 3-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 15-190.9 Away Rankings: 8-290.8 Neutral Rankings: 5-384.7 League Power Rankings: 14-488.8 Non-League Power Rankings: 14-288.8 Last Ten Rankings: 6-484.8

Last Ten Rankings (6-4): 86.4 (35)
0-2v #1-25
1-2v #26-50
3-0v #51-100
2-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 2-188.5
Away Rankings: 2-188.5
Neutral Rankings: 2-284.2
League Power Rankings: 4-387.8
Non-League Power Rankings: 2-182.7

Home Advantage: 6.1 (104)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8 (16)

Upward Stability: 2.1 (319)

Downward Stability: 3.1 (113)

RPI
RPI: 0.6 (7)
5-4v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
9-0v #51-100
9-1v #101-200
4-0v #201-341

RPI Home (15-1): 0.6 (6) 0-1v #1-25 3-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 8-0v #101-200 3-0v #201-341

RPI Away (8-2): 0.6 (2)
2-0v #1-25
3-0v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
2-1v #101-200
0-0v #201-341

RPI Neutral (5-3): 0.5 (58) 0-2v #1-25 3-1v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (14-4): 0.6 (8)
2-2v #1-25
2-0v #26-50
5-1v #51-100
5-1v #101-200
0-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (14-2): 0.6 (14) 1-1v #1-25 2-1v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 6-0v #101-200 4-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (8)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/9/2007	Home	W 121-56	vs. #316 NC Central
11/12/2007	Home	W 86-61	vs. #139 New Mexico St
11/19/2007	Neut	W 83-61	vs. #317 Princeton
11/20/2007	Neut	W 79-66	vs. #80 Illinois
11/21/2007	Neut	W 77-73	vs. #19 Marquette
11/25/2007	Home	W 78-43	vs. #280 Eastern KY
11/27/2007	Home	W 82-58	vs. #6 Wisconsin
12/1/2007	Away	W 79-73	vs. #11 Davidson
12/8/2007	Home	W 95-67	vs. #157 Michigan
12/17/2007	Home	W 111-70	vs. #208 Albany NY
12/20/2007	Neut	L 64-65	vs. #18 Pittsburgh
1/6/2008	Home	W 81-67	vs. #91 Cornell
1/9/2008	Away	W 74-64	vs. #55 Temple
1/13/2008	Home	W 87-65	vs. #96 Virginia
1/16/2008	Away	W 70-57	vs. #61 Florida St
1/19/2008	Home	W 93-80	vs. #22 Clemson
1/24/2008	Away	W 81-64	vs. #53 Virginia Tech
1/27/2008	Away	W 93-84	vs. #71 Maryland
1/31/2008	Home	W 92-72	vs. #98 North Carolina St
2/2/2008	Home	W 88-73	vs. #39 Miami Fla
2/6/2008	Away	W 89-78	vs. #3 North Carolina
2/9/2008	Home	W 90-80	vs. #122 Boston College
2/13/2008	Home	W 77-65	vs. #71 Maryland
2/17/2008	Away	L 73-86	vs. #70 Wake Forest
2/20/2008	Away	L 95-96	vs. #39 Miami Fla
2/23/2008	Home	W 86-56	vs. #148 St Johns
2/27/2008	Home	W 71-58	vs. #64 Georgia Tech
3/1/2008	Away	W 87-86	vs. #98 North Carolina St
3/5/2008	Away	W 86-70	vs. #96 Virginia
3/8/2008	Home	L 68-76	vs. #3 North Carolina
3/14/2008	Neut	W 82-70	vs. #64 Georgia Tech
3/15/2008	Neut	L 74-78	vs. #22 Clemson
3/20/2008	Neut	W 71-70	vs. #109 Belmont
3/22/2008	Neut	L 67-73	vs. #21 West Virginia

FUTURE GAMES

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