NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 28-7
Power Rating: 90.3
Ranking: 11

2-4v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
0-3v #51-100
18-0v #101-200
7-0v #201-341

Home Rankings (11-2): 86.4 (40) 0-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 7-0v #101-200 4-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 10-085.9 Non-League Power Rankings: 1-285.1 Last Ten Rankings: 1-085.7

Away Rankings (11-3): 87.2 (25)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-3v #51-100
8-0v #101-200
3-0v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 10-088.7
Non-League Power Rankings: 1-383.1
Last Ten Rankings: 2-097.2

Neutral Rankings (6-2): 96.1 (5) 2-2v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 3-096.6 Non-League Power Rankings: 3-295.4 Last Ten Rankings: 6-197.2

League Power Rankings (23-0): 93.6 (5)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
17-0v #101-200
6-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 10-085.9
Away Rankings: 10-088.7
Neutral Rankings: 3-096.6
Last Ten Rankings: 5-095.0

Non-League Power Rankings (5-7): 88.5 (23) 2-4v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 0-3v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 1-285.1 Away Rankings: 1-383.1 Neutral Rankings: 3-295.4 Last Ten Rankings: 4-197.1

Wins Power Rankings: 92.6 (12)
2-4v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
0-3v #51-100
18-0v #101-200
7-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 11-287.2
Away Rankings: 11-388.9
Neutral Rankings: 6-299.6
Last Ten Rankings: 9-1102.2

Predictive / Points Rankings: 87.7 (10) 2-4v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 3-2v #51-100 15-1v #101-200 7-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 11-285.4 Away Rankings: 11-385.2 Neutral Rankings: 6-292.1 League Power Rankings: 23-088.6 Non-League Power Rankings: 5-786.9 Last Ten Rankings: 9-193.8

Last Ten Rankings (9-1): 98.3 (4)
2-1v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
1-0v #51-100
3-0v #101-200
2-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 1-085.7
Away Rankings: 2-097.2
Neutral Rankings: 6-197.2
League Power Rankings: 5-095.0
Non-League Power Rankings: 4-197.1

Home Advantage: -0.4 (271)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (68)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2 (85)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3 (97)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4 (108)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5 (117)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8 (128)

Upward Stability: 1.9 (330)

Downward Stability: 2.4 (263)

RPI
RPI: 0.6 (19)
2-4v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
0-1v #51-100
15-2v #101-200
10-0v #201-341

RPI Home (11-2): 0.5 (69) 0-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 4-0v #101-200 6-0v #201-341

RPI Away (11-3): 0.5 (41)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
6-3v #101-200
5-0v #201-341

RPI Neutral (6-2): 0.6 (10) 2-2v #1-25 2-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (23-0): 0.6 (23)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
12-0v #101-200
11-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (5-7): 0.5 (28) 2-4v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 1-2v #101-200 1-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (78)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/14/2007	Home	L 68-72	vs. #3 North Carolina
11/21/2007	Away	L 76-83	vs. #93 Western Mich
11/24/2007	Home	W 98-50	vs. #316 NC Central
11/26/2007	Away	W 71-60	vs. #149 Appalachian St
12/1/2007	Home	L 73-79	vs. #8 Duke
12/5/2007	Away	L 68-75	vs. #74 Charlotte
12/8/2007	Neut	L 63-75	vs. #4 UCLA
12/13/2007	Home	W 95-74	vs. #333 The Citadel
12/21/2007	Away	L 65-66	vs. #98 North Carolina St
1/3/2008	Home	W 92-67	vs. #133 Geo Southern
1/5/2008	Home	W 86-73	vs. #253 Westrn Carolina
1/9/2008	Away	W 59-57	vs. #191 Elon
1/12/2008	Away	W 85-50	vs. #196 Wofford
1/16/2008	Away	W 73-51	vs. #289 Furman
1/19/2008	Home	W 85-58	vs. #152 Chattanooga
1/21/2008	Away	W 82-67	vs. #253 Westrn Carolina
1/24/2008	Away	W 87-70	vs. #333 The Citadel
1/26/2008	Away	W 70-58	vs. #177 Coll Of Charltn
1/30/2008	Home	W 78-65	vs. #196 Wofford
2/2/2008	Away	W 78-71	vs. #152 Chattanooga
2/6/2008	Home	W 74-64	vs. #191 Elon
2/9/2008	Home	W 81-56	vs. #177 Coll Of Charltn
2/13/2008	Away	W 83-78	vs. #106 NC Greensboro
2/16/2008	Home	W 86-51	vs. #289 Furman
2/19/2008	Home	W 75-66	vs. #106 NC Greensboro
2/22/2008	Away	W 60-47	vs. #121 Winthrop
2/27/2008	Home	W 68-55	vs. #149 Appalachian St
3/1/2008	Away	W 89-69	vs. #133 Geo Southern
3/8/2008	Neut	W 82-49	vs. #196 Wofford
3/9/2008	Neut	W 82-52	vs. #106 NC Greensboro
3/10/2008	Neut	W 65-49	vs. #191 Elon
3/21/2008	Neut	W 82-76	vs. #29 Gonzaga
3/23/2008	Neut	W 74-70	vs. #9 Georgetown
3/28/2008	Neut	W 73-56	vs. #6 Wisconsin
3/30/2008	Neut	L 57-59	vs. #1 Kansas

FUTURE GAMES

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