NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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KANSAS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 36-3
Power Rating: 98.3
Ranking: 1

7-1v #1-25
9-1v #26-50
6-1v #51-100
9-0v #101-200
5-0v #201-341

Home Rankings (18-0): 99.4 (1) 0-0v #1-25 5-0v #26-50 3-0v #51-100 5-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 8-097.8 Non-League Power Rankings: 10-091.4 Last Ten Rankings: 0-098.3

Away Rankings (8-3): 92.6 (9)
2-1v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
2-1v #51-100
3-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 5-392.0
Non-League Power Rankings: 3-094.7
Last Ten Rankings: 1-0107.8

Neutral Rankings (10-0): 106.3 (1) 5-0v #1-25 3-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 3-097.0 Non-League Power Rankings: 7-0102.3 Last Ten Rankings: 9-0100.5

League Power Rankings (16-3): 94.9 (3)
3-1v #1-25
6-1v #26-50
3-1v #51-100
4-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 8-097.8
Away Rankings: 5-392.0
Neutral Rankings: 3-097.0
Last Ten Rankings: 4-099.1

Non-League Power Rankings (20-0): 105.1 (1) 4-0v #1-25 3-0v #26-50 3-0v #51-100 5-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 10-091.4 Away Rankings: 3-094.7 Neutral Rankings: 7-0102.3 Last Ten Rankings: 6-0102.3

Wins Power Rankings: 102.4 (1)
7-1v #1-25
9-1v #26-50
6-1v #51-100
9-0v #101-200
5-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 18-0104.8
Away Rankings: 8-394.7
Neutral Rankings: 10-0117.7
Last Ten Rankings: 10-0117.7

Predictive / Points Rankings: 93.8 (1) 7-1v #1-25 9-1v #26-50 6-1v #51-100 9-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 18-095.4 Away Rankings: 8-390.2 Neutral Rankings: 10-097.1 League Power Rankings: 16-392.1 Non-League Power Rankings: 20-096.2 Last Ten Rankings: 10-097.6

Last Ten Rankings (10-0): 106.7 (1)
8-0v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
1-0v #51-100
0-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 0-098.3
Away Rankings: 1-0107.8
Neutral Rankings: 9-0100.5
League Power Rankings: 4-099.1
Non-League Power Rankings: 6-0102.3

Home Advantage: 3.9 (154)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9 (7)

Upward Stability: 1.5 (338)

Downward Stability: 2.4 (269)

RPI
RPI: 0.6 (4)
5-1v #1-25
8-1v #26-50
8-1v #51-100
11-0v #101-200
4-0v #201-341

RPI Home (18-0): 0.6 (7) 0-0v #1-25 2-0v #26-50 7-0v #51-100 5-0v #101-200 4-0v #201-341

RPI Away (8-3): 0.6 (9)
1-1v #1-25
2-0v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
3-1v #101-200
1-0v #201-341

RPI Neutral (10-0): 0.7 (1) 7-0v #1-25 2-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (16-3): 0.6 (4)
1-1v #1-25
5-2v #26-50
4-0v #51-100
6-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (20-0): 0.6 (4) 4-0v #1-25 4-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 7-0v #101-200 4-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (11)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/9/2007	Home	W 107-78	vs. #271 Ul Monroe
11/11/2007	Home	W 85-62	vs. #264 Mo Kansas City
11/21/2007	Home	W 87-46	vs. #161 Northrn Arizona
11/25/2007	Home	W 76-72	vs. #37 Arizona
11/28/2007	Home	W 87-49	vs. #206 Fla Atlantic
12/2/2007	Away	W 59-55	vs. #25 USC
12/5/2007	Home	W 85-47	vs. #279 Eastern Wash
12/8/2007	Home	W 84-66	vs. #128 DePaul
12/15/2007	Neut	W 88-51	vs. #95 Ohio
12/18/2007	Away	W 71-66	vs. #64 Georgia Tech
12/22/2007	Home	W 78-54	vs. #86 Miami Ohio
12/29/2007	Home	W 86-53	vs. #228 Yale
1/5/2008	Away	W 85-60	vs. #122 Boston College
1/8/2008	Home	W 90-60	vs. #150 Loyola MD
1/12/2008	Away	W 79-58	vs. #46 Nebraska
1/14/2008	Home	W 85-55	vs. #28 Oklahoma
1/19/2008	Away	W 76-70	vs. #73 Missouri
1/23/2008	Home	W 83-59	vs. #127 Iowa St
1/26/2008	Home	W 84-49	vs. #46 Nebraska
1/30/2008	Away	L 75-84	vs. #31 Kansas St
2/2/2008	Away	W 72-59	vs. #137 Colorado
2/4/2008	Home	W 90-71	vs. #73 Missouri
2/9/2008	Home	W 100-90	vs. #40 Baylor
2/11/2008	Away	L 69-72	vs. #5 Texas
2/16/2008	Home	W 69-45	vs. #137 Colorado
2/23/2008	Away	L 60-61	vs. #60 Oklahoma St
2/27/2008	Away	W 75-64	vs. #127 Iowa St
3/1/2008	Home	W 88-74	vs. #31 Kansas St
3/3/2008	Home	W 109-51	vs. #65 Texas Tech
3/8/2008	Away	W 72-55	vs. #23 Texas A&M
3/14/2008	Neut	W 64-54	vs. #46 Nebraska
3/15/2008	Neut	W 77-71	vs. #23 Texas A&M
3/16/2008	Neut	W 84-74	vs. #5 Texas
3/20/2008	Neut	W 85-61	vs. #117 Portland St
3/22/2008	Neut	W 75-56	vs. #42 UNLV
3/28/2008	Neut	W 72-57	vs. #41 Villanova
3/30/2008	Neut	W 59-57	vs. #11 Davidson
4/5/2008	Neut	W 84-66	vs. #3 North Carolina
4/7/2008	Neut	W 75-68	vs. #2 Memphis

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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