NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 28-7
Power Rating: 85.5
Ranking: 33

0-2v #1-25
2-1v #26-50
10-1v #51-100
7-2v #101-200
9-1v #201-341

Home Rankings (16-0): 88.1 (26) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 6-0v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 7-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 8-081.8 Non-League Power Rankings: 8-083.0 Last Ten Rankings: 2-087.1

Away Rankings (8-5): 84.2 (46)
0-1v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
2-1v #51-100
3-2v #101-200
2-1v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 5-382.6
Non-League Power Rankings: 3-286.3
Last Ten Rankings: 3-185.3

Neutral Rankings (4-2): 85.9 (39) 0-1v #1-25 1-1v #26-50 2-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 3-089.5 Non-League Power Rankings: 1-280.4 Last Ten Rankings: 3-184.4

League Power Rankings (16-3): 85.8 (35)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
8-1v #51-100
4-2v #101-200
4-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 8-081.8
Away Rankings: 5-382.6
Neutral Rankings: 3-089.5
Last Ten Rankings: 7-185.4

Non-League Power Rankings (12-4): 85.1 (40) 0-2v #1-25 2-1v #26-50 2-0v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 5-1v #201-341 Home Rankings: 8-083.0 Away Rankings: 3-286.3 Neutral Rankings: 1-280.4 Last Ten Rankings: 1-184.5

Wins Power Rankings: 87.9 (29)
0-2v #1-25
2-1v #26-50
10-1v #51-100
7-2v #101-200
9-1v #201-341
Home Rankings: 16-095.4
Away Rankings: 8-585.9
Neutral Rankings: 4-288.1
Last Ten Rankings: 8-289.5

Predictive / Points Rankings: 82.5 (45) 0-2v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 13-1v #51-100 5-2v #101-200 10-1v #201-341 Home Rankings: 16-082.7 Away Rankings: 8-582.3 Neutral Rankings: 4-282.8 League Power Rankings: 16-382.8 Non-League Power Rankings: 12-482.1 Last Ten Rankings: 8-283.8

Last Ten Rankings (8-2): 87.1 (31)
0-0v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
5-0v #51-100
2-0v #101-200
1-1v #201-341
Home Rankings: 2-087.1
Away Rankings: 3-185.3
Neutral Rankings: 3-184.4
League Power Rankings: 7-185.4
Non-League Power Rankings: 1-184.5

Home Advantage: 6.9 (86)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (127)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1 (133)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2 (126)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4 (123)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5 (118)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8 (115)

Upward Stability: 2.4 (302)

Downward Stability: 3.3 (71)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (25)
0-3v #1-25
2-0v #26-50
9-1v #51-100
6-1v #101-200
11-2v #201-341

RPI Home (16-0): 0.6 (18) 2-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 3-0v #51-100 5-0v #101-200 6-0v #201-341

RPI Away (8-5): 0.5 (51)
0-1v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
1-0v #51-100
2-1v #101-200
4-3v #201-341

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6 (28) 0-2v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 3-0v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (16-3): 0.5 (34)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
4-0v #51-100
5-2v #101-200
7-1v #201-341

RPI Non-League (12-4): 0.5 (30) 0-2v #1-25 2-1v #26-50 4-0v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 4-1v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (114)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/10/2007	Away	L 60-61	vs. #232 Detroit
11/15/2007	Home	W 77-71	vs. #193 Hampton
11/18/2007	Home	W 74-51	vs. #268 Coppin St
11/20/2007	Home	W 80-62	vs. #325 Longwood
11/23/2007	Neut	L 65-78	vs. #13 Xavier
11/24/2007	Neut	W 65-59	vs. #44 Illinois St
11/28/2007	Home	W 81-40	vs. #113 St Louis
12/1/2007	Away	W 71-64	vs. #106 NC Greensboro
12/5/2007	Away	W 59-52	vs. #211 Youngstown St
12/8/2007	Home	W 73-55	vs. #92 George Mason
12/20/2007	Home	W 72-70	vs. #203 IPFW
12/29/2007	Home	W 84-69	vs. #82 Cleveland St
1/2/2008	Away	L 61-90	vs. #3 North Carolina
1/6/2008	Home	W 68-63	vs. #217 Buffalo
1/9/2008	Home	W 61-50	vs. #256 Texas A&M-CC
1/12/2008	Home	W 63-49	vs. #180 Bowling Green
1/17/2008	Away	W 74-62	vs. #86 Miami Ohio
1/19/2008	Away	L 59-71	vs. #95 Ohio
1/23/2008	Home	W 75-69	vs. #67 Akron
1/27/2008	Home	W 67-58	vs. #93 Western Mich
1/30/2008	Away	W 77-67	vs. #184 Eastern Mich
2/2/2008	Away	L 56-59	vs. #181 Toledo
2/6/2008	Home	W 64-61	vs. #252 Ball St
2/9/2008	Home	W 82-67	vs. #267 Northern Ill
2/12/2008	Away	W 79-66	vs. #160 Central Mich
2/16/2008	Home	W 72-62	vs. #95 Ohio
2/19/2008	Away	W 76-66	vs. #217 Buffalo
2/23/2008	Away	W 65-57	vs. #50 St Marys CA
3/1/2008	Away	L 83-89	vs. #180 Bowling Green
3/4/2008	Home	W 50-39	vs. #86 Miami Ohio
3/9/2008	Away	W 61-58	vs. #67 Akron
3/13/2008	Neut	W 77-57	vs. #181 Toledo
3/14/2008	Neut	W 49-47	vs. #86 Miami Ohio
3/15/2008	Neut	W 74-55	vs. #67 Akron
3/20/2008	Neut	L 58-71	vs. #42 UNLV

FUTURE GAMES

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