NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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UMBC
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-9
Power Rating: 78.1
Ranking: 123

0-2v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
9-2v #101-200
14-4v #201-341

Home Rankings (12-1): 76.8 (143) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 4-0v #101-200 8-1v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 8-170.7 Non-League Power Rankings: 4-078.0 Last Ten Rankings: 4-071.9

Away Rankings (9-7): 78.3 (119)
0-1v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
4-2v #101-200
5-3v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 6-278.1
Non-League Power Rankings: 3-579.0
Last Ten Rankings: 2-177.2

Neutral Rankings (2-1): 80.7 (107) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 2-080.9 Non-League Power Rankings: 0-172.2 Last Ten Rankings: 2-178.7

League Power Rankings (16-3): 77.5 (135)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
3-0v #101-200
13-3v #201-341
Home Rankings: 8-170.7
Away Rankings: 6-278.1
Neutral Rankings: 2-080.9
Last Ten Rankings: 8-175.8

Non-League Power Rankings (7-6): 78.8 (107) 0-2v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 6-2v #101-200 1-1v #201-341 Home Rankings: 4-078.0 Away Rankings: 3-579.0 Neutral Rankings: 0-172.2 Last Ten Rankings: 0-172.2

Wins Power Rankings: 78.8 (117)
0-2v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
6-2v #101-200
17-4v #201-341
Home Rankings: 12-178.9
Away Rankings: 9-778.4
Neutral Rankings: 2-182.4
Last Ten Rankings: 8-279.5

Predictive / Points Rankings: 77.1 (130) 0-2v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 10-2v #101-200 13-4v #201-341 Home Rankings: 12-174.4 Away Rankings: 9-778.4 Neutral Rankings: 2-179.1 League Power Rankings: 16-376.7 Non-League Power Rankings: 7-677.8 Last Ten Rankings: 8-276.7

Last Ten Rankings (8-2): 78.2 (119)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
2-1v #101-200
6-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 4-071.9
Away Rankings: 2-177.2
Neutral Rankings: 2-178.7
League Power Rankings: 8-175.8
Non-League Power Rankings: 0-172.2

Home Advantage: 1.6 (218)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (224)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1 (234)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1 (258)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2 (265)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3 (267)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7 (270)

Upward Stability: 2.3 (306)

Downward Stability: 3.0 (136)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (87)
0-2v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
1-0v #51-100
10-3v #101-200
12-3v #201-341

RPI Home (12-1): 0.5 (71) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 4-0v #101-200 7-1v #201-341

RPI Away (9-7): 0.5 (109)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
3-2v #51-100
3-1v #101-200
3-4v #201-341

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.5 (89) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (16-3): 0.5 (99)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
5-1v #101-200
11-2v #201-341

RPI Non-League (7-6): 0.5 (79) 0-2v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 3-2v #101-200 3-1v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4 (229)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/10/2007	Home	W 81-78	vs. #299 St Peters
11/13/2007	Away	W 76-69	vs. #138 La Salle
11/17/2007	Away	W 70-68	vs. #125 Richmond
11/20/2007	Away	L 84-87	vs. #194 Lafayette
11/24/2007	Home	W 89-79	vs. #171 Geo Washington
11/29/2007	Home	W 84-76	vs. #164 Morgan St
12/1/2007	Away	W 83-68	vs. #136 American
12/4/2007	Away	L 68-77	vs. #169 Wichita St
12/11/2007	Away	L 54-58	vs. #213 Central Conn
12/15/2007	Away	L 62-86	vs. #21 West Virginia
12/22/2007	Home	W 83-65	vs. #193 Hampton
12/29/2007	Away	L 83-92	vs. #30 Ohio St
1/3/2008	Away	W 76-62	vs. #320 Stony Brook
1/6/2008	Away	W 86-73	vs. #297 New Hampshire
1/9/2008	Home	W 78-60	vs. #200 Vermont
1/12/2008	Home	L 74-77	vs. #330 Maine
1/16/2008	Home	W 86-85	vs. #210 Hartford
1/19/2008	Away	L 59-62	vs. #236 Binghamton
1/22/2008	Away	W 62-40	vs. #229 Boston U
1/30/2008	Home	W 69-65	vs. #208 Albany NY
2/2/2008	Away	W 75-73	vs. #200 Vermont
2/6/2008	Home	W 75-63	vs. #320 Stony Brook
2/9/2008	Home	W 63-59	vs. #236 Binghamton
2/17/2008	Home	W 76-73	vs. #229 Boston U
2/20/2008	Away	W 81-77	vs. #208 Albany NY
2/23/2008	Home	W 71-68	vs. #297 New Hampshire
2/28/2008	Away	W 85-68	vs. #330 Maine
3/2/2008	Away	L 57-58	vs. #210 Hartford
3/8/2008	Neut	W 76-60	vs. #320 Stony Brook
3/9/2008	Neut	W 73-64	vs. #200 Vermont
3/15/2008	Home	W 82-65	vs. #210 Hartford
3/21/2008	Neut	L 47-66	vs. #9 Georgetown

FUTURE GAMES

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