NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MEMPHIS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 38-2
Power Rating: 97.5
Ranking: 2

5-2v #1-25
5-0v #26-50
8-0v #51-100
13-0v #101-200
7-0v #201-341

Home Rankings (20-1): 93.0 (8) 1-1v #1-25 2-0v #26-50 5-0v #51-100 7-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 11-091.6 Non-League Power Rankings: 9-191.1 Last Ten Rankings: 4-096.4

Away Rankings (10-0): 98.9 (2)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
3-0v #51-100
5-0v #101-200
2-0v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 8-093.5
Non-League Power Rankings: 2-095.4
Last Ten Rankings: 0-097.5

Neutral Rankings (8-1): 100.1 (2) 4-1v #1-25 3-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 0-097.5 Non-League Power Rankings: 8-198.2 Last Ten Rankings: 5-199.0

League Power Rankings (19-0): 97.4 (1)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
7-0v #51-100
8-0v #101-200
4-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 11-091.6
Away Rankings: 8-093.5
Neutral Rankings: 0-097.5
Last Ten Rankings: 4-096.4

Non-League Power Rankings (19-2): 97.5 (3) 5-2v #1-25 5-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 5-0v #101-200 3-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 9-191.1 Away Rankings: 2-095.4 Neutral Rankings: 8-198.2 Last Ten Rankings: 5-199.0

Wins Power Rankings: 102.0 (2)
5-2v #1-25
5-0v #26-50
8-0v #51-100
13-0v #101-200
7-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 20-195.0
Away Rankings: 10-0106.3
Neutral Rankings: 8-1104.8
Last Ten Rankings: 9-1104.3

Predictive / Points Rankings: 92.6 (2) 5-2v #1-25 5-0v #26-50 11-0v #51-100 10-0v #101-200 7-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 20-190.6 Away Rankings: 10-092.5 Neutral Rankings: 8-194.4 League Power Rankings: 19-092.1 Non-League Power Rankings: 19-292.9 Last Ten Rankings: 9-195.2

Last Ten Rankings (9-1): 100.0 (2)
3-1v #1-25
4-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
1-0v #101-200
1-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 4-096.4
Away Rankings: 0-097.5
Neutral Rankings: 5-199.0
League Power Rankings: 4-096.4
Non-League Power Rankings: 5-199.0

Home Advantage: -2.9 (312)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (57)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3 (68)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4 (76)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6 (78)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8 (68)

Upward Stability: 1.3 (340)

Downward Stability: 2.1 (314)

RPI
RPI: 0.6 (2)
5-2v #1-25
7-0v #26-50
7-0v #51-100
12-0v #101-200
7-0v #201-341

RPI Home (20-1): 0.6 (4) 2-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 7-0v #51-100 6-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341

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

RPI Neutral (8-1): 0.7 (2) 5-1v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (19-0): 0.6 (5)
0-0v #1-25
2-0v #26-50
8-0v #51-100
5-0v #101-200
4-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (19-2): 0.6 (2) 5-2v #1-25 4-0v #26-50 4-0v #51-100 4-0v #101-200 2-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (6)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/5/2007	Home	W 102-71	vs. #243 Tenn Martin
11/6/2007	Home	W 80-63	vs. #125 Richmond
11/15/2007	Neut	W 63-53	vs. #28 Oklahoma
11/16/2007	Neut	W 81-70	vs. #26 Connecticut
11/20/2007	Home	W 84-63	vs. #283 Arkansas St
11/27/2007	Home	W 104-82	vs. #147 Austin Peay
12/4/2007	Neut	W 62-58	vs. #25 USC
12/15/2007	Away	W 65-41	vs. #155 Middle Tenn St
12/19/2007	Away	W 79-69	vs. #110 Cincinnati
12/22/2007	Home	W 85-71	vs. #9 Georgetown
12/29/2007	Home	W 76-63	vs. #37 Arizona
1/3/2008	Home	W 102-58	vs. #85 Siena
1/5/2008	Home	W 90-53	vs. #231 Pepperdine
1/9/2008	Home	W 99-58	vs. #222 East Carolina
1/12/2008	Away	W 68-45	vs. #153 Marshall
1/16/2008	Away	W 77-50	vs. #322 Rice
1/19/2008	Home	W 83-47	vs. #112 SO Mississippi
1/23/2008	Away	W 56-41	vs. #78 Tulsa
1/26/2008	Home	W 81-73	vs. #29 Gonzaga
1/30/2008	Away	W 89-77	vs. #72 Houston
2/2/2008	Home	W 70-64	vs. #124 Texas El Paso
2/6/2008	Home	W 77-48	vs. #282 SMU
2/9/2008	Home	W 85-64	vs. #135 Central Florida
2/13/2008	Home	W 68-59	vs. #72 Houston
2/16/2008	Away	W 79-78	vs. #66 Uab
2/20/2008	Away	W 97-71	vs. #159 Tulane
2/23/2008	Home	L 62-66	vs. #7 Tennessee
2/27/2008	Home	W 82-67	vs. #78 Tulsa
3/1/2008	Away	W 76-67	vs. #112 SO Mississippi
3/5/2008	Away	W 72-55	vs. #282 SMU
3/8/2008	Home	W 94-56	vs. #66 Uab
3/13/2008	Home	W 75-56	vs. #159 Tulane
3/14/2008	Home	W 69-53	vs. #112 SO Mississippi
3/15/2008	Home	W 77-51	vs. #78 Tulsa
3/21/2008	Neut	W 87-63	vs. #168 Texas Arlington
3/23/2008	Neut	W 77-74	vs. #35 Mississippi St
3/28/2008	Neut	W 92-74	vs. #16 Michigan St
3/30/2008	Neut	W 85-67	vs. #5 Texas
4/5/2008	Neut	W 78-63	vs. #4 UCLA
4/7/2008	Neut	L 68-75	vs. #1 Kansas

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent