NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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UNLV
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-8
Power Rating: 84.7
Ranking: 42

0-2v #1-25
3-2v #26-50
4-2v #51-100
10-2v #101-200
9-0v #201-341

Home Rankings (19-2): 87.0 (32) 0-1v #1-25 2-1v #26-50 4-0v #51-100 6-0v #101-200 7-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 11-085.1 Non-League Power Rankings: 8-282.4 Last Ten Rankings: 6-083.7

Away Rankings (6-5): 81.2 (75)
0-0v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
0-2v #51-100
4-2v #101-200
2-0v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 4-478.4
Non-League Power Rankings: 2-185.7
Last Ten Rankings: 1-179.3

Neutral Rankings (1-1): 91.4 (15) 0-1v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 0-084.7 Non-League Power Rankings: 1-190.7 Last Ten Rankings: 1-190.7

League Power Rankings (15-4): 84.2 (47)
0-0v #1-25
2-1v #26-50
3-2v #51-100
6-1v #101-200
4-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 11-085.1
Away Rankings: 4-478.4
Neutral Rankings: 0-084.7
Last Ten Rankings: 7-182.5

Non-League Power Rankings (11-4): 85.5 (37) 0-2v #1-25 1-1v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 4-1v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 8-282.4 Away Rankings: 2-185.7 Neutral Rankings: 1-190.7 Last Ten Rankings: 1-190.7

Wins Power Rankings: 86.3 (40)
0-2v #1-25
3-2v #26-50
3-1v #51-100
11-3v #101-200
9-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 19-289.1
Away Rankings: 6-582.5
Neutral Rankings: 1-195.0
Last Ten Rankings: 8-290.4

Predictive / Points Rankings: 82.7 (41) 0-2v #1-25 4-3v #26-50 5-1v #51-100 10-2v #101-200 7-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 19-284.6 Away Rankings: 6-579.6 Neutral Rankings: 1-187.0 League Power Rankings: 15-481.9 Non-League Power Rankings: 11-484.1 Last Ten Rankings: 8-283.8

Last Ten Rankings (8-2): 87.4 (27)
0-1v #1-25
2-1v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
6-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 6-083.7
Away Rankings: 1-179.3
Neutral Rankings: 1-190.7
League Power Rankings: 7-182.5
Non-League Power Rankings: 1-190.7

Home Advantage: 7.8 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (113)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1 (123)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2 (122)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4 (120)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5 (122)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8 (121)

Upward Stability: 2.5 (284)

Downward Stability: 3.3 (69)

RPI
RPI: 0.6 (21)
1-2v #1-25
2-2v #26-50
7-3v #51-100
4-1v #101-200
12-0v #201-341

RPI Home (19-2): 0.6 (24) 2-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 3-1v #51-100 9-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341

RPI Away (6-5): 0.5 (39)
0-0v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
1-3v #51-100
3-1v #101-200
2-0v #201-341

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

RPI League (15-4): 0.6 (20)
2-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
3-1v #51-100
6-2v #101-200
4-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (11-4): 0.5 (40) 0-3v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 1-1v #51-100 8-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (59)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/9/2007	Home	W 76-65	vs. #242 Montana St
11/17/2007	Away	W 66-55	vs. #101 San Diego
11/21/2007	Home	L 48-68	vs. #10 Louisville
11/24/2007	Home	W 79-67	vs. #115 Nevada
11/27/2007	Away	L 60-63	vs. #108 UC Santa Barbara
12/1/2007	Home	W 84-71	vs. #124 Texas El Paso
12/5/2007	Away	W 83-74	vs. #161 Northrn Arizona
12/8/2007	Home	W 84-71	vs. #248 Fresno St
12/19/2007	Home	L 49-52	vs. #37 Arizona
12/22/2007	Home	W 74-48	vs. #243 Tenn Martin
12/28/2007	Home	W 78-55	vs. #309 Kennesaw St
12/29/2007	Home	W 64-42	vs. #251 Nicholls St
12/30/2007	Home	W 81-64	vs. #77 Minnesota
1/5/2008	Away	W 65-62	vs. #281 Colorado St
1/12/2008	Away	L 53-65	vs. #166 Air Force
1/15/2008	Home	W 70-41	vs. #34 BYU
1/23/2008	Home	W 78-71	vs. #201 Wyoming
1/26/2008	Away	W 72-69	vs. #104 San Diego St
1/30/2008	Away	W 70-58	vs. #189 TCU
2/2/2008	Home	W 79-60	vs. #59 New Mexico
2/6/2008	Away	L 73-81	vs. #99 Utah
2/9/2008	Home	W 68-51	vs. #281 Colorado St
2/12/2008	Home	W 58-51	vs. #166 Air Force
2/16/2008	Away	L 48-74	vs. #34 BYU
2/23/2008	Away	W 73-65	vs. #201 Wyoming
2/26/2008	Home	W 68-58	vs. #104 San Diego St
3/1/2008	Home	W 74-55	vs. #189 TCU
3/4/2008	Away	L 45-59	vs. #59 New Mexico
3/8/2008	Home	W 70-63	vs. #99 Utah
3/13/2008	Home	W 89-88	vs. #189 TCU
3/14/2008	Home	W 61-55	vs. #99 Utah
3/15/2008	Home	W 76-61	vs. #34 BYU
3/20/2008	Neut	W 71-58	vs. #33 Kent
3/22/2008	Neut	L 56-75	vs. #1 Kansas

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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Opponent