NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-13
Power Rating: 84.8
Ranking: 41

3-7v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
6-2v #51-100
7-3v #101-200
5-0v #201-341

Home Rankings (12-3): 84.0 (61) 2-2v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 4-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 6-381.8 Non-League Power Rankings: 6-082.9 Last Ten Rankings: 2-182.3

Away Rankings (4-7): 83.1 (57)
0-3v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
3-0v #51-100
1-3v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 3-684.2
Non-League Power Rankings: 1-184.2
Last Ten Rankings: 1-188.2

Neutral Rankings (6-3): 88.2 (26) 1-2v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 3-1v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 1-187.2 Non-League Power Rankings: 5-286.6 Last Ten Rankings: 3-289.1

League Power Rankings (10-10): 83.6 (50)
2-6v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
3-1v #51-100
4-3v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 6-381.8
Away Rankings: 3-684.2
Neutral Rankings: 1-187.2
Last Ten Rankings: 4-385.3

Non-League Power Rankings (12-3): 87.5 (28) 1-1v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 3-1v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 6-082.9 Away Rankings: 1-184.2 Neutral Rankings: 5-286.6 Last Ten Rankings: 2-190.5

Wins Power Rankings: 86.4 (38)
3-7v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
6-3v #51-100
7-3v #101-200
5-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 12-385.9
Away Rankings: 4-784.0
Neutral Rankings: 6-390.6
Last Ten Rankings: 6-490.5

Predictive / Points Rankings: 82.7 (44) 3-7v #1-25 1-1v #26-50 6-1v #51-100 7-4v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 12-381.4 Away Rankings: 4-782.3 Neutral Rankings: 6-385.0 League Power Rankings: 10-1082.0 Non-League Power Rankings: 12-384.2 Last Ten Rankings: 6-484.9

Last Ten Rankings (6-4): 88.0 (21)
0-3v #1-25
2-1v #26-50
3-0v #51-100
1-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 2-182.3
Away Rankings: 1-188.2
Neutral Rankings: 3-289.1
League Power Rankings: 4-385.3
Non-League Power Rankings: 2-190.5

Home Advantage: 2.2 (200)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8 (13)

Upward Stability: 3.3 (22)

Downward Stability: 3.8 (14)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (42)
4-6v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
5-2v #51-100
9-3v #101-200
4-1v #201-341

RPI Home (12-3): 0.5 (60) 1-1v #1-25 2-1v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 5-0v #101-200 4-0v #201-341

RPI Away (4-7): 0.5 (81)
0-3v #1-25
2-1v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
1-1v #101-200
0-1v #201-341

RPI Neutral (6-3): 0.6 (27) 0-3v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 2-0v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341

RPI League (10-10): 0.5 (60)
2-5v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
2-2v #51-100
4-1v #101-200
1-1v #201-341

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6 (24) 0-1v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 2-2v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 6-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (31)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/9/2007	Home	W 86-64	vs. #320 Stony Brook
11/18/2007	Home	W 70-64	vs. #219 Bucknell
11/22/2007	Neut	W 76-68	vs. #135 Central Florida
11/23/2007	Neut	W 84-76	vs. #92 George Mason
11/25/2007	Neut	L 68-69	vs. #98 North Carolina St
12/1/2007	Home	W 87-61	vs. #255 Pennsylvania
12/6/2007	Neut	W 68-67	vs. #126 LSU
12/9/2007	Away	W 101-93	vs. #55 Temple
12/14/2007	Home	W 103-75	vs. #210 Hartford
12/22/2007	Home	W 72-56	vs. #240 Columbia
12/29/2007	Home	W 71-58	vs. #138 La Salle
1/3/2008	Away	L 76-84	vs. #128 DePaul
1/6/2008	Home	W 64-63	vs. #18 Pittsburgh
1/12/2008	Away	L 66-69	vs. #110 Cincinnati
1/16/2008	Home	W 76-69	vs. #128 DePaul
1/19/2008	Away	W 81-71	vs. #54 Syracuse
1/23/2008	Away	L 68-80	vs. #187 Rutgers
1/26/2008	Home	L 80-90	vs. #20 Notre Dame
1/30/2008	Away	L 57-69	vs. #18 Pittsburgh
2/2/2008	Home	L 73-87	vs. #54 Syracuse
2/4/2008	Away	L 55-77	vs. #49 St Josephs
2/9/2008	Home	W 72-70	vs. #105 Seton Hall
2/11/2008	Away	L 53-55	vs. #9 Georgetown
2/16/2008	Away	W 60-42	vs. #148 St Johns
2/20/2008	Home	W 78-56	vs. #21 West Virginia
2/23/2008	Home	W 67-65	vs. #26 Connecticut
2/25/2008	Home	L 75-85	vs. #19 Marquette
3/2/2008	Away	L 54-68	vs. #10 Louisville
3/5/2008	Home	W 72-59	vs. #142 South Florida
3/8/2008	Away	W 73-63	vs. #84 Providence
3/12/2008	Neut	W 82-63	vs. #54 Syracuse
3/13/2008	Neut	L 63-82	vs. #9 Georgetown
3/21/2008	Neut	W 75-69	vs. #22 Clemson
3/23/2008	Neut	W 84-72	vs. #85 Siena
3/28/2008	Neut	L 57-72	vs. #1 Kansas

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent