NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-10
Power Rating: 78.4
Ranking: 117

0-3v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
2-2v #51-100
4-1v #101-200
15-4v #201-341

Home Rankings (9-1): 75.8 (156) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 7-1v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 7-074.1 Non-League Power Rankings: 2-167.4 Last Ten Rankings: 3-071.9

Away Rankings (8-7): 77.8 (126)
0-2v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-2v #51-100
1-1v #101-200
7-2v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 5-280.3
Non-League Power Rankings: 3-574.3
Last Ten Rankings: 3-182.6

Neutral Rankings (4-2): 83.0 (75) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 2-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 1-1v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 2-085.7 Non-League Power Rankings: 2-279.4 Last Ten Rankings: 2-183.6

League Power Rankings (14-2): 81.2 (74)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
4-1v #101-200
10-1v #201-341
Home Rankings: 7-074.1
Away Rankings: 5-280.3
Neutral Rankings: 2-085.7
Last Ten Rankings: 7-081.7

Non-League Power Rankings (7-8): 74.8 (161) 0-3v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 2-2v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 5-3v #201-341 Home Rankings: 2-167.4 Away Rankings: 3-574.3 Neutral Rankings: 2-279.4 Last Ten Rankings: 1-276.4

Wins Power Rankings: 79.2 (114)
0-3v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
2-2v #51-100
4-1v #101-200
15-4v #201-341
Home Rankings: 9-177.2
Away Rankings: 8-777.8
Neutral Rankings: 4-284.9
Last Ten Rankings: 8-285.0

Predictive / Points Rankings: 77.2 (129) 0-3v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 2-2v #51-100 4-1v #101-200 15-4v #201-341 Home Rankings: 9-174.0 Away Rankings: 8-777.8 Neutral Rankings: 4-280.7 League Power Rankings: 14-279.7 Non-League Power Rankings: 7-874.1 Last Ten Rankings: 8-280.3

Last Ten Rankings (8-2): 82.9 (70)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-1v #51-100
1-0v #101-200
7-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 3-071.9
Away Rankings: 3-182.6
Neutral Rankings: 2-183.6
League Power Rankings: 7-081.7
Non-League Power Rankings: 1-276.4

Home Advantage: 0.1 (259)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (119)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1 (166)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2 (198)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2 (221)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4 (244)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7 (251)

Upward Stability: 2.2 (314)

Downward Stability: 2.8 (205)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (88)
0-3v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
2-1v #51-100
4-2v #101-200
15-4v #201-341

RPI Home (9-1): 0.5 (97) 0-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 6-1v #201-341

RPI Away (8-7): 0.5 (119)
0-2v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-2v #51-100
1-0v #101-200
7-3v #201-341

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.5 (44) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-1v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341

RPI League (14-2): 0.5 (54)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
4-1v #101-200
10-1v #201-341

RPI Non-League (7-8): 0.5 (123) 0-3v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 2-0v #51-100 1-4v #101-200 4-1v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4 (192)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/9/2007	Away	L 48-69	vs. #4 UCLA
11/16/2007	Neut	W 75-73	vs. #75 Iupui
11/17/2007	Neut	W 66-63	vs. #67 Akron
11/18/2007	Neut	L 63-64	vs. #281 Colorado St
11/24/2007	Away	L 68-76	vs. #315 UC Davis
11/28/2007	Away	W 78-73	vs. #288 Portland
12/1/2007	Away	W 60-53	vs. #216 Utah Valley St
12/9/2007	Away	L 60-72	vs. #15 Washington St
12/12/2007	Home	W 74-66	vs. #245 Cal Poly
12/18/2007	Away	L 65-84	vs. #81 Washington
12/22/2007	Away	L 57-58	vs. #279 Eastern Wash
12/28/2007	Home	L 73-76	vs. #260 San Jose St
1/3/2008	Home	W 83-58	vs. #338 Sacramento St
1/5/2008	Home	W 80-66	vs. #161 Northrn Arizona
1/10/2008	Away	L 68-73	vs. #199 Weber St
1/13/2008	Away	W 71-61	vs. #278 Idaho St
1/19/2008	Home	W 85-83	vs. #257 Northern Colorado
1/31/2008	Home	W 70-68	vs. #226 Montana
2/2/2008	Home	W 96-85	vs. #242 Montana St
2/7/2008	Away	W 71-68	vs. #161 Northrn Arizona
2/9/2008	Away	W 79-56	vs. #338 Sacramento St
2/14/2008	Home	W 81-58	vs. #278 Idaho St
2/16/2008	Home	W 76-73	vs. #199 Weber St
2/20/2008	Away	W 88-79	vs. #257 Northern Colorado
2/23/2008	Away	L 69-85	vs. #89 CS Fullerton
2/28/2008	Away	W 96-68	vs. #242 Montana St
3/1/2008	Away	W 108-56	vs. #226 Montana
3/4/2008	Home	W 76-74	vs. #279 Eastern Wash
3/11/2008	Neut	W 72-61	vs. #278 Idaho St
3/12/2008	Neut	W 67-51	vs. #161 Northrn Arizona
3/20/2008	Neut	L 61-85	vs. #1 Kansas

FUTURE GAMES

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