NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-11
Power Rating: 80.6
Ranking: 85

1-1v #1-25
1-2v #26-50
0-2v #51-100
10-4v #101-200
11-2v #201-341

Home Rankings (13-4): 77.7 (133) 1-0v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 5-3v #101-200 7-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 9-375.3 Non-League Power Rankings: 4-180.8 Last Ten Rankings: 4-177.5

Away Rankings (8-6): 82.0 (68)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-2v #51-100
5-1v #101-200
3-2v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 7-282.1
Non-League Power Rankings: 1-481.3
Last Ten Rankings: 2-183.7

Neutral Rankings (2-1): 85.5 (46) 0-0v #1-25 1-1v #26-50 0-0v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 0-080.6 Non-League Power Rankings: 2-185.9 Last Ten Rankings: 1-185.9

League Power Rankings (16-5): 79.6 (100)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
8-4v #101-200
8-1v #201-341
Home Rankings: 9-375.3
Away Rankings: 7-282.1
Neutral Rankings: 0-080.6
Last Ten Rankings: 5-276.8

Non-League Power Rankings (7-6): 82.4 (68) 1-1v #1-25 1-2v #26-50 0-2v #51-100 2-0v #101-200 3-1v #201-341 Home Rankings: 4-180.8 Away Rankings: 1-481.3 Neutral Rankings: 2-185.9 Last Ten Rankings: 2-188.5

Wins Power Rankings: 81.6 (84)
1-1v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
1-3v #51-100
9-4v #101-200
11-2v #201-341
Home Rankings: 13-478.0
Away Rankings: 8-683.2
Neutral Rankings: 2-187.1
Last Ten Rankings: 7-382.7

Predictive / Points Rankings: 79.5 (88) 1-1v #1-25 1-2v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 11-5v #101-200 10-2v #201-341 Home Rankings: 13-477.0 Away Rankings: 8-680.6 Neutral Rankings: 2-183.6 League Power Rankings: 16-578.5 Non-League Power Rankings: 7-681.1 Last Ten Rankings: 7-381.0

Last Ten Rankings (7-3): 82.0 (77)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-0v #51-100
4-1v #101-200
2-1v #201-341
Home Rankings: 4-177.5
Away Rankings: 2-183.7
Neutral Rankings: 1-185.9
League Power Rankings: 5-276.8
Non-League Power Rankings: 2-188.5

Home Advantage: -1.3 (293)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (149)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1 (164)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2 (163)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3 (164)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4 (171)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7 (179)

Upward Stability: 2.8 (201)

Downward Stability: 3.2 (80)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (63)
2-1v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
1-3v #51-100
9-4v #101-200
11-2v #201-341

RPI Home (13-4): 0.5 (100) 1-0v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 2-1v #51-100 3-2v #101-200 7-1v #201-341

RPI Away (8-6): 0.5 (48)
0-1v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
1-1v #51-100
5-1v #101-200
2-2v #201-341

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.5 (68) 0-0v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 1-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (16-5): 0.5 (92)
0-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
2-1v #51-100
6-3v #101-200
8-1v #201-341

RPI Non-League (7-6): 0.5 (46) 1-2v #1-25 1-1v #26-50 1-1v #51-100 1-2v #101-200 3-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (113)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/9/2007	Away	L 88-100	vs. #209 James Madison
11/12/2007	Away	L 89-97	vs. #54 Syracuse
11/13/2007	Neut	W 88-66	vs. #302 Fair Dickinson
11/17/2007	Home	W 79-67	vs. #12 Stanford
11/25/2007	Away	L 77-83	vs. #91 Cornell
12/1/2007	Home	W 75-71	vs. #208 Albany NY
12/7/2007	Away	W 74-61	vs. #183 Fairfield
12/9/2007	Home	W 81-76	vs. #234 Iona
12/22/2007	Home	W 84-77	vs. #182 Holy Cross
12/28/2007	Home	L 68-74	vs. #49 St Josephs
12/31/2007	Home	W 89-54	vs. #294 Dartmouth
1/3/2008	Away	L 58-102	vs. #2 Memphis
1/6/2008	Home	W 79-56	vs. #299 St Peters
1/8/2008	Home	L 52-53	vs. #183 Fairfield
1/11/2008	Away	W 94-84	vs. #130 Niagara
1/13/2008	Away	W 72-44	vs. #301 Canisius
1/17/2008	Home	W 69-56	vs. #259 Manhattan
1/21/2008	Home	W 77-49	vs. #301 Canisius
1/24/2008	Away	L 56-85	vs. #150 Loyola MD
1/27/2008	Away	W 64-51	vs. #234 Iona
2/2/2008	Home	L 75-89	vs. #111 Rider
2/4/2008	Home	W 76-72	vs. #141 Marist
2/8/2008	Away	W 97-88	vs. #141 Marist
2/10/2008	Away	W 80-77	vs. #111 Rider
2/16/2008	Home	L 76-83	vs. #150 Loyola MD
2/18/2008	Away	L 72-73	vs. #259 Manhattan
2/23/2008	Away	W 93-70	vs. #107 Boise St
2/29/2008	Home	W 94-78	vs. #130 Niagara
3/2/2008	Away	W 77-64	vs. #299 St Peters
3/8/2008	Home	W 66-58	vs. #259 Manhattan
3/9/2008	Home	W 65-63	vs. #150 Loyola MD
3/10/2008	Home	W 74-53	vs. #111 Rider
3/21/2008	Neut	W 83-62	vs. #36 Vanderbilt
3/23/2008	Neut	L 72-84	vs. #41 Villanova

FUTURE GAMES

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