NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TEMPLE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-13
Power Rating: 83.3
Ranking: 55

1-3v #1-25
3-2v #26-50
5-5v #51-100
8-3v #101-200
4-0v #201-341

Home Rankings (10-4): 82.5 (75) 1-1v #1-25 1-2v #26-50 4-0v #51-100 2-1v #101-200 2-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 6-283.8 Non-League Power Rankings: 4-277.4 Last Ten Rankings: 2-179.5

Away Rankings (7-5): 84.9 (39)
0-1v #1-25
1-0v #26-50
0-3v #51-100
4-1v #101-200
2-0v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 5-384.2
Non-League Power Rankings: 2-285.5
Last Ten Rankings: 3-090.4

Neutral Rankings (4-4): 82.3 (83) 0-1v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 1-2v #51-100 2-1v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 3-090.0 Non-League Power Rankings: 1-475.8 Last Ten Rankings: 3-186.7

League Power Rankings (14-5): 86.1 (32)
1-0v #1-25
3-1v #26-50
4-2v #51-100
5-2v #101-200
1-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 6-283.8
Away Rankings: 5-384.2
Neutral Rankings: 3-090.0
Last Ten Rankings: 8-186.8

Non-League Power Rankings (7-8): 78.2 (118) 0-3v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 1-3v #51-100 3-1v #101-200 3-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 4-277.4 Away Rankings: 2-285.5 Neutral Rankings: 1-475.8 Last Ten Rankings: 0-177.8

Wins Power Rankings: 84.6 (53)
1-3v #1-25
1-2v #26-50
6-5v #51-100
9-3v #101-200
4-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 10-483.2
Away Rankings: 7-586.7
Neutral Rankings: 4-483.4
Last Ten Rankings: 8-290.0

Predictive / Points Rankings: 81.7 (54) 1-3v #1-25 3-3v #26-50 5-4v #51-100 8-3v #101-200 4-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 10-481.3 Away Rankings: 7-582.7 Neutral Rankings: 4-481.0 League Power Rankings: 14-583.8 Non-League Power Rankings: 7-877.9 Last Ten Rankings: 8-284.8

Last Ten Rankings (8-2): 87.7 (23)
0-1v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
6-0v #51-100
1-1v #101-200
1-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 2-179.5
Away Rankings: 3-090.4
Neutral Rankings: 3-186.7
League Power Rankings: 8-186.8
Non-League Power Rankings: 0-177.8

Home Advantage: 2.2 (202)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (98)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2 (89)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3 (82)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4 (67)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8 (17)

Upward Stability: 3.4 (20)

Downward Stability: 4.0 (5)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (53)
1-3v #1-25
1-2v #26-50
6-4v #51-100
7-4v #101-200
6-0v #201-341

RPI Home (10-4): 0.5 (65) 2-1v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 1-1v #51-100 5-1v #101-200 1-1v #201-341

RPI Away (7-5): 0.5 (42)
1-1v #1-25
0-2v #26-50
2-1v #51-100
1-1v #101-200
3-0v #201-341

RPI Neutral (4-4): 0.5 (104) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 1-2v #51-100 3-1v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (14-5): 0.6 (29)
1-0v #1-25
2-1v #26-50
3-2v #51-100
7-2v #101-200
1-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (7-8): 0.5 (115) 0-4v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 1-3v #51-100 1-1v #101-200 4-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (52)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/9/2007	Away	L 63-80	vs. #7 Tennessee
11/15/2007	Neut	L 64-66	vs. #84 Providence
11/16/2007	Neut	L 76-79	vs. #177 Coll Of Charltn
11/18/2007	Neut	W 73-69	vs. #141 Marist
11/24/2007	Away	W 72-55	vs. #180 Bowling Green
11/26/2007	Away	L 65-67	vs. #67 Akron
11/29/2007	Home	W 90-88	vs. #95 Ohio
12/6/2007	Home	W 69-46	vs. #212 Towson
12/9/2007	Home	L 93-101	vs. #41 Villanova
12/15/2007	Away	W 64-51	vs. #227 Drexel
12/22/2007	Home	W 58-55	vs. #184 Eastern Mich
12/29/2007	Neut	L 69-86	vs. #52 Florida
1/9/2008	Home	L 64-74	vs. #8 Duke
1/12/2008	Away	L 58-60	vs. #74 Charlotte
1/16/2008	Home	W 78-59	vs. #13 Xavier
1/20/2008	Away	W 54-53	vs. #113 St Louis
1/23/2008	Home	W 80-64	vs. #255 Pennsylvania
1/26/2008	Home	L 67-68	vs. #49 St Josephs
1/31/2008	Away	W 58-50	vs. #162 Fordham
2/3/2008	Home	W 93-80	vs. #171 Geo Washington
2/6/2008	Away	L 58-64	vs. #125 Richmond
2/10/2008	Home	W 80-70	vs. #43 Massachusetts
2/13/2008	Home	W 92-89	vs. #76 Rhode Island
2/16/2008	Away	L 66-77	vs. #51 Dayton
2/20/2008	Away	W 96-82	vs. #238 St Bonaventure
2/23/2008	Home	L 76-78	vs. #162 Fordham
2/27/2008	Home	W 75-61	vs. #74 Charlotte
3/2/2008	Away	W 57-56	vs. #49 St Josephs
3/5/2008	Home	W 90-85	vs. #97 Duquesne
3/8/2008	Away	W 85-66	vs. #138 La Salle
3/13/2008	Neut	W 84-75	vs. #138 La Salle
3/14/2008	Neut	W 60-45	vs. #74 Charlotte
3/15/2008	Neut	W 69-64	vs. #49 St Josephs
3/20/2008	Neut	L 61-72	vs. #16 Michigan St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent