NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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KENTUCKY
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-13
Power Rating: 82.8
Ranking: 58

1-4v #1-25
3-3v #26-50
4-4v #51-100
4-1v #101-200
6-1v #201-341

Home Rankings (14-4): 84.7 (55) 1-2v #1-25 3-0v #26-50 3-0v #51-100 1-1v #101-200 6-1v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 8-086.7 Non-League Power Rankings: 6-473.7 Last Ten Rankings: 4-084.6

Away Rankings (4-6): 83.9 (49)
0-1v #1-25
0-3v #26-50
1-2v #51-100
3-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 4-484.7
Non-League Power Rankings: 0-271.3
Last Ten Rankings: 2-285.7

Neutral Rankings (0-3): 71.6 (198) 0-1v #1-25 0-0v #26-50 0-2v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 0-176.4 Non-League Power Rankings: 0-279.7 Last Ten Rankings: 0-277.9

League Power Rankings (12-5): 86.9 (29)
1-1v #1-25
3-2v #26-50
4-2v #51-100
4-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 8-086.7
Away Rankings: 4-484.7
Neutral Rankings: 0-176.4
Last Ten Rankings: 6-383.8

Non-League Power Rankings (6-8): 72.5 (192) 0-3v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 0-2v #51-100 0-1v #101-200 6-1v #201-341 Home Rankings: 6-473.7 Away Rankings: 0-271.3 Neutral Rankings: 0-279.7 Last Ten Rankings: 0-180.3

Wins Power Rankings: 84.4 (56)
1-4v #1-25
3-3v #26-50
4-5v #51-100
4-0v #101-200
6-1v #201-341
Home Rankings: 14-487.3
Away Rankings: 4-685.8
Neutral Rankings: 0-364.5
Last Ten Rankings: 6-486.7

Predictive / Points Rankings: 80.9 (68) 1-4v #1-25 4-4v #26-50 3-3v #51-100 4-1v #101-200 6-1v #201-341 Home Rankings: 14-481.5 Away Rankings: 4-681.5 Neutral Rankings: 0-376.9 League Power Rankings: 12-583.2 Non-League Power Rankings: 6-875.1 Last Ten Rankings: 6-482.1

Last Ten Rankings (6-4): 84.7 (47)
0-1v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
4-2v #51-100
1-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 4-084.6
Away Rankings: 2-285.7
Neutral Rankings: 0-277.9
League Power Rankings: 6-383.8
Non-League Power Rankings: 0-180.3

Home Advantage: 7.2 (77)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3 (51)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6 (51)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8 (86)

Upward Stability: 2.9 (146)

Downward Stability: 3.2 (107)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (58)
2-5v #1-25
2-3v #26-50
3-4v #51-100
5-0v #101-200
6-1v #201-341

RPI Home (14-4): 0.5 (64) 3-2v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 2-0v #51-100 3-1v #101-200 5-1v #201-341

RPI Away (4-6): 0.6 (30)
0-3v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
1-2v #51-100
2-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341

RPI Neutral (0-3): 0.4 (206) 0-0v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 0-1v #51-100 0-1v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (12-5): 0.6 (9)
1-2v #1-25
2-1v #26-50
3-2v #51-100
6-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (6-8): 0.4 (213) 0-2v #1-25 0-2v #26-50 0-2v #51-100 1-2v #101-200 5-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (24)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/6/2007	Home	W 67-40	vs. #276 Central Arkansas
11/7/2007	Home	L 68-84	vs. #215 Gardner-Webb
11/21/2007	Home	W 80-54	vs. #249 Liberty
11/24/2007	Home	W 83-35	vs. #336 Texas Southern
11/27/2007	Home	W 62-52	vs. #320 Stony Brook
12/1/2007	Home	L 77-86	vs. #3 North Carolina
12/8/2007	Away	L 51-70	vs. #27 Indiana
12/15/2007	Neut	L 76-79	vs. #66 Uab
12/18/2007	Away	L 69-83	vs. #72 Houston
12/22/2007	Home	W 69-47	vs. #277 Tennessee Tech
12/29/2007	Home	L 72-81	vs. #101 San Diego
12/31/2007	Home	W 92-49	vs. #261 Florida Intl
1/5/2008	Home	L 75-89	vs. #10 Louisville
1/12/2008	Home	W 79-73	vs. #36 Vanderbilt
1/15/2008	Away	L 64-69	vs. #35 Mississippi St
1/19/2008	Away	L 70-81	vs. #52 Florida
1/22/2008	Home	W 72-66	vs. #7 Tennessee
1/26/2008	Home	W 78-70	vs. #114 South Carolina
2/2/2008	Away	W 63-58	vs. #88 Georgia
2/6/2008	Away	W 66-63	vs. #143 Auburn
2/9/2008	Home	W 62-52	vs. #90 Alabama
2/12/2008	Away	L 52-93	vs. #36 Vanderbilt
2/16/2008	Away	W 67-63	vs. #126 LSU
2/19/2008	Home	W 61-55	vs. #88 Georgia
2/23/2008	Home	W 63-58	vs. #38 Arkansas
2/27/2008	Home	W 58-54	vs. #47 Mississippi
3/2/2008	Away	L 60-63	vs. #7 Tennessee
3/5/2008	Away	W 71-63	vs. #114 South Carolina
3/9/2008	Home	W 75-70	vs. #52 Florida
3/15/2008	Neut	L 56-60	vs. #88 Georgia
3/20/2008	Neut	L 66-74	vs. #19 Marquette

FUTURE GAMES

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