NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-8
Power Rating: 87.9
Ranking: 20

3-5v #1-25
3-2v #26-50
3-1v #51-100
10-0v #101-200
6-0v #201-341

Home Rankings (17-0): 94.1 (3) 3-0v #1-25 1-0v #26-50 2-0v #51-100 6-0v #101-200 5-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 9-089.3 Non-League Power Rankings: 8-084.1 Last Ten Rankings: 3-090.4

Away Rankings (5-4): 88.2 (18)
0-3v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
4-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
League Power Rankings: 5-487.4
Non-League Power Rankings: 0-087.9
Last Ten Rankings: 3-186.3

Neutral Rankings (3-4): 82.5 (80) 0-2v #1-25 1-1v #26-50 1-1v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 1-0v #201-341 League Power Rankings: 0-178.3 Non-League Power Rankings: 3-384.8 Last Ten Rankings: 1-282.7

League Power Rankings (14-5): 89.3 (14)
3-4v #1-25
2-1v #26-50
2-0v #51-100
7-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 9-089.3
Away Rankings: 5-487.4
Neutral Rankings: 0-178.3
Last Ten Rankings: 6-286.5

Non-League Power Rankings (11-3): 84.6 (45) 0-1v #1-25 1-1v #26-50 1-1v #51-100 3-0v #101-200 6-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 8-084.1 Away Rankings: 0-087.9 Neutral Rankings: 3-384.8 Last Ten Rankings: 1-184.3

Wins Power Rankings: 90.1 (19)
3-5v #1-25
3-2v #26-50
3-1v #51-100
10-0v #101-200
6-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 17-0102.6
Away Rankings: 5-490.8
Neutral Rankings: 3-482.7
Last Ten Rankings: 7-389.6

Predictive / Points Rankings: 85.3 (22) 3-5v #1-25 3-2v #26-50 3-1v #51-100 10-0v #101-200 6-0v #201-341 Home Rankings: 17-087.8 Away Rankings: 5-485.1 Neutral Rankings: 3-482.5 League Power Rankings: 14-585.8 Non-League Power Rankings: 11-383.9 Last Ten Rankings: 7-384.5

Last Ten Rankings (7-3): 87.4 (28)
1-2v #1-25
1-1v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
4-0v #101-200
1-0v #201-341
Home Rankings: 3-090.4
Away Rankings: 3-186.3
Neutral Rankings: 1-282.7
League Power Rankings: 6-286.5
Non-League Power Rankings: 1-184.3

Home Advantage: 11.9 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2 (52)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5 (59)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6 (70)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8 (83)

Upward Stability: 2.5 (289)

Downward Stability: 3.1 (131)

RPI
RPI: 0.5 (27)
4-6v #1-25
2-1v #26-50
2-1v #51-100
10-0v #101-200
7-0v #201-341

RPI Home (17-0): 0.6 (8) 1-0v #1-25 3-0v #26-50 1-0v #51-100 6-0v #101-200 6-0v #201-341

RPI Away (5-4): 0.6 (21)
0-4v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
1-0v #51-100
2-0v #101-200
2-0v #201-341

RPI Neutral (3-4): 0.5 (119) 0-0v #1-25 0-3v #26-50 3-1v #51-100 0-0v #101-200 0-0v #201-341

RPI League (14-5): 0.6 (13)
2-3v #1-25
2-2v #26-50
3-0v #51-100
5-0v #101-200
2-0v #201-341

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.5 (95) 0-1v #1-25 0-1v #26-50 2-0v #51-100 4-1v #101-200 5-0v #201-341

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5 (70)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/12/2007	Home	W 82-50	vs. #221 Liu Brooklyn
11/16/2007	Neut	W 76-33	vs. #308 Monmouth NJ
11/18/2007	Neut	L 64-68	vs. #40 Baylor
11/19/2007	Neut	L 69-70	vs. #64 Georgia Tech
11/24/2007	Home	W 87-75	vs. #211 Youngstown St
11/26/2007	Home	W 94-63	vs. #185 Colgate
12/1/2007	Home	W 76-65	vs. #184 Eastern Mich
12/4/2007	Neut	W 68-59	vs. #31 Kansas St
12/8/2007	Home	W 108-62	vs. #267 Northern Ill
12/22/2007	Home	W 84-76	vs. #272 San Francisco
12/29/2007	Home	W 87-54	vs. #131 Brown
12/31/2007	Home	W 77-58	vs. #340 North Florida
1/3/2008	Home	W 69-56	vs. #21 West Virginia
1/5/2008	Home	W 73-67	vs. #26 Connecticut
1/12/2008	Away	L 66-92	vs. #19 Marquette
1/15/2008	Home	W 91-74	vs. #110 Cincinnati
1/19/2008	Away	L 65-84	vs. #9 Georgetown
1/26/2008	Away	W 90-80	vs. #41 Villanova
1/31/2008	Home	W 81-74	vs. #84 Providence
2/2/2008	Home	W 89-80	vs. #128 DePaul
2/6/2008	Away	W 95-69	vs. #105 Seton Hall
2/9/2008	Home	W 86-83	vs. #19 Marquette
2/13/2008	Away	L 78-84	vs. #26 Connecticut
2/17/2008	Away	W 71-68	vs. #187 Rutgers
2/21/2008	Home	W 82-70	vs. #18 Pittsburgh
2/24/2008	Home	W 94-87	vs. #54 Syracuse
2/28/2008	Away	L 85-90	vs. #10 Louisville
3/2/2008	Away	W 98-91	vs. #128 DePaul
3/5/2008	Home	W 68-55	vs. #148 St Johns
3/8/2008	Away	W 67-60	vs. #142 South Florida
3/13/2008	Neut	L 79-89	vs. #19 Marquette
3/20/2008	Neut	W 68-50	vs. #92 George Mason
3/22/2008	Neut	L 41-61	vs. #15 Washington St

FUTURE GAMES

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