NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ALABAMA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-13
Power Rating: 87.416
Ranking: 28

4-7 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (11-4): 84.650 (55) 1-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 4-4 83.658 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 87.588 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 87.806

Away Ratings (4-6): 86.759 (31)
1-3 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 4-4 86.439
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 81.603
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 86.330

Neutral Ratings (5-3): 91.549 (17) 2-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 89.884 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-2 89.970 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 90.994

League Power Rankings (9-9): 85.131 (49)
1-3 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-4 83.658
Away Ratings: 4-4 86.439
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 89.884
Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 88.029

Non-League Power Ratings (11-4): 91.197 (12) 3-4 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-0 87.588 Away Ratings: 0-2 81.603 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 89.970 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 91.447

Wins Power Rankings: 90.371 (25)
4-7 v #1-25
3-5 v #26-50
7-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 11-4 85.832
Away Ratings: 4-6 90.351
Neutral Ratings: 5-3 95.933
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 95.035

Rankings: Points: 84.035 (31) 4-7 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 8-2 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 11-4 83.359 Away Ratings: 4-6 82.738 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 86.246 League Power Rankings: 9-9 83.302 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-4 85.215 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 86.308

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 91.045 (17)
1-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-1 87.806
Away Ratings: 2-0 86.330
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 90.994
League Power Rankings: 4-2 88.029
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 91.447

Home Advantage: -0.438 (258)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1546 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3635 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5252 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6499 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7799 (5)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9389 (1)

Upward Stability: 3.7384 (4)

Downward Stability: 4.0694 (3)

RPI
RPI: 0.6193 (17)
4-8 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
8-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (11-4): 0.6272 (23) 1-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (4-6): 0.5596 (32)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (5-3): 0.6790 (11) 1-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (9-9): 0.5726 (56)
1-4 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (11-4): 0.6743 (2) 2-3 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.6237 (1)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/14/2003	Neut	L 62-71	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
11/21/2003	Home	W 69-63	vs. #115 Louisiana Tech
11/25/2003	Home	W 83-76	vs. #202 SE Louisiana
11/29/2003	Away	L 71-76	vs. #23 Providence
12/3/2003	Home	W 79-72	vs. #33 Charlotte
12/6/2003	Home	W 65-47	vs. #97 Austin Peay
12/16/2003	Home	W 76-72	vs. #131 Chattanooga
12/20/2003	Neut	W 87-86	vs. #72 Oregon
12/27/2003	Home	W 101-44	vs. #223 Mercer
12/30/2003	Home	W 71-56	vs. #12 Wisconsin
1/3/2004	Away	L 47-68	vs. #21 Xavier
1/10/2004	Away	L 66-70	vs. #55 LSU
1/14/2004	Home	W 81-65	vs. #103 Arkansas
1/17/2004	Home	W 69-46	vs. #85 Auburn
1/21/2004	Away	W 45-42	vs. #50 Georgia
1/24/2004	Away	L 60-71	vs. #102 Mississippi
1/27/2004	Home	L 78-88	vs. #26 Florida
1/31/2004	Home	L 54-60	vs. #55 LSU
2/4/2004	Away	L 82-90	vs. #34 South Carolina
2/10/2004	Away	L 55-66	vs. #8 Kentucky
2/14/2004	Home	W 83-70	vs. #73 Tennessee
2/18/2004	Home	L 67-70	vs. #22 Vanderbilt
2/21/2004	Away	W 77-73	vs. #10 Mississippi St
2/24/2004	Away	W 72-71	vs. #85 Auburn
2/28/2004	Home	W 84-69	vs. #102 Mississippi
3/3/2004	Away	W 72-68	vs. #103 Arkansas
3/6/2004	Home	L 81-82	vs. #10 Mississippi St
3/11/2004	Neut	W 84-49	vs. #73 Tennessee
3/12/2004	Neut	L 73-75	vs. #26 Florida
3/18/2004	Neut	W 65-64	vs. #41 Southern Ill
3/20/2004	Neut	W 70-67	vs. #7 Stanford
3/25/2004	Neut	W 80-71	vs. #18 Syracuse
3/27/2004	Neut	L 71-87	vs. #3 Connecticut

FUTURE GAMES

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