NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 8-21
Power Rating: 69.579
Ranking: 238

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

Home Ratings (3-8): 64.563 (285) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 2-3 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-7 65.157 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 71.719 Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 66.407

Away Ratings (4-12): 73.227 (183)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
2-4 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 3-6 75.946
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-6 72.805
Last Ten Ratings: 1-5 74.993

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 79.579 (109) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 69.579 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 78.141 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 69.579

League Power Rankings (4-13): 67.477 (256)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-7 65.157
Away Ratings: 3-6 75.946
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 69.579
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 71.293

Non-League Power Ratings (4-8): 73.836 (179) 0-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 1-2 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 2-1 71.719 Away Ratings: 1-6 72.805 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 78.141 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 69.579

Wins Power Rankings: 67.872 (242)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
3-7 v #101-200
4-7 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-8 61.719
Away Ratings: 4-12 72.579
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.622
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 62.872

Rankings: Points: 71.643 (224) 0-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 3-7 v #101-200 4-7 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 3-8 67.913 Away Ratings: 4-12 74.239 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 77.174 League Power Rankings: 4-13 70.885 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-8 73.272 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 71.178

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 66.793 (266)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-5 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 0-4 66.407
Away Ratings: 1-5 74.993
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 69.579
League Power Rankings: 1-9 71.293
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 69.579

Home Advantage: -5.570 (320)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0541 (135)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1642 (128)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2742 (127)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3821 (129)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5333 (137)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8126 (137)

Upward Stability: 3.1197 (131)

Downward Stability: 2.5214 (257)

RPI
RPI: 0.4444 (251)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
3-7 v #101-200
4-7 v #201-326

RPI Home (3-8): 0.4285 (295) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 1-4 v #201-326

RPI Away (4-12): 0.4449 (179)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
2-3 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5270 (120) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (4-13): 0.4167 (287)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (4-8): 0.4833 (183) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5006 (143)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	L 65-69	vs. #177 Monmouth NJ
11/22/2003	Neut	L 67-92	vs. #25 Boston College
11/24/2003	Neut	W 59-48	vs. #180 La Salle
11/28/2003	Away	L 62-76	vs. #62 Geo Washington
11/29/2003	Away	L 63-68	vs. #234 St Francis NY
12/1/2003	Away	W 72-62	vs. #308 The Citadel
12/3/2003	Home	W 80-77	vs. #62 Geo Washington
12/13/2003	Away	L 64-85	vs. #33 Charlotte
12/18/2003	Away	W 85-82	vs. #137 SMU
12/20/2003	Away	L 78-86	vs. #237 Tennessee Tech
12/22/2003	Away	L 48-63	vs. #22 Vanderbilt
12/30/2003	Home	W 58-55	vs. #264 James Madison
1/2/2004	Away	L 58-78	vs. #34 South Carolina
1/5/2004	Home	W 81-58	vs. #228 Elon
1/10/2004	Home	L 92-99	vs. #272 Wofford
1/12/2004	Away	W 94-77	vs. #131 Chattanooga
1/17/2004	Home	L 61-74	vs. #229 NC Greensboro
1/24/2004	Home	L 80-93	vs. #65 East Tenn St
1/28/2004	Away	L 69-76	vs. #228 Elon
1/31/2004	Away	L 74-85	vs. #166 Furman
2/2/2004	Home	L 77-81	vs. #125 Geo Southern
2/7/2004	Away	L 63-66	vs. #65 East Tenn St
2/9/2004	Away	L 63-65	vs. #117 Coll Of Charltn
2/13/2004	Home	L 62-64	vs. #222 Westrn Carolina
2/17/2004	Away	W 82-60	vs. #229 NC Greensboro
2/21/2004	Home	L 49-74	vs. #131 Chattanooga
2/24/2004	Home	L 63-64	vs. #123 Davidson
2/28/2004	Away	L 69-86	vs. #222 Westrn Carolina
3/3/2004	Away	L 61-71	vs. #117 Coll Of Charltn

FUTURE GAMES

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