NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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BOSTON COLLEGE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-10
Power Rating: 88.003
Ranking: 25

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

Home Ratings (13-3): 85.417 (46) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 5-3 84.808 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 79.144 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 89.284

Away Ratings (5-5): 88.780 (20)
1-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 5-3 89.745
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 79.253
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 97.862

Neutral Ratings (6-2): 90.690 (21) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 2-1 89.675 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 88.831 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 90.136

League Power Rankings (12-7): 88.677 (22)
2-5 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-3 84.808
Away Ratings: 5-3 89.745
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 89.675
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 92.444

Non-League Power Ratings (12-3): 86.632 (35) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 8-0 79.144 Away Ratings: 0-2 79.253 Neutral Ratings: 4-1 88.831 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 90.769

Wins Power Rankings: 91.489 (21)
3-7 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 13-3 88.321
Away Ratings: 5-5 92.310
Neutral Ratings: 6-2 94.599
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 98.239

Rankings: Points: 84.032 (32) 3-7 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 13-3 81.970 Away Ratings: 5-5 84.868 Neutral Ratings: 6-2 86.196 League Power Rankings: 12-7 85.040 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-3 82.118 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 88.532

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 93.765 (7)
1-2 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-0 89.284
Away Ratings: 2-0 97.862
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 90.136
League Power Rankings: 7-1 92.444
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 90.769

Home Advantage: -0.413 (255)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1362 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3102 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4432 (31)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5570 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6894 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8798 (54)

Upward Stability: 3.0605 (151)

Downward Stability: 3.4354 (71)

RPI
RPI: 0.6105 (23)
3-7 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (13-3): 0.6188 (29) 3-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5660 (23)
1-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (6-2): 0.6487 (26) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (12-7): 0.6064 (25)
3-5 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6152 (30) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5788 (23)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Neut	W 92-67	vs. #238 Appalachian St
11/23/2003	Neut	W 60-50	vs. #177 Monmouth NJ
11/24/2003	Neut	W 84-81	vs. #88 Wichita St
11/29/2003	Home	W 67-44	vs. #98 Boston U
12/2/2003	Home	W 64-51	vs. #230 Holy Cross
12/6/2003	Home	W 76-75	vs. #189 Massachusetts
12/9/2003	Away	L 57-67	vs. #2 St Josephs
12/14/2003	Home	W 72-70	vs. #279 Sacred Heart
12/20/2003	Home	W 58-54	vs. #95 Kent
12/23/2003	Home	W 82-64	vs. #289 Stony Brook
12/30/2003	Away	L 62-72	vs. #89 Clemson
1/3/2004	Home	W 77-70	vs. #227 St Bonaventure
1/6/2004	Away	W 72-64	vs. #126 Georgetown
1/10/2004	Away	L 73-96	vs. #18 Syracuse
1/14/2004	Home	L 89-92	vs. #58 Villanova
1/17/2004	Home	W 72-63	vs. #30 Seton Hall
1/20/2004	Home	W 66-65	vs. #11 North Carolina St
1/24/2004	Away	L 62-65	vs. #70 West Virginia
1/28/2004	Away	L 58-68	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
1/31/2004	Home	L 58-63	vs. #3 Connecticut
2/4/2004	Home	W 76-69	vs. #37 Notre Dame
2/8/2004	Away	W 89-61	vs. #196 St Johns
2/11/2004	Away	W 74-72	vs. #119 Miami Fla
2/14/2004	Home	L 52-61	vs. #23 Providence
2/16/2004	Away	W 67-63	vs. #30 Seton Hall
2/22/2004	Home	W 76-44	vs. #60 Rutgers
2/25/2004	Home	W 56-48	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
3/3/2004	Home	W 68-54	vs. #196 St Johns
3/6/2004	Away	W 63-54	vs. #23 Providence
3/10/2004	Neut	W 68-57	vs. #126 Georgetown
3/11/2004	Neut	W 57-54	vs. #18 Syracuse
3/12/2004	Neut	L 53-62	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
3/19/2004	Neut	W 58-51	vs. #47 Utah
3/21/2004	Neut	L 54-57	vs. #6 Georgia Tech

FUTURE GAMES

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