NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ST BONAVENTURE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 7-21
Power Rating: 70.023
Ranking: 227

0-6 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-8 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-326

Home Ratings (7-6): 72.300 (204) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 3-5 70.554 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 70.765 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 67.546

Away Ratings (0-12): 64.570 (286)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-8 68.437
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-4 74.117
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 64.992

Neutral Ratings (0-3): 64.085 (261) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 63.023 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 69.210 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 63.023

League Power Rankings (3-14): 69.109 (236)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-5 70.554
Away Ratings: 0-8 68.437
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 63.023
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 66.570

Non-League Power Ratings (4-7): 71.468 (216) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 4-1 70.765 Away Ratings: 0-4 74.117 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 69.210 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 70.023

Wins Power Rankings: 69.468 (223)
0-6 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-8 v #51-100
3-4 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-6 72.542
Away Ratings: 0-12 57.874
Neutral Ratings: 0-3 58.968
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 65.421

Rankings: Points: 70.482 (251) 0-5 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-8 v #51-100 3-4 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-6 71.624 Away Ratings: 0-12 68.826 Neutral Ratings: 0-3 66.232 League Power Rankings: 3-14 69.579 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-7 71.908 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 66.622

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 66.046 (272)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-3 67.546
Away Ratings: 0-5 64.992
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 63.023
League Power Rankings: 1-9 66.570
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 70.023

Home Advantage: 11.626 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1030 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2510 (65)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3876 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5016 (72)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6397 (77)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8637 (75)

Upward Stability: 2.4899 (277)

Downward Stability: 2.0723 (295)

RPI
RPI: 0.4700 (203)
0-4 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-7 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
4-2 v #201-326

RPI Home (7-6): 0.5142 (181) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-2 v #201-326

RPI Away (0-12): 0.4177 (233)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-3): 0.4884 (148) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (3-14): 0.4463 (236)
0-2 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (4-7): 0.5058 (142) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5433 (61)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 78-76	vs. #258 Robert Morris
11/25/2003	Home	W 89-75	vs. #162 Arkansas Lr
11/29/2003	Away	L 63-83	vs. #92 Creighton
12/3/2003	Neut	L 78-87	vs. #18 Syracuse
12/6/2003	Home	L 64-78	vs. #247 Canisius
12/10/2003	Home	W 65-62	vs. #211 Iona
12/17/2003	Away	L 98-107	vs. #105 Niagara
12/20/2003	Home	W 81-62	vs. #182 North Texas
12/23/2003	Away	L 55-69	vs. #90 George Mason
12/27/2003	Neut	L 46-74	vs. #95 Kent
1/3/2004	Away	L 70-77	vs. #25 Boston College
1/7/2004	Away	L 72-76	vs. #56 Dayton
1/10/2004	Away	L 69-75	vs. #241 Fordham
1/14/2004	Home	W 77-71	vs. #189 Massachusetts
1/17/2004	Home	W 74-71	vs. #86 Rhode Island
1/24/2004	Home	L 63-114	vs. #2 St Josephs
1/28/2004	Away	L 57-76	vs. #87 Temple
2/1/2004	Home	L 78-85	vs. #153 Duquesne
2/4/2004	Away	L 78-102	vs. #62 Geo Washington
2/7/2004	Home	L 44-61	vs. #87 Temple
2/14/2004	Away	L 78-89	vs. #180 La Salle
2/18/2004	Home	L 55-75	vs. #46 Richmond
2/22/2004	Away	L 57-81	vs. #86 Rhode Island
2/25/2004	Home	L 49-65	vs. #21 Xavier
2/28/2004	Away	L 71-82	vs. #189 Massachusetts
3/2/2004	Away	L 50-82	vs. #2 St Josephs
3/6/2004	Home	W 81-75	vs. #241 Fordham
3/10/2004	Neut	L 64-90	vs. #21 Xavier

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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