NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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BUCKNELL
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 12-15
Power Rating: 69.278
Ranking: 245

0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
11-8 v #201-326

Home Ratings (8-2): 73.673 (174) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 7-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-0 74.309 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 67.059 Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 74.512

Away Ratings (2-11): 64.958 (284)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
2-6 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 2-5 68.481
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-6 68.231
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 65.325

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 69.645 (202) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 68.145 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 70.497 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 68.145

League Power Rankings (10-6): 70.891 (215)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
9-5 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-0 74.309
Away Ratings: 2-5 68.481
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 68.145
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 69.911

Non-League Power Ratings (2-9): 65.434 (278) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 2-3 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 1-2 67.059 Away Ratings: 0-6 68.231 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 70.497 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 69.278

Wins Power Rankings: 67.565 (245)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-6 v #101-200
10-7 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 8-2 72.753
Away Ratings: 2-11 61.596
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 68.425
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 70.577

Rankings: Points: 71.217 (237) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 11-8 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 8-2 74.303 Away Ratings: 2-11 68.932 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 70.694 League Power Rankings: 10-6 72.073 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-9 69.444 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 71.831

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 71.325 (207)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
6-3 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-0 74.512
Away Ratings: 1-2 65.325
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 68.145
League Power Rankings: 7-3 69.911
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 69.278

Home Advantage: 11.410 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0166 (304)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0667 (296)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1313 (290)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2068 (283)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3349 (279)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6512 (277)

Upward Stability: 3.1583 (118)

Downward Stability: 3.0668 (155)

RPI
RPI: 0.4609 (217)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-8 v #101-200
9-5 v #201-326

RPI Home (8-2): 0.5439 (142) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (2-11): 0.3827 (289)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-5 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.5097 (136) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI League (10-6): 0.4989 (149)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
8-3 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (2-9): 0.4094 (281) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 2-2 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4664 (232)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Away	L 52-64	vs. #36 Michigan St
11/26/2003	Home	L 62-63	vs. #231 Yale
11/29/2003	Neut	L 71-90	vs. #105 Niagara
12/3/2003	Away	L 61-69	vs. #93 Northwestern
12/6/2003	Away	L 79-84	vs. #261 St Francis PA
12/20/2003	Home	L 49-58	vs. #122 Pennsylvania
12/29/2003	Neut	W 68-52	vs. #306 Norfolk St
12/30/2003	Away	L 63-76	vs. #117 Coll Of Charltn
1/3/2004	Away	L 46-58	vs. #174 Penn St
1/7/2004	Away	L 67-74	vs. #258 Robert Morris
1/10/2004	Away	L 55-58	vs. #190 American
1/14/2004	Away	L 70-75	vs. #226 Lehigh
1/17/2004	Home	W 87-46	vs. #320 Navy
1/20/2004	Home	W 63-55	vs. #263 Cornell
1/23/2004	Away	W 56-23	vs. #321 Army
1/25/2004	Away	L 72-81	vs. #201 Lafayette
1/30/2004	Home	W 61-53	vs. #257 Colgate
2/1/2004	Home	W 77-67	vs. #230 Holy Cross
2/7/2004	Home	W 67-62	vs. #190 American
2/10/2004	Home	W 64-63	vs. #226 Lehigh
2/14/2004	Away	W 54-52	vs. #320 Navy
2/20/2004	Home	W 79-61	vs. #201 Lafayette
2/22/2004	Home	W 75-25	vs. #321 Army
2/27/2004	Away	L 61-72	vs. #230 Holy Cross
2/29/2004	Away	L 57-60	vs. #257 Colgate
3/6/2004	Neut	W 66-60	vs. #230 Holy Cross
3/7/2004	Neut	L 45-60	vs. #226 Lehigh

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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