NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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CINCINNATI
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-7
Power Rating: 89.569
Ranking: 19

0-3 v #1-25
6-4 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
10-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (15-1): 91.483 (16) 0-0 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-1 88.382 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 98.069 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 89.866

Away Ratings (6-5): 87.913 (22)
0-2 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 5-3 88.042
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 90.655
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 91.147

Neutral Ratings (4-1): 90.749 (20) 0-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 3-0 91.694 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 82.022 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 87.530

League Power Rankings (15-4): 90.214 (15)
0-0 v #1-25
6-4 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-1 88.382
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.042
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 91.694
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 90.995

Non-League Power Ratings (10-3): 88.042 (27) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 8-0 98.069 Away Ratings: 1-2 90.655 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 82.022 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 82.022

Wins Power Rankings: 92.462 (19)
0-3 v #1-25
6-4 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 15-1 93.571
Away Ratings: 6-5 90.329
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 95.524
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 95.782

Rankings: Points: 86.325 (18) 2-4 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 8-1 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 15-1 89.102 Away Ratings: 6-5 85.477 Neutral Ratings: 4-1 84.778 League Power Rankings: 15-4 86.376 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-3 86.220 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 86.077

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 91.419 (15)
0-1 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-0 89.866
Away Ratings: 1-1 91.147
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 87.530
League Power Rankings: 7-1 90.995
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 82.022

Home Advantage: 6.4829 (95)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0998 (59)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2674 (50)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4125 (48)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5398 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6849 (40)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8943 (28)

Upward Stability: 2.7472 (236)

Downward Stability: 3.4733 (60)

RPI
RPI: 0.6287 (12)
0-2 v #1-25
7-5 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (15-1): 0.6441 (14) 2-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (6-5): 0.5714 (21)
1-1 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (4-1): 0.7050 (4) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (15-4): 0.6362 (9)
2-1 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (10-3): 0.6179 (26) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5779 (24)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Home	W 88-66	vs. #181 Akron
11/24/2003	Home	W 89-60	vs. #199 Oakland
11/29/2003	Home	W 76-56	vs. #254 Coppin St
12/2/2003	Away	W 68-49	vs. #148 Valparaiso
12/17/2003	Home	W 79-56	vs. #89 Clemson
12/20/2003	Home	W 89-54	vs. #139 Middle Tenn St
12/23/2003	Home	W 82-53	vs. #56 Dayton
12/27/2003	Home	W 83-63	vs. #118 Miami Ohio
12/30/2003	Home	W 102-63	vs. #228 Elon
1/7/2004	Away	W 71-44	vs. #193 Tulane
1/10/2004	Home	W 90-65	vs. #39 DePaul
1/14/2004	Away	W 85-73	vs. #80 Marquette
1/17/2004	Home	W 85-57	vs. #135 TCU
1/21/2004	Away	L 66-93	vs. #31 Louisville
1/24/2004	Away	W 83-47	vs. #140 SO Mississippi
1/28/2004	Home	W 80-57	vs. #121 East Carolina
1/31/2004	Home	L 83-86	vs. #33 Charlotte
2/3/2004	Away	L 69-71	vs. #21 Xavier
2/7/2004	Away	W 54-51	vs. #188 Houston
2/11/2004	Home	W 80-67	vs. #213 South Florida
2/15/2004	Away	L 85-91	vs. #13 Wake Forest
2/18/2004	Away	L 69-80	vs. #35 Uab
2/21/2004	Home	W 66-61	vs. #31 Louisville
2/25/2004	Home	W 77-52	vs. #64 St Louis
2/28/2004	Away	W 75-67	vs. #33 Charlotte
3/4/2004	Away	L 65-68	vs. #39 DePaul
3/6/2004	Home	W 83-79	vs. #27 Memphis
3/11/2004	Neut	W 64-62	vs. #31 Louisville
3/12/2004	Neut	W 66-46	vs. #64 St Louis
3/13/2004	Neut	W 55-50	vs. #39 DePaul
3/19/2004	Neut	W 80-77	vs. #65 East Tenn St
3/21/2004	Neut	L 68-92	vs. #16 Illinois

FUTURE GAMES

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