NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 10-18
Power Rating: 80.755
Ranking: 89

3-11 v #1-25
1-6 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (10-6): 83.420 (63) 3-4 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 3-5 83.048 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-1 80.420 Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 84.017

Away Ratings (0-10): 73.693 (179)
0-7 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-8 79.451
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 72.818
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 76.474

Neutral Ratings (0-2): 73.787 (166) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 81.474 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 79.349 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 81.474

League Power Rankings (3-14): 80.798 (89)
2-10 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-5 83.048
Away Ratings: 0-8 79.451
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 81.474
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 82.205

Non-League Power Ratings (7-4): 80.670 (81) 1-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-1 80.420 Away Ratings: 0-2 72.818 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 79.349 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 80.755

Wins Power Rankings: 82.709 (79)
3-11 v #1-25
1-6 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 10-6 86.025
Away Ratings: 0-10 70.646
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 68.709
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 83.017

Rankings: Points: 78.726 (96) 2-11 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 1-5 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 10-6 80.341 Away Ratings: 0-10 74.570 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 77.492 League Power Rankings: 3-14 78.922 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-4 78.367 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 79.218

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 81.095 (88)
1-5 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-3 84.017
Away Ratings: 0-4 76.474
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 81.474
League Power Rankings: 2-8 82.205
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 80.755

Home Advantage: 13.509 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1964 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.4195 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5754 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6817 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7788 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9028 (20)

Upward Stability: 2.8643 (204)

Downward Stability: 2.0690 (296)

RPI
RPI: 0.5375 (94)
3-11 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (10-6): 0.5950 (57) 2-2 v #1-25 3-3 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (0-10): 0.4715 (135)
0-6 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-2): 0.4012 (230) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (3-14): 0.5169 (125)
1-7 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (7-4): 0.5668 (60) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5977 (9)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 86-55	vs. #275 Gardner-Webb
11/24/2003	Home	W 88-81	vs. #220 High Point
11/29/2003	Home	W 84-77	vs. #272 Wofford
12/3/2003	Away	L 64-76	vs. #79 Purdue
12/6/2003	Home	L 61-76	vs. #34 South Carolina
12/13/2003	Neut	L 56-61	vs. #50 Georgia
12/15/2003	Home	W 100-86	vs. #65 East Tenn St
12/17/2003	Away	L 56-79	vs. #19 Cincinnati
12/20/2003	Home	W 77-74	vs. #248 SO Carolina St
12/22/2003	Home	W 74-58	vs. #285 Radford
12/30/2003	Home	W 72-62	vs. #25 Boston College
1/3/2004	Home	L 54-73	vs. #1 Duke
1/10/2004	Away	L 63-78	vs. #13 Wake Forest
1/13/2004	Home	W 53-48	vs. #32 Florida St
1/17/2004	Away	L 69-86	vs. #11 North Carolina St
1/20/2004	Away	L 50-61	vs. #40 Virginia
1/25/2004	Home	L 52-65	vs. #17 Maryland
1/27/2004	Away	L 69-76	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
1/31/2004	Home	W 81-72	vs. #14 North Carolina
2/8/2004	Away	L 55-81	vs. #1 Duke
2/12/2004	Home	L 67-82	vs. #13 Wake Forest
2/14/2004	Away	L 52-65	vs. #32 Florida St
2/18/2004	Home	W 60-55	vs. #11 North Carolina St
2/21/2004	Home	L 55-58	vs. #40 Virginia
2/24/2004	Away	L 49-70	vs. #17 Maryland
2/28/2004	Home	L 60-79	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
3/2/2004	Away	L 53-69	vs. #14 North Carolina
3/11/2004	Neut	L 79-83	vs. #40 Virginia

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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