NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 2-25
Power Rating: 63.292
Ranking: 302

0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
0-13 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-326

Home Ratings (0-11): 58.487 (315) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-5 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-8 65.468 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-3 63.167 Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 65.589

Away Ratings (2-12): 67.890 (256)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-9 67.300
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-3 74.823
Last Ten Ratings: 0-6 62.308

Neutral Ratings (0-2): 61.979 (270) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 63.292 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 68.042 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 63.292

League Power Rankings (0-17): 60.183 (314)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-9 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 0-8 65.468
Away Ratings: 0-9 67.300
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 63.292
Last Ten Ratings: 0-9 66.761

Non-League Power Ratings (2-8): 66.909 (267) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 0-3 63.167 Away Ratings: 2-3 74.823 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 68.042 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 46.417

Wins Power Rankings: 58.493 (307)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
0-13 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 0-11 48.681
Away Ratings: 2-12 65.977
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 54.743
Last Ten Ratings: 0-10 50.931

Rankings: Points: 68.298 (281) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-8 v #51-100 0-13 v #101-200 2-3 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 0-11 66.407 Away Ratings: 2-12 70.270 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 68.142 League Power Rankings: 0-17 66.874 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-8 70.384 Last Ten Ratings: 0-10 64.794

Last Ten Ratings (0-10): 59.026 (318)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 0-4 65.589
Away Ratings: 0-6 62.308
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 63.292
League Power Rankings: 0-9 66.761
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 46.417

Home Advantage: -4.864 (310)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0387 (191)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1356 (163)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2528 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3753 (138)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5444 (129)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8343 (111)

Upward Stability: 2.2251 (299)

Downward Stability: 1.3429 (319)

RPI
RPI: 0.3908 (307)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
0-12 v #101-200
2-6 v #201-326

RPI Home (0-11): 0.3653 (320) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-5 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-326

RPI Away (2-12): 0.4127 (241)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-7 v #101-200
2-1 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-2): 0.3782 (240) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (0-17): 0.3678 (317)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-9 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (2-8): 0.4285 (254) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 2-2 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4964 (153)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/25/2003	Away	W 97-88	vs. #274 Florida A&M
11/29/2003	Home	L 76-82	vs. #14 North Carolina
12/3/2003	Away	L 62-73	vs. #174 Penn St
12/13/2003	Away	W 64-52	vs. #306 Norfolk St
12/17/2003	Away	L 66-116	vs. #95 Kent
12/20/2003	Home	L 59-61	vs. #181 Akron
12/22/2003	Away	L 62-64	vs. #98 Boston U
12/29/2003	Neut	L 64-79	vs. #125 Geo Southern
12/30/2003	Neut	L 80-83	vs. #167 Drake
1/3/2004	Away	L 69-70	vs. #136 Wisc Green Bay
1/5/2004	Home	L 83-90	vs. #206 Loyola Chi
1/8/2004	Home	L 73-78	vs. #160 Wright St
1/10/2004	Away	L 82-86	vs. #251 Youngstown St
1/17/2004	Away	L 68-83	vs. #75 Illinois Chi
1/19/2004	Home	L 53-75	vs. #104 Detroit
1/22/2004	Home	L 64-78	vs. #83 Wisc Milwaukee
1/24/2004	Home	L 59-61	vs. #251 Youngstown St
1/29/2004	Away	L 43-61	vs. #152 Butler
1/31/2004	Away	L 56-72	vs. #160 Wright St
2/5/2004	Home	L 58-60	vs. #136 Wisc Green Bay
2/7/2004	Away	L 55-77	vs. #104 Detroit
2/12/2004	Home	L 56-57	vs. #152 Butler
2/14/2004	Home	L 56-67	vs. #75 Illinois Chi
2/21/2004	Home	L 66-87	vs. #216 Eastern Mich
2/26/2004	Away	L 59-70	vs. #206 Loyola Chi
2/28/2004	Away	L 63-88	vs. #83 Wisc Milwaukee
3/2/2004	Away	L 36-62	vs. #104 Detroit

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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