NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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CENTRAL MICH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 5-24
Power Rating: 66.292
Ranking: 280

0-0 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
1-10 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-326

Home Ratings (4-8): 67.042 (266) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 2-7 66.534 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 70.792 Last Ten Ratings: 3-3 69.773

Away Ratings (1-12): 65.573 (280)
0-0 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-10 65.253
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 78.245
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 68.855

Neutral Ratings (0-4): 61.323 (273) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 66.292 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-4 65.886 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 66.292

League Power Rankings (2-17): 64.011 (297)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
1-4 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-7 66.534
Away Ratings: 0-10 65.253
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 66.292
Last Ten Ratings: 2-7 68.363

Non-League Power Ratings (3-7): 71.187 (219) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 2-1 70.792 Away Ratings: 1-2 78.245 Neutral Ratings: 0-4 65.886 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 83.792

Wins Power Rankings: 64.366 (277)
0-0 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
1-10 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-8 65.109
Away Ratings: 1-12 63.507
Neutral Ratings: 0-4 56.366
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 67.413

Rankings: Points: 68.527 (278) 0-0 v #1-25 1-3 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-15 v #101-200 3-3 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 4-8 69.183 Away Ratings: 1-12 68.136 Neutral Ratings: 0-4 64.839 League Power Rankings: 2-17 66.960 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-7 71.886 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 70.687

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 68.964 (239)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-3 69.773
Away Ratings: 0-4 68.855
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 66.292
League Power Rankings: 2-7 68.363
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 83.792

Home Advantage: 6.2676 (99)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0434 (173)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1455 (148)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2562 (143)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3732 (140)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5409 (132)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8269 (119)

Upward Stability: 2.8940 (198)

Downward Stability: 2.0054 (300)

RPI
RPI: 0.4107 (292)
0-0 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
1-8 v #101-200
3-7 v #201-326

RPI Home (4-8): 0.4403 (285) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-4 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (1-12): 0.3880 (279)
1-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-5 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-4): 0.3964 (234) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-326

RPI League (2-17): 0.3946 (301)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-7 v #101-200
1-6 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (3-7): 0.4399 (239) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4901 (165)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/24/2003	Neut	L 63-82	vs. #56 Dayton
11/25/2003	Neut	L 71-77	vs. #112 Ohio St
11/26/2003	Neut	L 62-76	vs. #145 Santa Clara
11/30/2003	Home	W 71-67	vs. #290 Marist
12/3/2003	Home	L 65-71	vs. #157 Bradley
12/6/2003	Away	W 69-68	vs. #37 Notre Dame
12/13/2003	Neut	L 39-80	vs. #79 Purdue
12/20/2003	Away	L 75-85	vs. #43 Michigan
12/23/2003	Away	L 83-90	vs. #206 Loyola Chi
1/3/2004	Home	L 63-72	vs. #172 Marshall
1/7/2004	Away	L 71-83	vs. #100 Toledo
1/10/2004	Home	L 68-71	vs. #216 Eastern Mich
1/14/2004	Away	L 75-90	vs. #159 Ball St
1/18/2004	Away	L 61-86	vs. #184 Bowling Green
1/21/2004	Home	L 70-80	vs. #118 Miami Ohio
1/24/2004	Away	L 62-75	vs. #181 Akron
1/28/2004	Away	L 63-80	vs. #216 Eastern Mich
1/31/2004	Away	L 61-73	vs. #212 Ohio
2/4/2004	Home	L 63-79	vs. #44 Western Mich
2/7/2004	Home	L 61-76	vs. #95 Kent
2/9/2004	Home	W 83-74	vs. #244 Northern Ill
2/14/2004	Away	L 66-75	vs. #129 Buffalo
2/18/2004	Home	L 66-87	vs. #181 Akron
2/21/2004	Home	W 90-73	vs. #221 Evansville
2/25/2004	Away	L 55-86	vs. #44 Western Mich
3/1/2004	Away	L 58-88	vs. #244 Northern Ill
3/3/2004	Home	L 76-84	vs. #100 Toledo
3/6/2004	Home	W 94-89	vs. #159 Ball St
3/8/2004	Away	L 88-91	vs. #100 Toledo

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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