NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-10
Power Rating: 85.505
Ranking: 39

1-3 v #1-25
4-4 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (11-4): 82.415 (75) 1-0 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 6-2 84.477 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-2 74.676 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 82.895

Away Ratings (7-4): 87.294 (27)
0-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 6-2 86.208
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 78.880
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 91.098

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 88.383 (34) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 2-1 87.512 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 86.317 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 87.239

League Power Rankings (14-5): 87.708 (26)
1-2 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-2 84.477
Away Ratings: 6-2 86.208
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 87.512
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 86.700

Non-League Power Ratings (8-5): 80.532 (84) 0-1 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 5-2 74.676 Away Ratings: 1-2 78.880 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 86.317 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.770

Wins Power Rankings: 88.575 (35)
1-3 v #1-25
4-4 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 11-4 84.438
Away Ratings: 7-4 91.051
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 91.794
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 91.923

Rankings: Points: 81.809 (58) 2-3 v #1-25 3-4 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 9-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 11-4 79.774 Away Ratings: 7-4 82.758 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 84.216 League Power Rankings: 14-5 83.647 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-5 77.919 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 84.284

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 88.520 (27)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-1 82.895
Away Ratings: 2-0 91.098
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.239
League Power Rankings: 6-2 86.700
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 86.770

Home Advantage: -1.464 (275)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0960 (67)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2540 (63)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3958 (59)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5201 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6712 (53)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8911 (34)

Upward Stability: 3.2027 (102)

Downward Stability: 3.7002 (26)

RPI
RPI: 0.5902 (34)
1-3 v #1-25
5-4 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (11-4): 0.5948 (58) 2-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (7-4): 0.5609 (26)
0-1 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6322 (32) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (14-5): 0.6196 (15)
1-2 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (8-5): 0.5479 (73) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5578 (47)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 73-61	vs. #206 Loyola Chi
11/25/2003	Home	W 65-53	vs. #93 Northwestern
11/29/2003	Neut	W 78-66	vs. #217 Indiana St
11/30/2003	Away	L 81-89	vs. #36 Michigan St
12/7/2003	Home	W 77-74	vs. #157 Bradley
12/9/2003	Away	W 63-60	vs. #212 Ohio
12/14/2003	Home	L 69-82	vs. #37 Notre Dame
12/20/2003	Home	L 81-93	vs. #100 Toledo
12/27/2003	Away	L 62-76	vs. #30 Seton Hall
12/31/2003	Home	W 57-50	vs. #253 SE Missouri St
1/3/2004	Home	W 81-74	vs. #203 Chicago St
1/6/2004	Home	L 70-75	vs. #33 Charlotte
1/10/2004	Away	L 65-90	vs. #19 Cincinnati
1/13/2004	Home	W 82-73	vs. #27 Memphis
1/17/2004	Home	W 75-64	vs. #35 Uab
1/20/2004	Away	W 61-54	vs. #135 TCU
1/24/2004	Away	L 62-70	vs. #80 Marquette
1/31/2004	Away	W 70-65	vs. #121 East Carolina
2/3/2004	Home	W 72-58	vs. #193 Tulane
2/7/2004	Home	W 84-78	vs. #80 Marquette
2/11/2004	Away	W 70-68	vs. #64 St Louis
2/14/2004	Away	W 66-54	vs. #188 Houston
2/21/2004	Home	L 62-69	vs. #64 St Louis
2/25/2004	Away	W 60-58	vs. #31 Louisville
2/28/2004	Home	W 80-51	vs. #140 SO Mississippi
3/4/2004	Home	W 68-65	vs. #19 Cincinnati
3/6/2004	Away	W 78-66	vs. #213 South Florida
3/11/2004	Neut	W 89-65	vs. #135 TCU
3/12/2004	Neut	W 75-74	vs. #35 Uab
3/13/2004	Neut	L 50-55	vs. #19 Cincinnati
3/18/2004	Neut	W 76-69	vs. #56 Dayton
3/20/2004	Neut	L 55-72	vs. #3 Connecticut

FUTURE GAMES

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