NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 31-6
Power Rating: 96.020
Ranking: 1

11-5 v #1-25
7-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (14-1): 95.074 (4) 4-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-1 93.449 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 92.895 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 87.199

Away Ratings (8-2): 98.406 (4)
3-2 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 6-2 96.707
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 106.77
Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 96.020

Neutral Ratings (9-3): 94.348 (7) 4-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 2-1 93.246 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-2 94.793 Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 95.098

League Power Rankings (15-4): 96.078 (1)
8-4 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-1 93.449
Away Ratings: 6-2 96.707
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 93.246
Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 90.664

Non-League Power Ratings (16-2): 95.895 (4) 3-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-0 92.895 Away Ratings: 2-0 106.77 Neutral Ratings: 7-2 94.793 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 96.449

Wins Power Rankings: 99.744 (4)
11-5 v #1-25
7-0 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 14-1 98.119
Away Ratings: 8-2 102.82
Neutral Ratings: 9-3 97.647
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 96.869

Rankings: Points: 91.893 (1) 11-5 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 7-1 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 14-1 91.588 Away Ratings: 8-2 93.443 Neutral Ratings: 9-3 90.645 League Power Rankings: 15-4 91.527 Non-League Power Ratings: 16-2 92.643 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 89.608

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 93.492 (10)
4-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-1 87.199
Away Ratings: 0-0 96.020
Neutral Ratings: 6-2 95.098
League Power Rankings: 3-2 90.664
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 96.449

Home Advantage: 2.6806 (196)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1690 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3902 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5479 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6592 (7)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7749 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9350 (2)

Upward Stability: 2.5865 (266)

Downward Stability: 3.8500 (16)

RPI
RPI: 0.6688 (1)
10-5 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
8-0 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (14-1): 0.6717 (1) 3-0 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (8-2): 0.6594 (3)
2-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (9-3): 0.6730 (13) 2-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (15-4): 0.6719 (2)
5-3 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (16-2): 0.6648 (3) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.6124 (3)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Home	W 67-56	vs. #104 Detroit
11/27/2003	Neut	W 82-69	vs. #63 Pacific
11/28/2003	Neut	W 76-47	vs. #195 Liberty
11/29/2003	Neut	L 68-78	vs. #79 Purdue
12/3/2003	Away	W 72-50	vs. #36 Michigan St
12/6/2003	Home	W 79-58	vs. #196 St Johns
12/14/2003	Home	W 84-43	vs. #164 Portland
12/17/2003	Home	W 69-51	vs. #113 Princeton
12/20/2003	Neut	W 89-61	vs. #15 Texas
12/29/2003	Home	W 88-54	vs. #123 Davidson
1/3/2004	Away	W 73-54	vs. #89 Clemson
1/6/2004	Home	W 99-58	vs. #116 Fairfield
1/11/2004	Away	W 93-71	vs. #40 Virginia
1/15/2004	Home	W 76-57	vs. #11 North Carolina St
1/17/2004	Home	W 84-72	vs. #13 Wake Forest
1/21/2004	Away	W 68-60	vs. #17 Maryland
1/24/2004	Away	W 85-66	vs. #126 Georgetown
1/29/2004	Home	W 56-49	vs. #32 Florida St
1/31/2004	Away	W 82-74	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
2/5/2004	Away	W 83-81	vs. #14 North Carolina
2/8/2004	Home	W 81-55	vs. #89 Clemson
2/11/2004	Home	W 93-75	vs. #40 Virginia
2/15/2004	Away	L 74-78	vs. #11 North Carolina St
2/18/2004	Away	L 84-90	vs. #13 Wake Forest
2/22/2004	Home	W 86-63	vs. #17 Maryland
2/26/2004	Home	W 97-63	vs. #148 Valparaiso
2/29/2004	Away	W 70-65	vs. #32 Florida St
3/3/2004	Home	L 68-76	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
3/6/2004	Home	W 70-65	vs. #14 North Carolina
3/12/2004	Neut	W 84-74	vs. #40 Virginia
3/13/2004	Neut	W 85-71	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
3/14/2004	Neut	L 87-95	vs. #17 Maryland
3/18/2004	Neut	W 96-61	vs. #259 Alabama St
3/20/2004	Neut	W 90-62	vs. #30 Seton Hall
3/26/2004	Neut	W 72-62	vs. #16 Illinois
3/28/2004	Neut	W 66-63	vs. #21 Xavier
4/3/2004	Neut	L 78-79	vs. #3 Connecticut

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)