NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 12-17
Power Rating: 75.560
Ranking: 153

2-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-8 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (8-8): 72.447 (200) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 3-5 75.911 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-3 68.661 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 72.372

Away Ratings (3-9): 78.158 (116)
1-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 3-6 80.845
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-3 76.474
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 77.318

Neutral Ratings (1-0): 82.747 (72) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-0 75.607 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 75.560 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 75.607

League Power Rankings (7-11): 77.876 (119)
2-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-6 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-5 75.911
Away Ratings: 3-6 80.845
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 75.607
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 75.056

Non-League Power Ratings (5-6): 70.115 (233) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 5-3 68.661 Away Ratings: 0-3 76.474 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 75.560 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 75.560

Wins Power Rankings: 75.564 (152)
2-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-8 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 8-8 71.443
Away Ratings: 3-9 78.642
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 90.189
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 75.572

Rankings: Points: 75.622 (150) 2-2 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-8 v #51-100 3-4 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 8-8 73.437 Away Ratings: 3-9 77.939 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 76.591 League Power Rankings: 7-11 77.191 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-6 72.099 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 74.232

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 74.962 (158)
1-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-3 72.372
Away Ratings: 1-4 77.318
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 75.607
League Power Rankings: 3-7 75.056
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 75.560

Home Advantage: -2.265 (288)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0805 (88)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2200 (88)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3499 (93)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4579 (104)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5908 (108)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8137 (133)

Upward Stability: 2.8523 (210)

Downward Stability: 2.5615 (251)

RPI
RPI: 0.4866 (168)
0-2 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
1-6 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-326

RPI Home (8-8): 0.5031 (211) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-2 v #201-326

RPI Away (3-9): 0.4570 (153)
0-0 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-0): 0.0 (284) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (7-11): 0.5038 (144)
0-1 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (5-6): 0.4582 (215) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5109 (119)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/25/2003	Home	W 77-57	vs. #313 Prairie View
11/29/2003	Home	L 68-78	vs. #185 Siena
12/3/2003	Home	L 45-59	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
12/6/2003	Home	W 70-61	vs. #323 Loyola MD
12/13/2003	Away	L 84-88	vs. #70 West Virginia
12/17/2003	Away	L 61-64	vs. #181 Akron
12/20/2003	Home	L 70-80	vs. #90 George Mason
12/22/2003	Away	L 69-74	vs. #134 Minnesota
12/28/2003	Home	W 91-70	vs. #258 Robert Morris
12/31/2003	Home	W 70-69	vs. #263 Cornell
1/3/2004	Away	L 66-69	vs. #46 Richmond
1/7/2004	Home	W 96-91	vs. #212 Ohio
1/10/2004	Home	L 61-78	vs. #2 St Josephs
1/14/2004	Home	W 71-58	vs. #21 Xavier
1/18/2004	Home	W 88-62	vs. #189 Massachusetts
1/21/2004	Away	W 72-55	vs. #86 Rhode Island
1/24/2004	Away	L 63-83	vs. #62 Geo Washington
1/28/2004	Home	L 70-74	vs. #180 La Salle
2/1/2004	Away	W 85-78	vs. #227 St Bonaventure
2/7/2004	Home	L 51-71	vs. #46 Richmond
2/11/2004	Away	L 55-71	vs. #180 La Salle
2/15/2004	Away	L 58-70	vs. #56 Dayton
2/18/2004	Away	L 65-83	vs. #87 Temple
2/21/2004	Home	L 63-86	vs. #62 Geo Washington
2/25/2004	Home	W 93-56	vs. #241 Fordham
2/28/2004	Away	W 74-68	vs. #21 Xavier
3/6/2004	Home	L 69-73	vs. #56 Dayton
3/10/2004	Neut	W 79-76	vs. #189 Massachusetts
3/11/2004	Away	L 56-69	vs. #56 Dayton

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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