NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-9
Power Rating: 83.901
Ranking: 56

1-4 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (15-3): 83.134 (67) 1-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-2 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 9-2 82.284 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-1 75.753 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 80.218

Away Ratings (6-5): 85.116 (39)
0-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 5-3 85.784
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 81.730
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 84.605

Neutral Ratings (3-1): 83.745 (64) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 83.901 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 83.323 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 78.495

League Power Rankings (14-5): 85.587 (44)
1-3 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 9-2 82.284
Away Ratings: 5-3 85.784
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 83.901
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 81.655

Non-League Power Ratings (10-4): 80.948 (76) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-1 75.753 Away Ratings: 1-2 81.730 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 83.323 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 78.495

Wins Power Rankings: 86.148 (53)
1-4 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 15-3 85.526
Away Ratings: 6-5 87.155
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 85.913
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 81.194

Rankings: Points: 81.120 (65) 1-4 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 4-4 v #51-100 10-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 15-3 80.017 Away Ratings: 6-5 82.866 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 81.245 League Power Rankings: 14-5 82.534 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-4 78.796 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 80.132

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 80.632 (93)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-2 80.218
Away Ratings: 1-2 84.605
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.495
League Power Rankings: 5-4 81.655
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 78.495

Home Advantage: 2.1820 (211)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0813 (85)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2081 (101)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3304 (105)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4490 (107)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6056 (103)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8431 (98)

Upward Stability: 2.9852 (174)

Downward Stability: 3.6628 (34)

RPI
RPI: 0.5798 (41)
0-2 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
7-3 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (15-3): 0.6056 (48) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 5-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (6-5): 0.5429 (45)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (3-1): 0.5656 (78) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (14-5): 0.5927 (32)
0-1 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.5624 (64) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-3 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5307 (83)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Away	W 90-77	vs. #127 Pepperdine
11/24/2003	Neut	W 82-63	vs. #280 Central Mich
11/25/2003	Neut	W 76-71	vs. #120 San Diego St
11/26/2003	Neut	W 82-72	vs. #78 Hawaii
12/3/2003	Home	W 67-61	vs. #118 Miami Ohio
12/6/2003	Home	W 67-65	vs. #262 Wagner
12/9/2003	Home	W 66-59	vs. #77 Ul Lafayette
12/13/2003	Home	W 61-59	vs. #128 Iupui
12/20/2003	Home	W 78-65	vs. #313 Prairie View
12/23/2003	Away	L 53-82	vs. #19 Cincinnati
12/29/2003	Home	W 81-64	vs. #272 Wofford
12/31/2003	Home	L 49-60	vs. #64 St Louis
1/3/2004	Away	L 59-61	vs. #141 Wyoming
1/7/2004	Home	W 76-72	vs. #227 St Bonaventure
1/10/2004	Home	W 60-56	vs. #87 Temple
1/14/2004	Away	W 55-50	vs. #46 Richmond
1/17/2004	Away	W 75-56	vs. #241 Fordham
1/21/2004	Home	W 74-66	vs. #62 Geo Washington
1/24/2004	Away	W 77-75	vs. #180 La Salle
1/31/2004	Home	W 74-67	vs. #21 Xavier
2/4/2004	Home	W 62-57	vs. #46 Richmond
2/8/2004	Away	W 66-59	vs. #189 Massachusetts
2/11/2004	Away	L 67-81	vs. #2 St Josephs
2/15/2004	Home	W 70-58	vs. #153 Duquesne
2/18/2004	Away	L 64-66	vs. #62 Geo Washington
2/21/2004	Away	L 60-67	vs. #21 Xavier
2/28/2004	Home	W 72-58	vs. #180 La Salle
3/3/2004	Home	L 63-65	vs. #86 Rhode Island
3/6/2004	Away	W 73-69	vs. #153 Duquesne
3/11/2004	Home	W 69-56	vs. #153 Duquesne
3/12/2004	Home	W 58-56	vs. #46 Richmond
3/13/2004	Home	L 49-58	vs. #21 Xavier
3/18/2004	Neut	L 69-76	vs. #39 DePaul

FUTURE GAMES

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