NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 24-6
Power Rating: 82.785
Ranking: 65

0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
11-3 v #101-200
13-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (10-0): 85.715 (45) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 9-0 80.512 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 77.410 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 85.535

Away Ratings (11-3): 84.106 (53)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 7-1 81.051
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-2 82.731
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 82.934

Neutral Ratings (3-3): 77.809 (125) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 2-0 86.785 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-3 75.207 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 86.660

League Power Rankings (18-1): 85.493 (45)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 9-0 80.512
Away Ratings: 7-1 81.051
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 86.785
Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 83.660

Non-League Power Ratings (6-5): 79.067 (107) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 1-0 77.410 Away Ratings: 4-2 82.731 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 75.207 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.567

Wins Power Rankings: 84.643 (65)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
11-3 v #101-200
13-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 10-0 91.768
Away Ratings: 11-3 86.846
Neutral Ratings: 3-3 77.034
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 87.299

Rankings: Points: 80.496 (73) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 9-3 v #101-200 14-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 10-0 81.145 Away Ratings: 11-3 80.776 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 79.157 League Power Rankings: 18-1 81.467 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-5 78.891 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 83.352

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 85.535 (47)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-0 85.535
Away Ratings: 3-1 82.934
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 86.660
League Power Rankings: 7-1 83.660
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 86.567

Home Advantage: 7.2973 (76)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0325 (228)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1141 (216)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2057 (216)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3058 (212)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.4626 (206)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7798 (180)

Upward Stability: 2.2121 (300)

Downward Stability: 3.0486 (158)

RPI
RPI: 0.5622 (61)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
11-3 v #101-200
13-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (10-0): 0.6183 (32) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (11-3): 0.5379 (50)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (3-3): 0.5274 (119) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI League (18-1): 0.5976 (30)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (6-5): 0.5036 (146) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4830 (179)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Away	W 65-51	vs. #188 Houston
11/23/2003	Away	L 53-64	vs. #29 Texas Tech
11/29/2003	Home	W 67-62	vs. #144 NC Wilmington
12/3/2003	Away	W 78-56	vs. #295 NC Asheville
12/6/2003	Home	W 91-85	vs. #125 Geo Southern
12/15/2003	Away	L 86-100	vs. #89 Clemson
12/17/2003	Away	W 77-70	vs. #237 Tennessee Tech
12/27/2003	Neut	L 81-85	vs. #128 Iupui
12/29/2003	Neut	W 75-62	vs. #293 Lamar
12/30/2003	Neut	L 66-71	vs. #190 American
1/5/2004	Away	W 69-68	vs. #166 Furman
1/10/2004	Away	W 72-68	vs. #229 NC Greensboro
1/17/2004	Home	W 95-82	vs. #222 Westrn Carolina
1/19/2004	Away	W 75-72	vs. #228 Elon
1/21/2004	Home	W 75-70	vs. #123 Davidson
1/24/2004	Away	W 93-80	vs. #238 Appalachian St
1/28/2004	Home	W 76-54	vs. #272 Wofford
1/31/2004	Away	W 79-65	vs. #222 Westrn Carolina
2/2/2004	Home	W 86-65	vs. #229 NC Greensboro
2/7/2004	Home	W 66-63	vs. #238 Appalachian St
2/9/2004	Away	W 82-80	vs. #131 Chattanooga
2/14/2004	Home	W 73-58	vs. #228 Elon
2/16/2004	Away	W 73-51	vs. #308 The Citadel
2/21/2004	Away	W 66-62	vs. #106 Fresno St
2/24/2004	Home	W 84-72	vs. #131 Chattanooga
2/28/2004	Away	L 89-91	vs. #117 Coll Of Charltn
3/4/2004	Neut	W 94-84	vs. #166 Furman
3/5/2004	Neut	W 96-84	vs. #123 Davidson
3/6/2004	Home	W 78-62	vs. #131 Chattanooga
3/19/2004	Neut	L 77-80	vs. #19 Cincinnati

FUTURE GAMES

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