NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-14
Power Rating: 86.507
Ranking: 32

4-10 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (14-3): 89.323 (25) 4-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 6-2 91.413 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-1 81.929 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 85.655

Away Ratings (3-10): 84.124 (52)
0-7 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-8 85.932
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-2 88.272
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 89.663

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 80.538 (97) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 84.257 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 76.882 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 84.257

League Power Rankings (6-11): 86.925 (30)
4-9 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-2 91.413
Away Ratings: 0-8 85.932
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 84.257
Last Ten Ratings: 2-6 88.889

Non-League Power Ratings (12-3): 85.460 (43) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 8-1 81.929 Away Ratings: 3-2 88.272 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 76.882 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 83.921

Wins Power Rankings: 88.284 (36)
4-10 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 14-3 91.581
Away Ratings: 3-10 85.104
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 81.690
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 84.897

Rankings: Points: 84.811 (26) 4-10 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-3 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 14-3 86.784 Away Ratings: 3-10 83.503 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 79.436 League Power Rankings: 6-11 85.345 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-3 83.612 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 84.716

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 84.491 (57)
0-4 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-2 85.655
Away Ratings: 1-4 89.663
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 84.257
League Power Rankings: 2-6 88.889
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 83.921

Home Advantage: 9.4762 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1832 (6)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3834 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5177 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6156 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7212 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8723 (62)

Upward Stability: 3.1603 (117)

Downward Stability: 3.0190 (164)

RPI
RPI: 0.5693 (53)
4-11 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (14-3): 0.6178 (33) 2-3 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (3-10): 0.5134 (72)
0-7 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5203 (127) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (6-11): 0.5584 (72)
2-7 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.5795 (49) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5716 (32)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 69-49	vs. #187 Maine
11/26/2003	Home	W 99-54	vs. #322 Nicholls St
11/28/2003	Home	W 81-46	vs. #248 SO Carolina St
12/1/2003	Home	W 71-53	vs. #93 Northwestern
12/3/2003	Home	W 66-60	vs. #102 Mississippi
12/6/2003	Home	W 83-46	vs. #218 Fair Dickinson
12/14/2003	Away	W 67-58	vs. #119 Miami Fla
12/18/2003	Home	W 83-62	vs. #262 Wagner
12/20/2003	Neut	W 47-42	vs. #203 Chicago St
12/22/2003	Away	L 56-63	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
12/28/2003	Home	W 79-75	vs. #17 Maryland
12/30/2003	Away	W 87-72	vs. #239 Stetson
1/3/2004	Away	L 73-87	vs. #26 Florida
1/11/2004	Home	L 53-58	vs. #11 North Carolina St
1/13/2004	Away	L 48-53	vs. #89 Clemson
1/18/2004	Away	L 67-76	vs. #40 Virginia
1/22/2004	Home	W 90-81	vs. #14 North Carolina
1/25/2004	Home	W 75-70	vs. #13 Wake Forest
1/29/2004	Away	L 49-56	vs. #1 Duke
2/1/2004	Home	W 88-73	vs. #315 Savannah St
2/3/2004	Home	W 81-65	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
2/8/2004	Away	L 62-73	vs. #17 Maryland
2/10/2004	Away	L 59-75	vs. #11 North Carolina St
2/14/2004	Home	W 65-52	vs. #89 Clemson
2/17/2004	Home	W 76-57	vs. #40 Virginia
2/21/2004	Away	L 71-78	vs. #14 North Carolina
2/25/2004	Away	L 87-90	vs. #13 Wake Forest
2/29/2004	Home	L 65-70	vs. #1 Duke
3/6/2004	Away	L 60-63	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
3/12/2004	Neut	L 71-78	vs. #11 North Carolina St
3/17/2004	Away	W 91-84	vs. #88 Wichita St
3/23/2004	Home	L 59-62	vs. #52 Iowa St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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