NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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GONZAGA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 28-3
Power Rating: 92.609
Ranking: 9

1-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
17-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (13-0): 93.437 (11) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 9-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-0 88.671 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 90.640 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 83.609

Away Ratings (11-0): 98.452 (3)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 8-0 91.718
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-0 97.765
Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 91.718

Neutral Ratings (4-3): 88.554 (31) 1-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-0 92.796 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-3 88.140 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 85.249

League Power Rankings (16-0): 95.757 (2)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
11-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-0 88.671
Away Ratings: 8-0 91.718
Neutral Ratings: 1-0 92.796
Last Ten Ratings: 7-0 89.366

Non-League Power Ratings (12-3): 90.976 (14) 1-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-0 90.640 Away Ratings: 3-0 97.765 Neutral Ratings: 3-3 88.140 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 85.312

Wins Power Rankings: 95.882 (9)
1-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
20-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 13-0 98.632
Away Ratings: 11-0 106.41
Neutral Ratings: 4-3 90.827
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 92.390

Rankings: Points: 89.015 (6) 1-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 17-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 13-0 89.968 Away Ratings: 11-0 92.054 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 86.019 League Power Rankings: 16-0 90.519 Non-League Power Ratings: 12-3 87.995 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 86.734

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 89.827 (21)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-0 83.609
Away Ratings: 4-0 91.718
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 85.249
League Power Rankings: 7-0 89.366
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 85.312

Home Advantage: 2.6326 (198)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0638 (115)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1847 (113)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3045 (113)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4232 (113)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5857 (114)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8493 (93)

Upward Stability: 1.3977 (325)

Downward Stability: 2.1653 (290)

RPI
RPI: 0.6250 (14)
1-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
20-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (13-0): 0.6174 (35) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (11-0): 0.6274 (6)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (4-3): 0.6372 (30) 1-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (16-0): 0.6234 (13)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (12-3): 0.6282 (16) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5323 (81)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/14/2003	Neut	L 66-73	vs. #2 St Josephs
11/21/2003	Home	W 84-63	vs. #161 Idaho
11/24/2003	Home	W 90-58	vs. #165 Denver
11/29/2003	Home	W 82-76	vs. #50 Georgia
12/3/2003	Away	W 86-62	vs. #57 Washington
12/6/2003	Neut	W 82-68	vs. #17 Maryland
12/7/2003	Away	W 96-91	vs. #62 Geo Washington
12/13/2003	Neut	W 87-80	vs. #51 Missouri
12/20/2003	Neut	L 80-87	vs. #7 Stanford
12/28/2003	Home	W 96-58	vs. #111 Washington St
12/31/2003	Home	W 70-49	vs. #138 Eastern Wash
1/4/2004	Home	W 88-67	vs. #246 Montana
1/8/2004	Away	W 87-70	vs. #127 Pepperdine
1/10/2004	Away	W 74-60	vs. #163 Loyola Marymnt
1/15/2004	Home	W 92-50	vs. #130 San Francisco
1/17/2004	Home	W 75-61	vs. #96 St Marys CA
1/23/2004	Away	W 80-65	vs. #164 Portland
1/29/2004	Away	W 85-73	vs. #287 San Diego
1/31/2004	Away	W 79-63	vs. #145 Santa Clara
2/5/2004	Home	W 93-73	vs. #127 Pepperdine
2/7/2004	Home	W 87-57	vs. #163 Loyola Marymnt
2/12/2004	Away	W 71-48	vs. #130 San Francisco
2/14/2004	Away	W 79-60	vs. #96 St Marys CA
2/18/2004	Home	W 79-69	vs. #164 Portland
2/21/2004	Away	W 76-56	vs. #169 Tulsa
2/26/2004	Home	W 97-78	vs. #287 San Diego
2/28/2004	Home	W 80-64	vs. #145 Santa Clara
3/7/2004	Away	W 63-62	vs. #145 Santa Clara
3/8/2004	Neut	W 84-71	vs. #96 St Marys CA
3/18/2004	Neut	W 76-49	vs. #148 Valparaiso
3/20/2004	Neut	L 72-91	vs. #24 Nevada

FUTURE GAMES

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