NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-12
Power Rating: 81.819
Ranking: 78

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

Home Ratings (14-3): 82.372 (76) 1-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 6-3 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-2 81.378 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-1 77.487 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 85.397

Away Ratings (5-7): 82.233 (73)
0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 4-5 80.257
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 86.944
Last Ten Ratings: 1-5 82.811

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 77.835 (124) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 80.741 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 80.757 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 80.741

League Power Rankings (11-8): 81.349 (84)
1-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
5-3 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-2 81.378
Away Ratings: 4-5 80.257
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 80.741
Last Ten Ratings: 2-4 81.640

Non-League Power Ratings (9-4): 82.866 (60) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-1 77.487 Away Ratings: 1-2 86.944 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 80.757 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 85.296

Wins Power Rankings: 83.397 (76)
0-0 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
4-4 v #51-100
10-4 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 14-3 84.194
Away Ratings: 5-7 84.110
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 77.272
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 83.350

Rankings: Points: 79.966 (83) 1-1 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 3-6 v #51-100 10-2 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 14-3 79.985 Away Ratings: 5-7 80.224 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 78.825 League Power Rankings: 11-8 79.833 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-4 80.220 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 81.165

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 82.227 (79)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-0 85.397
Away Ratings: 1-5 82.811
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 80.741
League Power Rankings: 2-4 81.640
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 85.296

Home Advantage: 4.8172 (140)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0727 (104)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2117 (100)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3478 (96)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4706 (97)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6237 (94)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8609 (80)

Upward Stability: 3.5217 (16)

Downward Stability: 3.7679 (19)

RPI
RPI: 0.5622 (62)
0-0 v #1-25
3-5 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
10-4 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (14-3): 0.5943 (62) 1-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-2 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (5-7): 0.5262 (62)
1-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5227 (125) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (11-8): 0.5388 (95)
0-0 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (9-4): 0.5956 (39) 0-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5412 (67)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	L 51-57	vs. #146 UC Santa Barbara
11/24/2003	Neut	W 56-43	vs. #145 Santa Clara
11/26/2003	Neut	L 72-82	vs. #56 Dayton
12/15/2003	Home	W 70-67	vs. #143 Oregon St
12/19/2003	Home	W 97-67	vs. #288 Texas Southern
12/20/2003	Home	W 92-64	vs. #149 New Orleans
12/27/2003	Home	W 94-88	vs. #293 Lamar
12/29/2003	Home	W 82-64	vs. #128 Iupui
12/30/2003	Home	W 50-49	vs. #116 Fairfield
1/3/2004	Home	L 58-69	vs. #106 Fresno St
1/5/2004	Home	W 60-53	vs. #24 Nevada
1/10/2004	Away	W 83-76	vs. #250 San Jose St
1/15/2004	Away	W 66-65	vs. #137 SMU
1/17/2004	Away	W 67-60	vs. #115 Louisiana Tech
1/22/2004	Home	W 85-63	vs. #42 Texas El Paso
1/24/2004	Home	W 64-58	vs. #61 Boise St
1/28/2004	Away	L 73-76	vs. #67 Rice
1/31/2004	Away	W 73-71	vs. #169 Tulsa
2/7/2004	Home	W 56-55	vs. #250 San Jose St
2/12/2004	Home	L 61-62	vs. #115 Louisiana Tech
2/14/2004	Home	W 62-59	vs. #137 SMU
2/18/2004	Away	L 57-74	vs. #61 Boise St
2/21/2004	Away	L 62-66	vs. #41 Southern Ill
2/23/2004	Away	L 62-71	vs. #42 Texas El Paso
2/27/2004	Home	W 92-62	vs. #169 Tulsa
2/29/2004	Home	W 91-77	vs. #67 Rice
3/4/2004	Away	L 64-77	vs. #24 Nevada
3/6/2004	Away	L 60-69	vs. #106 Fresno St
3/11/2004	Neut	L 68-70	vs. #67 Rice
3/17/2004	Away	W 85-74	vs. #59 Utah St
3/22/2004	Home	W 84-83	vs. #68 Nebraska
3/24/2004	Away	L 73-88	vs. #43 Michigan

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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