NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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ILLINOIS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 26-7
Power Rating: 90.351
Ranking: 16

2-5 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
10-2 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (12-1): 90.952 (20) 1-0 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-1 89.101 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-0 87.070 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 86.538

Away Ratings (7-2): 90.144 (19)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 6-2 86.214
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 99.726
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 89.491

Neutral Ratings (7-4): 90.222 (25) 1-4 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 2-1 88.726 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-3 90.335 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 92.023

League Power Rankings (15-4): 89.781 (17)
1-2 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-1 89.101
Away Ratings: 6-2 86.214
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.726
Last Ten Ratings: 6-1 88.898

Non-League Power Ratings (11-3): 91.312 (11) 1-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 5-0 87.070 Away Ratings: 1-0 99.726 Neutral Ratings: 5-3 90.335 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 95.476

Wins Power Rankings: 93.495 (15)
2-5 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
10-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 12-1 93.589
Away Ratings: 7-2 94.566
Neutral Ratings: 7-4 92.835
Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 96.808

Rankings: Points: 86.597 (16) 2-5 v #1-25 5-0 v #26-50 10-2 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 12-1 87.722 Away Ratings: 7-2 84.941 Neutral Ratings: 7-4 87.245 League Power Rankings: 15-4 85.775 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-3 88.034 Last Ten Ratings: 8-2 88.519

Last Ten Ratings (8-2): 93.058 (11)
2-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-0 86.538
Away Ratings: 3-0 89.491
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 92.023
League Power Rankings: 6-1 88.898
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 95.476

Home Advantage: 4.5645 (147)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1095 (47)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2824 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4402 (34)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5753 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7171 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8941 (29)

Upward Stability: 2.7048 (244)

Downward Stability: 3.6922 (29)

RPI
RPI: 0.6175 (18)
2-5 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (12-1): 0.6131 (38) 3-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (7-2): 0.5915 (15)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (7-4): 0.6444 (27) 2-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (15-4): 0.6194 (16)
1-2 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.6151 (31) 0-2 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5608 (43)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Home	W 94-66	vs. #307 Western Ill
11/26/2003	Home	W 93-61	vs. #223 Mercer
11/29/2003	Away	W 75-60	vs. #87 Temple
12/2/2003	Neut	L 81-88	vs. #14 North Carolina
12/6/2003	Neut	W 84-61	vs. #103 Arkansas
12/9/2003	Neut	L 51-70	vs. #23 Providence
12/11/2003	Home	W 85-43	vs. #318 MD Eastrn Shore
12/13/2003	Home	W 74-64	vs. #27 Memphis
12/23/2003	Neut	W 71-70	vs. #51 Missouri
12/30/2003	Neut	W 75-60	vs. #75 Illinois Chi
1/3/2004	Home	W 80-73	vs. #197 Illinois St
1/7/2004	Home	W 85-63	vs. #112 Ohio St
1/10/2004	Home	L 54-58	vs. #79 Purdue
1/14/2004	Away	L 60-70	vs. #93 Northwestern
1/17/2004	Home	W 88-82	vs. #66 Iowa
1/21/2004	Home	W 80-37	vs. #174 Penn St
1/24/2004	Away	L 56-76	vs. #12 Wisconsin
1/31/2004	Home	W 67-52	vs. #43 Michigan
2/3/2004	Away	W 51-49	vs. #81 Indiana
2/8/2004	Away	W 79-69	vs. #134 Minnesota
2/10/2004	Home	W 75-51	vs. #36 Michigan St
2/18/2004	Home	W 65-57	vs. #12 Wisconsin
2/21/2004	Away	W 66-58	vs. #174 Penn St
2/25/2004	Away	W 78-59	vs. #66 Iowa
2/28/2004	Home	W 66-56	vs. #93 Northwestern
3/3/2004	Away	W 81-79	vs. #79 Purdue
3/7/2004	Away	W 64-63	vs. #112 Ohio St
3/12/2004	Neut	W 71-59	vs. #81 Indiana
3/13/2004	Neut	W 74-60	vs. #43 Michigan
3/14/2004	Neut	L 53-70	vs. #12 Wisconsin
3/19/2004	Neut	W 72-53	vs. #69 Murray St
3/21/2004	Neut	W 92-68	vs. #19 Cincinnati
3/26/2004	Neut	L 62-72	vs. #1 Duke

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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