NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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UC IRVINE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 10-17
Power Rating: 71.476
Ranking: 209

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

Home Ratings (6-5): 72.433 (202) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-2 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 5-4 70.632 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 75.507 Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 70.827

Away Ratings (1-11): 67.843 (257)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 1-8 72.773
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-3 70.757
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 70.030

Neutral Ratings (3-1): 79.148 (116) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 71.476 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 75.124 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 71.476

League Power Rankings (6-12): 70.341 (222)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-4 70.632
Away Ratings: 1-8 72.773
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.476
Last Ten Ratings: 2-7 70.366

Non-League Power Ratings (4-5): 74.296 (175) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 1-1 75.507 Away Ratings: 0-3 70.757 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 75.124 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 71.476

Wins Power Rankings: 70.655 (205)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
5-7 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-5 72.312
Away Ratings: 1-11 64.187
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 81.796
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 65.476

Rankings: Points: 72.499 (212) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-6 v #51-100 6-6 v #101-200 4-4 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-5 72.152 Away Ratings: 1-11 71.991 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 75.640 League Power Rankings: 6-12 72.032 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-5 73.687 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 70.757

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 67.788 (255)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
1-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-3 70.827
Away Ratings: 0-5 70.030
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.476
League Power Rankings: 2-7 70.366
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 71.476

Home Advantage: 5.5625 (118)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0358 (202)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1269 (182)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2323 (164)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3442 (159)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5140 (150)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8137 (134)

Upward Stability: 3.3068 (73)

Downward Stability: 2.8728 (196)

RPI
RPI: 0.4562 (228)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
4-6 v #101-200
6-5 v #201-326

RPI Home (6-5): 0.5192 (174) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (1-11): 0.3661 (307)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
1-5 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (3-1): 0.5504 (92) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI League (6-12): 0.4383 (248)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
4-4 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (4-5): 0.4913 (172) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4848 (178)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2003	Neut	L 65-77	vs. #75 Illinois Chi
11/16/2003	Neut	W 65-60	vs. #287 San Diego
11/17/2003	Neut	W 63-60	vs. #212 Ohio
11/25/2003	Home	L 59-72	vs. #7 Stanford
12/3/2003	Away	L 57-65	vs. #101 California
12/5/2003	Neut	W 57-55	vs. #113 Princeton
12/18/2003	Home	W 85-83	vs. #127 Pepperdine
12/20/2003	Away	L 56-64	vs. #215 Sacramento St
1/3/2004	Home	W 74-69	vs. #207 Cal Poly
1/5/2004	Home	L 77-84	vs. #146 UC Santa Barbara
1/8/2004	Away	W 72-56	vs. #170 CS Northridge
1/10/2004	Away	L 52-67	vs. #63 Pacific
1/15/2004	Home	W 66-65	vs. #200 UC Riverside
1/17/2004	Home	W 74-67	vs. #210 CS Fullerton
1/24/2004	Away	L 74-77	vs. #281 Long Beach St
1/29/2004	Away	L 48-57	vs. #59 Utah St
1/31/2004	Away	L 52-57	vs. #161 Idaho
2/5/2004	Home	L 52-64	vs. #63 Pacific
2/7/2004	Home	L 51-56	vs. #170 CS Northridge
2/12/2004	Away	L 63-70	vs. #210 CS Fullerton
2/14/2004	Away	L 54-72	vs. #200 UC Riverside
2/18/2004	Home	W 80-71	vs. #281 Long Beach St
2/21/2004	Away	L 64-69	vs. #186 New Mexico St
2/26/2004	Home	W 65-63	vs. #161 Idaho
2/28/2004	Home	L 56-59	vs. #59 Utah St
3/4/2004	Away	L 55-56	vs. #146 UC Santa Barbara
3/6/2004	Away	L 62-70	vs. #207 Cal Poly

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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