NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 16-13
Power Rating: 82.756
Ranking: 66

0-3 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
3-6 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (11-3): 82.518 (74) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 5-3 81.155 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 82.600 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 81.623

Away Ratings (4-8): 83.237 (59)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 4-4 85.729
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-4 79.772
Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 86.115

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 81.272 (91) 0-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 76.256 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 84.881 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 76.256

League Power Rankings (9-8): 83.436 (64)
0-3 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-3 81.155
Away Ratings: 4-4 85.729
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 76.256
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 83.586

Non-League Power Ratings (7-5): 81.045 (75) 0-0 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-4 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-0 82.600 Away Ratings: 0-4 79.772 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 84.881 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 85.600

Wins Power Rankings: 84.328 (69)
0-3 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 11-3 83.664
Away Ratings: 4-8 85.028
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 82.969
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 85.750

Rankings: Points: 81.156 (64) 1-3 v #1-25 1-5 v #26-50 3-5 v #51-100 8-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 11-3 81.055 Away Ratings: 4-8 81.574 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 79.610 League Power Rankings: 9-8 81.516 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-5 80.375 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 81.649

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 83.807 (64)
1-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-2 81.623
Away Ratings: 3-2 86.115
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 76.256
League Power Rankings: 5-4 83.586
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 85.600

Home Advantage: 3.4730 (170)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0979 (62)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2634 (53)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4264 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5483 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6815 (44)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8798 (53)

Upward Stability: 3.4996 (24)

Downward Stability: 3.0833 (152)

RPI
RPI: 0.5428 (90)
0-3 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (11-3): 0.5727 (97) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (4-8): 0.5027 (89)
0-1 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5637 (81) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (9-8): 0.5530 (75)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (7-5): 0.5282 (101) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5398 (71)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/23/2003	Home	W 107-80	vs. #295 NC Asheville
11/25/2003	Home	W 74-56	vs. #167 Drake
11/29/2003	Neut	W 70-69	vs. #31 Louisville
12/2/2003	Home	W 82-56	vs. #136 Wisc Green Bay
12/5/2003	Home	W 70-54	vs. #138 Eastern Wash
12/6/2003	Home	W 65-57	vs. #244 Northern Ill
12/9/2003	Away	L 66-77	vs. #82 Northern Iowa
12/22/2003	Neut	L 59-65	vs. #29 Texas Tech
12/30/2003	Home	W 71-62	vs. #297 Eastern Ill
1/3/2004	Away	L 56-76	vs. #51 Missouri
1/7/2004	Home	W 71-61	vs. #79 Purdue
1/10/2004	Home	L 68-77	vs. #93 Northwestern
1/13/2004	Away	W 83-68	vs. #134 Minnesota
1/17/2004	Away	L 82-88	vs. #16 Illinois
1/21/2004	Away	L 76-84	vs. #52 Iowa St
1/24/2004	Home	W 79-65	vs. #112 Ohio St
1/28/2004	Away	L 84-90	vs. #43 Michigan
1/31/2004	Home	W 77-58	vs. #174 Penn St
2/4/2004	Away	L 72-89	vs. #36 Michigan St
2/7/2004	Away	W 84-82	vs. #81 Indiana
2/11/2004	Home	L 52-54	vs. #12 Wisconsin
2/14/2004	Home	W 69-61	vs. #43 Michigan
2/18/2004	Away	W 78-67	vs. #112 Ohio St
2/25/2004	Home	L 59-78	vs. #16 Illinois
2/28/2004	Home	W 66-62	vs. #134 Minnesota
3/3/2004	Away	L 49-51	vs. #93 Northwestern
3/6/2004	Away	W 63-62	vs. #79 Purdue
3/12/2004	Neut	L 70-79	vs. #43 Michigan
3/16/2004	Away	L 69-70	vs. #64 St Louis

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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