NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 23-9
Power Rating: 89.492
Ranking: 20

0-6 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
13-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (12-1): 91.140 (18) 0-0 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 8-0 90.336 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 84.836 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 94.711

Away Ratings (5-5): 86.816 (30)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 4-4 85.758
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 86.836
Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 87.273

Neutral Ratings (6-3): 91.367 (18) 0-3 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: 1-1 91.258 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-2 92.937 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 93.133

League Power Rankings (13-5): 89.392 (20)
0-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 8-0 90.336
Away Ratings: 4-4 85.758
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 91.258
Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 90.211

Non-League Power Ratings (10-4): 89.648 (18) 0-3 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 4-1 84.836 Away Ratings: 1-1 86.836 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 92.937 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 94.226

Wins Power Rankings: 92.123 (20)
0-5 v #1-25
5-3 v #26-50
12-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 12-1 94.053
Away Ratings: 5-5 89.865
Neutral Ratings: 6-3 93.545
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 94.646

Rankings: Points: 86.537 (17) 0-6 v #1-25 9-2 v #26-50 8-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 12-1 87.549 Away Ratings: 5-5 83.435 Neutral Ratings: 6-3 89.236 League Power Rankings: 13-5 85.914 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-4 87.533 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 88.746

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 91.847 (13)
0-3 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-0 94.711
Away Ratings: 1-1 87.273
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 93.133
League Power Rankings: 4-2 90.211
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 94.226

Home Advantage: 5.9674 (110)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1295 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3160 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4753 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6141 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7573 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9287 (4)

Upward Stability: 3.0701 (144)

Downward Stability: 3.8520 (15)

RPI
RPI: 0.6291 (10)
0-5 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
11-3 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (12-1): 0.6585 (7) 3-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5623 (25)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (6-3): 0.6606 (18) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (13-5): 0.6215 (14)
0-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (10-4): 0.6389 (10) 0-2 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5992 (8)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 90-76	vs. #131 Chattanooga
11/25/2003	Home	W 81-74	vs. #36 Michigan St
12/1/2003	Away	W 85-66	vs. #135 TCU
12/6/2003	Neut	L 58-64	vs. #7 Stanford
12/13/2003	Neut	W 77-67	vs. #72 Oregon
12/20/2003	Neut	W 72-52	vs. #146 UC Santa Barbara
12/21/2003	Away	L 61-75	vs. #24 Nevada
12/29/2003	Home	W 78-46	vs. #242 Binghamton
1/2/2004	Home	W 86-79	vs. #58 Villanova
1/5/2004	Away	W 77-62	vs. #54 Colorado
1/14/2004	Home	W 73-67	vs. #91 Kansas St
1/17/2004	Away	W 71-65	vs. #236 Texas A&M
1/22/2004	Home	L 68-69	vs. #46 Richmond
1/25/2004	Home	W 78-57	vs. #54 Colorado
1/28/2004	Away	W 78-70	vs. #91 Kansas St
1/31/2004	Away	L 61-68	vs. #52 Iowa St
2/2/2004	Home	W 65-56	vs. #51 Missouri
2/7/2004	Home	W 96-77	vs. #29 Texas Tech
2/9/2004	Away	L 60-80	vs. #4 Oklahoma St
2/15/2004	Away	L 55-74	vs. #68 Nebraska
2/18/2004	Home	W 74-54	vs. #224 Baylor
2/21/2004	Home	W 90-89	vs. #52 Iowa St
2/23/2004	Away	L 67-82	vs. #15 Texas
2/29/2004	Home	W 79-58	vs. #45 Oklahoma
3/3/2004	Home	W 78-67	vs. #68 Nebraska
3/7/2004	Away	W 84-82	vs. #51 Missouri
3/12/2004	Neut	W 94-69	vs. #51 Missouri
3/13/2004	Neut	L 60-64	vs. #15 Texas
3/19/2004	Neut	W 78-53	vs. #75 Illinois Chi
3/21/2004	Neut	W 78-63	vs. #63 Pacific
3/26/2004	Neut	W 100-74	vs. #35 Uab
3/28/2004	Neut	L 71-79	vs. #6 Georgia Tech

FUTURE GAMES

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