NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 11-16
Power Rating: 62.633
Ranking: 305

0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
11-12 v #201-326

Home Ratings (8-2): 65.547 (281) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 8-2 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-2 62.199 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 68.039 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 59.047

Away Ratings (2-11): 59.860 (316)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
2-8 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 2-7 62.270
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-4 64.321
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 60.516

Neutral Ratings (1-3): 61.196 (278) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-2 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 61.821 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 63.008 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 61.821

League Power Rankings (10-10): 62.401 (303)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
10-10 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-2 62.199
Away Ratings: 2-7 62.270
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 61.821
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 60.192

Non-League Power Ratings (1-6): 64.446 (285) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 1-2 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 1-0 68.039 Away Ratings: 0-4 64.321 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 63.008 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 62.633

Wins Power Rankings: 59.569 (305)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
11-12 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 8-2 63.912
Away Ratings: 2-11 55.233
Neutral Ratings: 1-3 57.772
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 55.877

Rankings: Points: 65.930 (304) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 11-12 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 8-2 66.785 Away Ratings: 2-11 65.293 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 65.172 League Power Rankings: 10-1065.981 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-6 65.578 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 64.270

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 59.840 (316)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
4-6 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-2 59.047
Away Ratings: 1-3 60.516
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 61.821
League Power Rankings: 4-6 60.192
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 62.633

Home Advantage: 9.1720 (46)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0140 (311)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0487 (318)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.0926 (318)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.1447 (321)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.2350 (321)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.5144 (320)

Upward Stability: 3.0800 (141)

Downward Stability: 2.8503 (203)

RPI
RPI: 0.4196 (283)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
10-11 v #201-326

RPI Home (8-2): 0.5083 (198) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (2-11): 0.3553 (314)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
2-6 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-3): 0.4084 (227) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-2 v #201-326

RPI League (10-10): 0.4129 (290)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
9-6 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (1-6): 0.4420 (236) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4237 (313)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Away	L 62-89	vs. #30 Seton Hall
11/25/2003	Home	W 76-75	vs. #218 Fair Dickinson
12/1/2003	Away	L 66-76	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
12/10/2003	Away	L 66-68	vs. #254 Coppin St
12/13/2003	Away	L 62-77	vs. #109 Old Dominion
12/20/2003	Neut	L 63-69	vs. #187 Maine
12/29/2003	Away	L 57-81	vs. #219 Montana St
12/30/2003	Neut	L 61-75	vs. #202 SE Louisiana
1/3/2004	Home	W 67-66	vs. #317 Bethune Cookman
1/5/2004	Home	W 106-72	vs. #274 Florida A&M
1/10/2004	Away	W 62-45	vs. #319 Howard
1/12/2004	Away	L 60-68	vs. #276 Delaware St
1/17/2004	Home	W 62-57	vs. #248 SO Carolina St
1/19/2004	Home	W 76-72	vs. #325 NO Carolina A&T
1/27/2004	Away	L 72-85	vs. #318 MD Eastrn Shore
1/31/2004	Away	L 65-68	vs. #306 Norfolk St
2/2/2004	Home	W 64-63	vs. #284 Hampton
2/7/2004	Away	W 79-64	vs. #317 Bethune Cookman
2/9/2004	Away	L 67-83	vs. #274 Florida A&M
2/14/2004	Home	L 62-63	vs. #319 Howard
2/16/2004	Home	W 64-60	vs. #276 Delaware St
2/21/2004	Away	L 77-86	vs. #248 SO Carolina St
2/23/2004	Away	L 80-91	vs. #325 NO Carolina A&T
3/1/2004	Home	W 93-89	vs. #318 MD Eastrn Shore
3/5/2004	Home	L 60-68	vs. #254 Coppin St
3/8/2004	Neut	W 60-59	vs. #319 Howard
3/10/2004	Neut	L 65-68	vs. #254 Coppin St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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