NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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MISSISSIPPI
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-15
Power Rating: 79.113
Ranking: 102

0-5 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (12-5): 81.769 (79) 0-2 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 5-3 82.894 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-2 74.570 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 78.308

Away Ratings (1-9): 73.832 (174)
0-2 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-8 74.160
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 80.269
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 73.675

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 65.613 (253) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 68.363 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 79.113 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 68.363

League Power Rankings (5-12): 79.724 (97)
0-5 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-3 82.894
Away Ratings: 0-8 74.160
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 68.363
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 76.468

Non-League Power Ratings (8-3): 77.457 (127) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-2 74.570 Away Ratings: 1-1 80.269 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 79.113 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 79.113

Wins Power Rankings: 80.798 (95)
1-6 v #1-25
2-5 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 12-5 83.834
Away Ratings: 1-9 74.205
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 65.298
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 77.794

Rankings: Points: 77.279 (118) 0-5 v #1-25 2-4 v #26-50 3-5 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 12-5 79.287 Away Ratings: 1-9 73.619 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 65.154 League Power Rankings: 5-12 77.587 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-3 76.587 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 74.666

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 76.320 (136)
0-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-2 78.308
Away Ratings: 0-5 73.675
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 68.363
League Power Rankings: 2-8 76.468
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 79.113

Home Advantage: 12.483 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1146 (36)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2811 (41)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4273 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5426 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6676 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8582 (84)

Upward Stability: 2.9028 (195)

Downward Stability: 2.4951 (260)

RPI
RPI: 0.5338 (96)
1-7 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (12-5): 0.5867 (73) 1-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (1-9): 0.4486 (169)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (290) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (5-12): 0.5287 (104)
0-4 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (8-3): 0.5400 (81) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5569 (48)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	L 69-74	vs. #158 Arkansas St
11/25/2003	Home	W 72-60	vs. #173 Centenary
11/29/2003	Home	W 52-48	vs. #202 SE Louisiana
12/3/2003	Away	L 60-66	vs. #32 Florida St
12/6/2003	Home	L 62-73	vs. #27 Memphis
12/17/2003	Away	W 69-66	vs. #221 Evansville
12/20/2003	Home	W 66-64	vs. #271 Ul Monroe
12/22/2003	Home	W 64-56	vs. #249 Jacksonville St
12/28/2003	Home	W 79-46	vs. #322 Nicholls St
12/30/2003	Home	W 68-44	vs. #259 Alabama St
1/3/2004	Home	W 65-49	vs. #121 East Carolina
1/7/2004	Home	L 54-61	vs. #10 Mississippi St
1/10/2004	Away	L 53-80	vs. #85 Auburn
1/17/2004	Away	L 78-86	vs. #103 Arkansas
1/21/2004	Home	W 53-49	vs. #55 LSU
1/24/2004	Home	W 71-60	vs. #28 Alabama
1/28/2004	Away	L 61-71	vs. #8 Kentucky
1/31/2004	Home	W 79-68	vs. #34 South Carolina
2/4/2004	Away	L 51-64	vs. #50 Georgia
2/7/2004	Away	L 56-80	vs. #10 Mississippi St
2/14/2004	Home	W 72-68	vs. #85 Auburn
2/18/2004	Away	L 66-83	vs. #73 Tennessee
2/21/2004	Home	L 66-81	vs. #26 Florida
2/25/2004	Home	L 65-77	vs. #22 Vanderbilt
2/28/2004	Away	L 69-84	vs. #28 Alabama
3/3/2004	Away	L 45-58	vs. #55 LSU
3/6/2004	Home	W 55-45	vs. #103 Arkansas
3/11/2004	Neut	L 50-70	vs. #22 Vanderbilt

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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