NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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NO CAROLINA A&T
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 3-25
Power Rating: 54.152
Ranking: 325

0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
3-19 v #201-326

Home Ratings (3-7): 55.789 (320) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 3-7 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 3-6 57.476 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 35.152 Last Ten Ratings: 2-3 57.715

Away Ratings (0-16): 51.637 (325)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
0-10 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-9 57.004
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-7 55.902
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 55.043

Neutral Ratings (0-2): 43.027 (325) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 47.527 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 40.152 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 47.527

League Power Rankings (3-16): 54.629 (323)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
3-16 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-6 57.476
Away Ratings: 0-9 57.004
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 47.527
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 56.195

Non-League Power Ratings (0-9): 40.902 (326) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 0-1 35.152 Away Ratings: 0-7 55.902 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 40.152 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 54.152

Wins Power Rankings: 49.010 (325)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
3-19 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-7 50.939
Away Ratings: 0-16 42.478
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 35.010
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 50.142

Rankings: Points: 59.980 (325) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 3-19 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 3-7 61.306 Away Ratings: 0-16 59.121 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 49.730 League Power Rankings: 3-16 60.723 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-9 46.668 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 60.230

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 54.828 (324)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-8 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-3 57.715
Away Ratings: 0-4 55.043
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 47.527
League Power Rankings: 2-8 56.195
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 54.152

Home Advantage: 8.9078 (54)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0323 (229)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0878 (264)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1456 (273)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.2056 (286)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.2988 (302)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.5673 (309)

Upward Stability: 2.2879 (296)

Downward Stability: 1.5223 (313)

RPI
RPI: 0.3563 (323)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
3-19 v #201-326

RPI Home (3-7): 0.3657 (319) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 2-5 v #201-326

RPI Away (0-16): 0.3551 (315)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
0-7 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-2): 0.3211 (265) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-326

RPI League (3-16): 0.3363 (321)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
3-12 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (0-9): 0.3995 (288) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4393 (292)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Neut	L 43-76	vs. #259 Alabama St
11/24/2003	Away	L 39-102	vs. #33 Charlotte
11/26/2003	Home	L 59-86	vs. #285 Radford
11/29/2003	Away	L 42-75	vs. #64 St Louis
12/10/2003	Away	L 53-86	vs. #121 East Carolina
12/15/2003	Away	L 51-105	vs. #74 VA Commonwealth
12/22/2003	Away	L 62-81	vs. #119 Miami Fla
12/27/2003	Away	L 63-88	vs. #220 High Point
12/30/2003	Away	L 67-91	vs. #13 Wake Forest
1/3/2004	Away	L 58-61	vs. #306 Norfolk St
1/5/2004	Away	L 57-80	vs. #284 Hampton
1/8/2004	Home	L 62-69	vs. #248 SO Carolina St
1/10/2004	Home	L 50-52	vs. #318 MD Eastrn Shore
1/17/2004	Away	L 42-64	vs. #254 Coppin St
1/19/2004	Away	L 72-76	vs. #305 Morgan St
1/24/2004	Home	L 55-74	vs. #274 Florida A&M
1/27/2004	Home	W 80-50	vs. #317 Bethune Cookman
1/31/2004	Away	L 61-74	vs. #276 Delaware St
2/2/2004	Home	L 60-61	vs. #319 Howard
2/7/2004	Home	W 59-57	vs. #306 Norfolk St
2/9/2004	Home	L 58-85	vs. #284 Hampton
2/14/2004	Away	L 58-65	vs. #318 MD Eastrn Shore
2/21/2004	Home	L 56-66	vs. #254 Coppin St
2/23/2004	Home	W 91-80	vs. #305 Morgan St
2/28/2004	Away	L 70-81	vs. #274 Florida A&M
3/1/2004	Away	L 51-61	vs. #317 Bethune Cookman
3/6/2004	Away	L 56-78	vs. #248 SO Carolina St
3/8/2004	Neut	L 43-58	vs. #306 Norfolk St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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