NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 12-14
Power Rating: 76.748
Ranking: 132

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

Home Ratings (12-4): 80.166 (96) 0-0 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 5-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 5-2 80.982 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-2 76.592 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 80.435

Away Ratings (0-9): 69.201 (240)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-7 76.263
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 69.435
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 76.615

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 71.935 (182) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 79.092 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 76.748 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 79.092

League Power Rankings (5-10): 77.414 (125)
0-0 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-2 80.982
Away Ratings: 0-7 76.263
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 79.092
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 78.631

Non-League Power Ratings (7-4): 75.217 (158) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-2 76.592 Away Ratings: 0-2 69.435 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 76.748 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 76.748

Wins Power Rankings: 76.232 (143)
0-1 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
5-5 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 12-4 80.560
Away Ratings: 0-9 62.826
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 63.982
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 75.158

Rankings: Points: 77.588 (113) 0-1 v #1-25 2-3 v #26-50 0-5 v #51-100 5-5 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 12-4 79.654 Away Ratings: 0-9 73.486 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 78.338 League Power Rankings: 5-10 77.994 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-4 76.580 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 77.806

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 76.193 (140)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-1 80.435
Away Ratings: 0-5 76.615
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 79.092
League Power Rankings: 3-7 78.631
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 76.748

Home Advantage: 14.490 (8)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0654 (112)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1872 (112)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3079 (111)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4286 (111)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5749 (116)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8218 (124)

Upward Stability: 2.9008 (196)

Downward Stability: 2.6758 (229)

RPI
RPI: 0.4979 (148)
0-1 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
5-5 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (12-4): 0.5551 (125) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (0-9): 0.4063 (256)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-3 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (312) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (5-10): 0.4944 (160)
0-2 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (7-4): 0.5012 (150) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5100 (122)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
12/1/2003	Home	L 71-77	vs. #164 Portland
12/3/2003	Away	L 48-67	vs. #186 New Mexico St
12/6/2003	Home	L 58-67	vs. #29 Texas Tech
12/8/2003	Home	W 77-63	vs. #215 Sacramento St
12/21/2003	Home	W 74-56	vs. #254 Coppin St
12/22/2003	Home	W 65-49	vs. #186 New Mexico St
12/28/2003	Home	W 87-51	vs. #269 Northwestern St
12/29/2003	Home	W 82-63	vs. #174 Penn St
1/3/2004	Away	L 61-70	vs. #13 Wake Forest
1/6/2004	Home	W 88-75	vs. #287 San Diego
1/9/2004	Home	W 74-65	vs. #263 Cornell
1/12/2004	Away	L 77-82	vs. #141 Wyoming
1/17/2004	Home	L 42-68	vs. #53 Air Force
1/24/2004	Home	W 70-54	vs. #47 Utah
1/26/2004	Home	W 65-63	vs. #38 BYU
1/31/2004	Away	L 80-89	vs. #84 Unlv
2/2/2004	Away	L 68-72	vs. #120 San Diego St
2/7/2004	Home	W 63-51	vs. #124 Colorado St
2/9/2004	Home	W 87-75	vs. #141 Wyoming
2/14/2004	Away	L 50-51	vs. #53 Air Force
2/21/2004	Away	L 71-88	vs. #38 BYU
2/23/2004	Away	L 43-73	vs. #47 Utah
2/28/2004	Home	W 72-60	vs. #120 San Diego St
3/1/2004	Home	L 75-78	vs. #84 Unlv
3/6/2004	Away	L 66-76	vs. #124 Colorado St
3/11/2004	Neut	L 53-55	vs. #84 Unlv

FUTURE GAMES

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