NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 10-20
Power Rating: 71.401
Ranking: 212

0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
4-10 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-326

Home Ratings (8-4): 76.163 (140) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-2 75.077 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 75.495 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 73.018

Away Ratings (1-13): 65.979 (277)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-9 v #101-200
1-2 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-10 69.393
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-3 75.636
Last Ten Ratings: 0-6 72.378

Neutral Ratings (1-3): 67.761 (224) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-2 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 71.401 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-3 69.331 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 71.401

League Power Rankings (7-12): 71.989 (201)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
4-7 v #101-200
2-2 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-2 75.077
Away Ratings: 0-10 69.393
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.401
Last Ten Ratings: 3-6 72.011

Non-League Power Ratings (3-8): 70.022 (234) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 3-2 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 1-2 75.495 Away Ratings: 1-3 75.636 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 69.331 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 78.464

Wins Power Rankings: 69.944 (217)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
4-10 v #101-200
5-4 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 8-4 76.155
Away Ratings: 1-13 61.069
Neutral Ratings: 1-3 65.413
Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 69.737

Rankings: Points: 73.212 (192) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 4-12 v #101-200 5-4 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 8-4 75.823 Away Ratings: 1-13 71.016 Neutral Ratings: 1-3 70.438 League Power Rankings: 7-12 73.173 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-8 73.305 Last Ten Ratings: 3-7 73.149

Last Ten Ratings (3-7): 71.233 (208)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-6 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-1 73.018
Away Ratings: 0-6 72.378
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.401
League Power Rankings: 3-6 72.011
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 78.464

Home Advantage: 13.586 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0355 (206)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1261 (186)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2269 (174)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3402 (162)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5109 (155)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8083 (145)

Upward Stability: 3.7105 (6)

Downward Stability: 3.1268 (143)

RPI
RPI: 0.4534 (232)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
2-8 v #101-200
6-5 v #201-326

RPI Home (8-4): 0.5567 (121) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (1-13): 0.3677 (302)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
1-5 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-3): 0.4427 (196) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (7-12): 0.4594 (209)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-6 v #101-200
3-3 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (3-8): 0.4433 (235) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-4 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4934 (159)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2003	Neut	L 64-67	vs. #223 Mercer
11/16/2003	Neut	W 51-47	vs. #254 Coppin St
11/17/2003	Neut	L 60-63	vs. #209 UC Irvine
11/30/2003	Home	L 66-72	vs. #100 Toledo
12/3/2003	Home	L 64-67	vs. #98 Boston U
12/6/2003	Home	W 71-62	vs. #208 Brown
12/9/2003	Home	L 60-63	vs. #39 DePaul
12/13/2003	Away	L 46-53	vs. #130 San Francisco
12/20/2003	Away	W 63-52	vs. #320 Navy
12/27/2003	Neut	L 48-71	vs. #12 Wisconsin
1/3/2004	Away	L 63-73	vs. #244 Northern Ill
1/7/2004	Away	L 91-96	vs. #153 Duquesne
1/10/2004	Away	L 71-80	vs. #95 Kent
1/14/2004	Home	W 90-76	vs. #129 Buffalo
1/17/2004	Home	W 80-59	vs. #244 Northern Ill
1/20/2004	Away	L 76-84	vs. #181 Akron
1/24/2004	Away	L 60-74	vs. #172 Marshall
1/28/2004	Away	L 73-96	vs. #44 Western Mich
1/31/2004	Home	W 73-61	vs. #280 Central Mich
2/2/2004	Home	W 67-64	vs. #118 Miami Ohio
2/7/2004	Home	W 88-84	vs. #159 Ball St
2/11/2004	Away	L 71-81	vs. #184 Bowling Green
2/14/2004	Home	W 83-79	vs. #181 Akron
2/18/2004	Away	L 63-64	vs. #118 Miami Ohio
2/21/2004	Away	L 63-64	vs. #152 Butler
2/25/2004	Away	L 64-75	vs. #216 Eastern Mich
2/29/2004	Home	L 68-71	vs. #172 Marshall
3/3/2004	Away	L 49-77	vs. #129 Buffalo
3/6/2004	Home	W 60-59	vs. #95 Kent
3/8/2004	Away	L 54-56	vs. #184 Bowling Green

FUTURE GAMES

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