NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-10
Power Rating: 85.028
Ranking: 45

0-7 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (14-3): 85.352 (47) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 5-3 84.333 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-0 83.872 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 82.106

Away Ratings (3-6): 82.200 (75)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 3-4 81.942
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 77.497
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 78.356

Neutral Ratings (3-1): 88.637 (30) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 87.106 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 85.528 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 87.106

League Power Rankings (9-8): 84.305 (59)
0-6 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-3 84.333
Away Ratings: 3-4 81.942
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.106
Last Ten Ratings: 3-5 82.090

Non-League Power Ratings (11-2): 86.672 (34) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 9-0 83.872 Away Ratings: 0-2 77.497 Neutral Ratings: 2-0 85.528 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 84.044

Wins Power Rankings: 87.458 (42)
0-7 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 14-3 87.196
Away Ratings: 3-6 84.903
Neutral Ratings: 3-1 92.114
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 83.485

Rankings: Points: 82.323 (47) 0-7 v #1-25 4-2 v #26-50 4-1 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 14-3 83.323 Away Ratings: 3-6 79.241 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 84.526 League Power Rankings: 9-8 82.358 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-2 82.241 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 80.604

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 81.989 (84)
0-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-2 82.106
Away Ratings: 0-3 78.356
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 87.106
League Power Rankings: 3-5 82.090
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 84.044

Home Advantage: 4.9704 (133)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1275 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2848 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4104 (49)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5144 (59)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6379 (80)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8346 (109)

Upward Stability: 2.7771 (229)

Downward Stability: 2.9187 (188)

RPI
RPI: 0.5792 (44)
0-7 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (14-3): 0.5841 (78) 2-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (3-6): 0.5312 (56)
0-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (3-1): 0.6640 (15) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI League (9-8): 0.5636 (68)
0-6 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.5983 (37) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5500 (52)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 69-59	vs. #138 Eastern Wash
11/22/2003	Home	W 84-68	vs. #156 Oral Roberts
11/25/2003	Home	W 81-73	vs. #169 Tulsa
12/2/2003	Home	W 94-24	vs. #326 Ark Pine Bluff
12/6/2003	Neut	W 80-77	vs. #36 Michigan St
12/11/2003	Home	W 47-45	vs. #79 Purdue
12/13/2003	Home	W 83-56	vs. #313 Prairie View
12/20/2003	Home	W 68-46	vs. #286 Jackson St
12/29/2003	Home	W 72-57	vs. #205 TX Pan American
1/3/2004	Neut	W 58-55	vs. #113 Princeton
1/11/2004	Away	L 59-86	vs. #3 Connecticut
1/14/2004	Away	L 56-77	vs. #4 Oklahoma St
1/17/2004	Home	L 75-79	vs. #51 Missouri
1/24/2004	Home	W 61-49	vs. #91 Kansas St
1/28/2004	Away	W 78-67	vs. #224 Baylor
2/1/2004	Away	W 52-50	vs. #68 Nebraska
2/4/2004	Home	W 75-48	vs. #52 Iowa St
2/8/2004	Away	L 37-66	vs. #15 Texas
2/11/2004	Home	W 63-48	vs. #29 Texas Tech
2/14/2004	Away	W 78-72	vs. #236 Texas A&M
2/16/2004	Home	L 52-65	vs. #4 Oklahoma St
2/21/2004	Home	L 63-68	vs. #15 Texas
2/25/2004	Away	L 87-94	vs. #54 Colorado
2/29/2004	Away	L 58-79	vs. #20 Kansas
3/3/2004	Home	W 86-60	vs. #236 Texas A&M
3/6/2004	Home	W 46-41	vs. #224 Baylor
3/11/2004	Neut	W 63-59	vs. #68 Nebraska
3/12/2004	Neut	L 63-66	vs. #15 Texas
3/17/2004	Home	W 70-61	vs. #55 LSU
3/22/2004	Away	L 52-63	vs. #43 Michigan

FUTURE GAMES

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