NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 30-4
Power Rating: 95.320
Ranking: 4

6-1 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (14-0): 96.195 (3) 2-0 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 8-0 92.273 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 82.851 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 95.695

Away Ratings (7-2): 92.574 (11)
1-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 6-2 90.617
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 97.945
Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 95.320

Neutral Ratings (9-2): 97.058 (3) 3-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 3-0 96.414 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-2 95.687 Last Ten Ratings: 7-1 97.308

League Power Rankings (17-2): 95.277 (3)
4-0 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 8-0 92.273
Away Ratings: 6-2 90.617
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 96.414
Last Ten Ratings: 5-0 96.257

Non-League Power Ratings (13-2): 95.379 (5) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-0 82.851 Away Ratings: 1-0 97.945 Neutral Ratings: 6-2 95.687 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 97.695

Wins Power Rankings: 99.873 (2)
6-1 v #1-25
7-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 14-0 105.40
Away Ratings: 7-2 96.451
Neutral Ratings: 9-2 101.26
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 104.82

Rankings: Points: 90.252 (4) 6-1 v #1-25 6-3 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 14-0 89.259 Away Ratings: 7-2 88.341 Neutral Ratings: 9-2 92.252 League Power Rankings: 17-2 89.744 Non-League Power Ratings: 13-2 91.052 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 93.361

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 99.562 (3)
4-1 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-0 95.695
Away Ratings: 0-0 95.320
Neutral Ratings: 7-1 97.308
League Power Rankings: 5-0 96.257
Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 97.695

Home Advantage: 4.9535 (135)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1243 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3029 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4483 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5600 (33)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6870 (39)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8817 (48)

Upward Stability: 1.9871 (311)

Downward Stability: 3.0028 (170)

RPI
RPI: 0.6514 (5)
6-1 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (14-0): 0.6497 (10) 3-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (7-2): 0.6058 (12)
1-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (9-2): 0.6907 (7) 3-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (17-2): 0.6652 (3)
4-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (13-2): 0.6340 (11) 2-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5744 (28)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 90-62	vs. #269 Northwestern St
11/26/2003	Neut	W 82-49	vs. #124 Colorado St
11/29/2003	Home	W 84-82	vs. #127 Pepperdine
12/3/2003	Home	W 83-53	vs. #214 Tex San Antonio
12/6/2003	Neut	L 71-76	vs. #38 BYU
12/20/2003	Away	W 73-58	vs. #103 Arkansas
12/22/2003	Home	W 96-61	vs. #205 TX Pan American
12/30/2003	Home	W 65-50	vs. #252 Samford
1/3/2004	Neut	W 89-54	vs. #137 SMU
1/6/2004	Home	W 84-52	vs. #183 Texas A&M-CC
1/10/2004	Away	L 62-83	vs. #29 Texas Tech
1/14/2004	Home	W 77-56	vs. #45 Oklahoma
1/17/2004	Away	W 57-56	vs. #91 Kansas St
1/21/2004	Home	W 71-62	vs. #54 Colorado
1/24/2004	Away	W 72-67	vs. #15 Texas
1/31/2004	Home	W 70-66	vs. #29 Texas Tech
2/3/2004	Away	W 91-79	vs. #236 Texas A&M
2/7/2004	Away	W 88-67	vs. #52 Iowa St
2/9/2004	Home	W 80-60	vs. #20 Kansas
2/14/2004	Home	W 91-58	vs. #224 Baylor
2/16/2004	Away	W 65-52	vs. #45 Oklahoma
2/21/2004	Home	W 87-83	vs. #68 Nebraska
2/24/2004	Away	L 92-93	vs. #51 Missouri
2/28/2004	Away	W 72-65	vs. #224 Baylor
3/1/2004	Home	W 76-67	vs. #15 Texas
3/6/2004	Home	W 70-41	vs. #236 Texas A&M
3/12/2004	Neut	W 83-75	vs. #52 Iowa St
3/13/2004	Neut	W 82-77	vs. #29 Texas Tech
3/14/2004	Neut	W 65-49	vs. #15 Texas
3/19/2004	Neut	W 75-56	vs. #138 Eastern Wash
3/21/2004	Neut	W 70-53	vs. #27 Memphis
3/25/2004	Neut	W 63-51	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
3/27/2004	Neut	W 64-62	vs. #2 St Josephs
4/3/2004	Neut	L 65-67	vs. #6 Georgia Tech

FUTURE GAMES

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