NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 2-24
Power Rating: 64.038
Ranking: 298

0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
2-13 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-326

Home Ratings (2-6): 65.483 (282) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-2 65.507 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-4 69.573 Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 66.952

Away Ratings (0-16): 62.397 (308)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-9 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-1 54.538
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-15 68.249
Last Ten Ratings: 0-7 64.960

Neutral Ratings (0-2): 59.600 (290) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 64.038 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-2 64.600 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 64.038

League Power Rankings (0-3): 57.600 (320)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 0-2 65.507
Away Ratings: 0-1 54.538
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 64.038
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 64.022

Non-League Power Ratings (2-21): 65.261 (280) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-6 v #51-100 2-12 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 2-4 69.573 Away Ratings: 0-15 68.249 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 64.600 Last Ten Ratings: 0-7 67.085

Wins Power Rankings: 60.286 (303)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
2-14 v #101-200
0-3 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-6 62.024
Away Ratings: 0-16 56.223
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 53.536
Last Ten Ratings: 0-10 51.848

Rankings: Points: 68.028 (287) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-5 v #51-100 1-14 v #101-200 1-4 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 2-6 69.493 Away Ratings: 0-16 66.770 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 64.466 League Power Rankings: 0-3 64.513 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-21 68.763 Last Ten Ratings: 0-10 66.200

Last Ten Ratings (0-10): 60.007 (315)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-7 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 0-3 66.952
Away Ratings: 0-7 64.960
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 64.038
League Power Rankings: 0-3 64.022
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-7 67.085

Home Advantage: 7.1955 (78)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0508 (142)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1654 (125)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2914 (118)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4181 (116)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5902 (109)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8575 (85)

Upward Stability: 1.9776 (312)

Downward Stability: 1.2012 (322)

RPI
RPI: 0.3958 (303)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
2-12 v #101-200
0-5 v #201-326

RPI Home (2-6): 0.4364 (289) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-326

RPI Away (0-16): 0.3755 (297)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-11 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-2): 0.3980 (233) 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 (0-3): 0.3189 (325)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (2-21): 0.4058 (284) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-6 v #51-100 0-10 v #101-200 2-4 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5021 (139)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	L 53-71	vs. #100 Toledo
11/25/2003	Home	L 66-67	vs. #95 Kent
11/29/2003	Away	L 55-57	vs. #143 Oregon St
12/1/2003	Away	L 46-66	vs. #111 Washington St
12/5/2003	Away	L 51-78	vs. #52 Iowa St
12/6/2003	Neut	L 57-69	vs. #162 Arkansas Lr
12/10/2003	Home	W 81-75	vs. #184 Bowling Green
12/13/2003	Home	W 78-75	vs. #191 Morehead St
12/20/2003	Away	L 69-80	vs. #79 Purdue
12/21/2003	Neut	L 52-63	vs. #118 Miami Ohio
12/28/2003	Away	L 63-76	vs. #70 West Virginia
12/30/2003	Away	L 52-75	vs. #119 Miami Fla
1/3/2004	Home	L 75-77	vs. #253 SE Missouri St
1/6/2004	Away	L 65-72	vs. #139 Middle Tenn St
1/9/2004	Away	L 44-64	vs. #53 Air Force
1/14/2004	Away	L 48-77	vs. #44 Western Mich
1/17/2004	Home	L 73-77	vs. #183 Texas A&M-CC
1/28/2004	Away	L 60-81	vs. #205 TX Pan American
1/31/2004	Away	L 61-71	vs. #251 Youngstown St
2/4/2004	Away	L 55-72	vs. #152 Butler
2/7/2004	Home	L 55-57	vs. #205 TX Pan American
2/11/2004	Away	L 59-81	vs. #128 Iupui
2/14/2004	Away	L 64-66	vs. #160 Wright St
2/25/2004	Away	L 77-88	vs. #199 Oakland
2/28/2004	Away	L 61-83	vs. #148 Valparaiso
3/1/2004	Home	L 65-68	vs. #128 Iupui

FUTURE GAMES

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Site

Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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