NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 30-5
Power Rating: 94.541
Ranking: 5

6-4 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (18-1): 92.838 (12) 2-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-1 90.463 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-0 89.760 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 86.213

Away Ratings (7-2): 96.861 (5)
2-1 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 6-2 96.627
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 93.354
Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 102.85

Neutral Ratings (5-2): 93.650 (8) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 2-1 94.018 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 91.604 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 92.291

League Power Rankings (15-4): 94.670 (4)
5-3 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-1 90.463
Away Ratings: 6-2 96.627
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 94.018
Last Ten Ratings: 5-2 93.494

Non-League Power Ratings (15-1): 94.197 (7) 1-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 11-0 89.760 Away Ratings: 1-0 93.354 Neutral Ratings: 3-1 91.604 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 90.877

Wins Power Rankings: 98.652 (5)
7-4 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
7-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 18-1 96.840
Away Ratings: 7-2 100.72
Neutral Ratings: 5-2 97.918
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 96.387

Rankings: Points: 89.834 (5) 4-4 v #1-25 7-1 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 18-1 88.287 Away Ratings: 7-2 92.647 Neutral Ratings: 5-2 88.596 League Power Rankings: 15-4 90.406 Non-League Power Ratings: 15-1 88.580 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 88.881

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 92.893 (12)
2-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-1 86.213
Away Ratings: 2-0 102.85
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 92.291
League Power Rankings: 5-2 93.494
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 90.877

Home Advantage: 1.1802 (235)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1373 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3161 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4516 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5666 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6891 (37)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8615 (77)

Upward Stability: 2.2342 (297)

Downward Stability: 3.0869 (150)

RPI
RPI: 0.6447 (6)
7-4 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
8-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (18-1): 0.6251 (25) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (7-2): 0.6423 (5)
3-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (5-2): 0.7006 (5) 2-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (15-4): 0.6628 (4)
7-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (15-1): 0.6228 (19) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 8-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5739 (29)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/14/2003	Neut	W 71-62	vs. #28 Alabama
11/22/2003	Home	W 90-69	vs. #261 St Francis PA
11/26/2003	Home	W 75-61	vs. #258 Robert Morris
11/28/2003	Home	W 83-54	vs. #312 Albany NY
12/3/2003	Away	W 59-45	vs. #153 Duquesne
12/6/2003	Home	W 64-37	vs. #174 Penn St
12/13/2003	Home	W 57-42	vs. #251 Youngstown St
12/17/2003	Home	W 79-51	vs. #203 Chicago St
12/20/2003	Home	W 70-49	vs. #69 Murray St
12/22/2003	Home	W 63-56	vs. #32 Florida St
12/27/2003	Home	W 52-38	vs. #292 New Hampshire
12/30/2003	Home	W 76-55	vs. #50 Georgia
1/3/2004	Home	W 70-55	vs. #266 William & Mary
1/6/2004	Home	W 78-59	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
1/10/2004	Away	W 84-80	vs. #119 Miami Fla
1/12/2004	Home	W 74-71	vs. #37 Notre Dame
1/17/2004	Home	W 59-49	vs. #60 Rutgers
1/19/2004	Away	L 65-68	vs. #3 Connecticut
1/24/2004	Away	W 66-45	vs. #18 Syracuse
1/28/2004	Home	W 68-58	vs. #25 Boston College
2/4/2004	Home	W 71-51	vs. #196 St Johns
2/7/2004	Away	W 66-58	vs. #37 Notre Dame
2/9/2004	Away	L 67-68	vs. #30 Seton Hall
2/15/2004	Home	W 75-68	vs. #3 Connecticut
2/21/2004	Away	W 67-58	vs. #70 West Virginia
2/24/2004	Away	W 68-58	vs. #126 Georgetown
2/29/2004	Home	L 46-49	vs. #18 Syracuse
3/2/2004	Away	W 88-61	vs. #23 Providence
3/6/2004	Home	W 59-45	vs. #58 Villanova
3/11/2004	Neut	W 74-61	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
3/12/2004	Neut	W 62-53	vs. #25 Boston College
3/13/2004	Neut	L 58-61	vs. #3 Connecticut
3/19/2004	Neut	W 53-44	vs. #71 Central Florida
3/21/2004	Neut	W 59-55	vs. #12 Wisconsin
3/25/2004	Neut	L 51-63	vs. #4 Oklahoma St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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