NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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PROVIDENCE
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-9
Power Rating: 88.220
Ranking: 23

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

Home Ratings (11-4): 84.462 (57) 1-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 5-3 83.853 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-1 83.509 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 83.634

Away Ratings (8-3): 94.380 (7)
2-0 v #1-25
4-0 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 6-2 95.228
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 89.095
Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 103.50

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 81.329 (89) 1-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 80.751 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 86.064 Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 78.157

League Power Rankings (11-6): 88.790 (21)
3-2 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-3 83.853
Away Ratings: 6-2 95.228
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 80.751
Last Ten Ratings: 6-3 89.689

Non-League Power Ratings (9-3): 87.079 (31) 1-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-1 83.509 Away Ratings: 2-1 89.095 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 86.064 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 75.157

Wins Power Rankings: 90.929 (24)
5-3 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
3-5 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 11-4 86.491
Away Ratings: 8-3 98.413
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 81.647
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 89.649

Rankings: Points: 85.231 (22) 3-2 v #1-25 7-3 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 11-4 82.122 Away Ratings: 8-3 89.790 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 81.356 League Power Rankings: 11-6 85.978 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-3 83.849 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 85.083

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 87.415 (34)
2-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-2 83.634
Away Ratings: 4-0 103.50
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 78.157
League Power Rankings: 6-3 89.689
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 75.157

Home Advantage: -3.322 (302)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1279 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3143 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4755 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5978 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7261 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9119 (10)

Upward Stability: 2.9773 (175)

Downward Stability: 3.4919 (57)

RPI
RPI: 0.6089 (25)
5-3 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
5-4 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (11-4): 0.6058 (47) 2-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (8-3): 0.6244 (8)
3-0 v #1-25
3-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.5673 (76) 0-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (11-6): 0.6091 (23)
4-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (9-3): 0.6083 (34) 1-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5820 (18)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Home	W 69-56	vs. #155 Hofstra
11/29/2003	Home	W 76-71	vs. #28 Alabama
12/2/2003	Home	W 84-60	vs. #213 South Florida
12/6/2003	Away	L 79-89	vs. #86 Rhode Island
12/9/2003	Neut	W 70-51	vs. #16 Illinois
12/21/2003	Home	W 72-67	vs. #235 Central Conn
12/23/2003	Away	W 57-56	vs. #46 Richmond
12/28/2003	Home	W 73-66	vs. #185 Siena
1/3/2004	Away	W 84-69	vs. #40 Virginia
1/5/2004	Home	L 77-79	vs. #15 Texas
1/10/2004	Away	L 64-65	vs. #60 Rutgers
1/12/2004	Away	W 63-60	vs. #30 Seton Hall
1/17/2004	Home	W 87-66	vs. #70 West Virginia
1/19/2004	Home	W 89-59	vs. #206 Loyola Chi
1/21/2004	Home	W 62-56	vs. #58 Villanova
1/24/2004	Away	W 66-56	vs. #3 Connecticut
1/26/2004	Home	W 65-50	vs. #126 Georgetown
2/1/2004	Home	L 46-55	vs. #30 Seton Hall
2/4/2004	Away	L 57-69	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
2/7/2004	Home	W 74-61	vs. #18 Syracuse
2/11/2004	Away	W 100-74	vs. #58 Villanova
2/14/2004	Away	W 61-52	vs. #25 Boston College
2/21/2004	Home	W 70-57	vs. #119 Miami Fla
2/24/2004	Away	W 73-59	vs. #37 Notre Dame
2/29/2004	Away	W 103-78	vs. #196 St Johns
3/2/2004	Home	L 61-88	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
3/6/2004	Home	L 54-63	vs. #25 Boston College
3/11/2004	Neut	L 66-69	vs. #58 Villanova
3/19/2004	Neut	L 58-66	vs. #63 Pacific

FUTURE GAMES

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