NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 21-11
Power Rating: 82.743
Ranking: 67

1-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
8-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (11-3): 85.197 (49) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 8-1 83.611 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-2 82.884 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 79.736

Away Ratings (6-7): 79.402 (102)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
4-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 4-5 79.865
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 74.931
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 77.947

Neutral Ratings (4-1): 86.986 (43) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 82.462 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-0 93.806 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 82.462

League Power Rankings (13-7): 83.212 (67)
1-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 8-1 83.611
Away Ratings: 4-5 79.865
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 82.462
Last Ten Ratings: 5-3 80.263

Non-League Power Ratings (8-4): 81.579 (70) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 3-2 82.884 Away Ratings: 2-2 74.931 Neutral Ratings: 3-0 93.806 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 77.634

Wins Power Rankings: 84.546 (68)
0-2 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
10-3 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 11-3 87.234
Away Ratings: 6-7 81.089
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 89.179
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 83.798

Rankings: Points: 80.570 (72) 1-4 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 7-3 v #51-100 5-2 v #101-200 7-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 11-3 82.640 Away Ratings: 6-7 77.468 Neutral Ratings: 4-1 84.281 League Power Rankings: 13-7 80.660 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-4 80.343 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 78.949

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 81.685 (86)
1-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-1 79.736
Away Ratings: 2-2 77.947
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 82.462
League Power Rankings: 5-3 80.263
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 77.634

Home Advantage: 7.4871 (74)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0727 (103)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2120 (98)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3485 (95)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4741 (92)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6316 (88)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8639 (74)

Upward Stability: 3.3940 (50)

Downward Stability: 3.8106 (18)

RPI
RPI: 0.5590 (67)
0-2 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
9-3 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (11-3): 0.6062 (46) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (6-7): 0.4857 (114)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (4-1): 0.6168 (42) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (13-7): 0.5659 (66)
0-0 v #1-25
2-3 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5473 (74) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5265 (89)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Neut	W 76-46	vs. #233 Idaho St
11/22/2003	Neut	W 69-55	vs. #96 St Marys CA
11/23/2003	Neut	W 64-49	vs. #111 Washington St
11/30/2003	Home	L 56-60	vs. #7 Stanford
12/3/2003	Away	W 62-52	vs. #188 Houston
12/6/2003	Away	L 67-73	vs. #193 Tulane
12/18/2003	Away	W 84-78	vs. #293 Lamar
12/20/2003	Home	W 69-58	vs. #205 TX Pan American
12/22/2003	Home	W 81-55	vs. #320 Navy
1/2/2004	Home	L 83-92	vs. #3 Connecticut
1/5/2004	Away	W 89-77	vs. #115 Louisiana Tech
1/8/2004	Home	W 81-61	vs. #61 Boise St
1/10/2004	Home	W 84-68	vs. #42 Texas El Paso
1/17/2004	Away	L 68-74	vs. #169 Tulsa
1/20/2004	Home	W 80-40	vs. #137 SMU
1/22/2004	Away	W 65-63	vs. #106 Fresno St
1/24/2004	Away	L 76-101	vs. #24 Nevada
1/28/2004	Home	W 76-73	vs. #78 Hawaii
1/31/2004	Home	W 82-49	vs. #250 San Jose St
2/5/2004	Away	L 62-105	vs. #42 Texas El Paso
2/7/2004	Away	L 69-80	vs. #61 Boise St
2/14/2004	Home	W 111-103	vs. #169 Tulsa
2/18/2004	Home	W 87-75	vs. #24 Nevada
2/21/2004	Home	W 81-76	vs. #77 Ul Lafayette
2/23/2004	Home	W 63-60	vs. #106 Fresno St
2/27/2004	Away	W 61-55	vs. #250 San Jose St
2/29/2004	Away	L 77-91	vs. #78 Hawaii
3/4/2004	Home	L 58-70	vs. #115 Louisiana Tech
3/6/2004	Away	W 71-66	vs. #137 SMU
3/11/2004	Neut	W 70-68	vs. #78 Hawaii
3/12/2004	Neut	L 59-67	vs. #24 Nevada
3/17/2004	Away	L 63-91	vs. #83 Wisc Milwaukee

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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