NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-15
Power Rating: 68.025
Ranking: 258

0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
13-8 v #201-326

Home Ratings (8-3): 67.244 (264) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 8-2 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 4-3 64.951 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-0 66.962 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 62.728

Away Ratings (4-11): 68.146 (253)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-4 v #101-200
4-6 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 2-5 66.416
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-6 70.345
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 67.806

Neutral Ratings (1-1): 70.564 (193) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 70.416 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 68.025 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 70.416

League Power Rankings (7-9): 66.673 (273)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
7-6 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-3 64.951
Away Ratings: 2-5 66.416
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 70.416
Last Ten Ratings: 3-5 66.080

Non-League Power Ratings (6-6): 70.814 (223) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 6-2 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 4-0 66.962 Away Ratings: 2-6 70.345 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 68.025 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 67.197

Wins Power Rankings: 67.068 (250)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
13-8 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 8-3 65.884
Away Ratings: 4-11 67.431
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 69.802
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 66.521

Rankings: Points: 68.878 (276) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-6 v #101-200 13-8 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 8-3 68.242 Away Ratings: 4-11 68.996 Neutral Ratings: 1-1 71.144 League Power Rankings: 7-9 67.931 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-6 70.671 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 68.113

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 67.423 (259)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
5-2 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-2 62.728
Away Ratings: 2-2 67.806
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 70.416
League Power Rankings: 3-5 66.080
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-0 67.197

Home Advantage: 2.6120 (199)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0232 (278)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0661 (298)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1220 (298)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.1928 (298)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3199 (288)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6476 (280)

Upward Stability: 3.4272 (39)

Downward Stability: 3.3358 (92)

RPI
RPI: 0.4619 (214)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
12-8 v #201-326

RPI Home (8-3): 0.5093 (195) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (4-11): 0.4212 (228)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
2-5 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-1): 0.5096 (137) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (7-9): 0.4570 (215)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
4-4 v #101-200
3-2 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (6-6): 0.4680 (205) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 6-2 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4611 (245)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Away	L 76-78	vs. #227 St Bonaventure
11/26/2003	Away	L 61-75	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
12/6/2003	Away	L 75-83	vs. #171 Birmingham Southern
12/13/2003	Home	W 65-62	vs. #261 St Francis PA
12/17/2003	Away	L 66-79	vs. #129 Buffalo
12/21/2003	Home	W 70-63	vs. #318 MD Eastrn Shore
12/28/2003	Away	L 70-91	vs. #153 Duquesne
1/3/2004	Away	L 58-67	vs. #225 Eastern KY
1/7/2004	Home	W 74-67	vs. #245 Bucknell
1/10/2004	Home	W 79-57	vs. #301 Liu Brooklyn
1/12/2004	Home	L 58-74	vs. #234 St Francis NY
1/17/2004	Away	W 62-58	vs. #218 Fair Dickinson
1/19/2004	Away	L 67-75	vs. #177 Monmouth NJ
1/24/2004	Away	W 69-66	vs. #279 Sacred Heart
1/26/2004	Home	W 77-65	vs. #273 Mt St Marys
1/31/2004	Away	L 66-79	vs. #234 St Francis NY
2/2/2004	Away	L 76-89	vs. #301 Liu Brooklyn
2/5/2004	Home	W 71-62	vs. #279 Sacred Heart
2/7/2004	Home	W 75-68	vs. #262 Wagner
2/12/2004	Away	W 88-82	vs. #304 Quinnipiac
2/14/2004	Away	W 69-68	vs. #235 Central Conn
2/17/2004	Away	L 77-86	vs. #261 St Francis PA
2/19/2004	Away	L 53-69	vs. #273 Mt St Marys
2/21/2004	Home	L 58-68	vs. #177 Monmouth NJ
2/26/2004	Home	W 68-66	vs. #304 Quinnipiac
2/28/2004	Home	L 68-77	vs. #235 Central Conn
3/6/2004	Neut	W 58-43	vs. #261 St Francis PA
3/7/2004	Neut	L 45-62	vs. #177 Monmouth NJ

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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