NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RUTGERS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-13
Power Rating: 83.561
Ranking: 60

1-5 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
9-2 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (15-2): 87.526 (33) 1-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 8-2 86.034 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 80.241 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 85.069

Away Ratings (2-9): 79.202 (107)
0-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 1-7 81.315
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 81.686
Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 80.280

Neutral Ratings (2-2): 82.061 (80) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 77.343 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 83.843 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 81.358

League Power Rankings (9-10): 82.894 (71)
1-4 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 8-2 86.034
Away Ratings: 1-7 81.315
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 77.343
Last Ten Ratings: 3-4 82.870

Non-League Power Ratings (10-3): 84.897 (49) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-0 80.241 Away Ratings: 1-2 81.686 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 83.843 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 83.171

Wins Power Rankings: 85.628 (58)
1-5 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
8-2 v #51-100
6-2 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 15-2 91.015
Away Ratings: 2-9 80.050
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 84.038
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.212

Rankings: Points: 81.165 (63) 1-4 v #1-25 3-5 v #26-50 6-0 v #51-100 7-4 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 15-2 83.376 Away Ratings: 2-9 78.688 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 79.845 League Power Rankings: 9-10 81.337 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-3 80.845 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 80.907

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 82.634 (71)
0-2 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-1 85.069
Away Ratings: 0-2 80.280
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 81.358
League Power Rankings: 3-4 82.870
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 83.171

Home Advantage: 11.360 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1099 (46)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2752 (43)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4171 (45)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5469 (42)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7002 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9005 (23)

Upward Stability: 3.5166 (19)

Downward Stability: 3.9626 (9)

RPI
RPI: 0.5771 (46)
1-5 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (15-2): 0.6445 (13) 0-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (2-9): 0.4845 (117)
0-3 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (2-2): 0.5467 (97) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (9-10): 0.5489 (80)
2-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
3-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (10-3): 0.6174 (28) 0-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5716 (31)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Home	W 71-65	vs. #201 Lafayette
11/25/2003	Home	W 78-53	vs. #129 Buffalo
11/29/2003	Away	L 43-55	vs. #12 Wisconsin
12/3/2003	Home	W 77-67	vs. #87 Temple
12/10/2003	Away	W 60-47	vs. #174 Penn St
12/13/2003	Home	W 51-49	vs. #113 Princeton
12/20/2003	Home	W 80-54	vs. #301 Liu Brooklyn
12/27/2003	Neut	W 80-75	vs. #93 Northwestern
12/28/2003	Away	L 68-94	vs. #42 Texas El Paso
1/3/2004	Away	L 57-63	vs. #126 Georgetown
1/6/2004	Home	L 74-75	vs. #3 Connecticut
1/10/2004	Home	W 65-64	vs. #23 Providence
1/13/2004	Home	W 78-75	vs. #177 Monmouth NJ
1/17/2004	Away	L 49-59	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
1/21/2004	Away	L 63-73	vs. #119 Miami Fla
1/24/2004	Home	W 78-70	vs. #196 St Johns
1/28/2004	Away	W 71-68	vs. #58 Villanova
1/31/2004	Home	W 81-70	vs. #37 Notre Dame
2/4/2004	Home	W 72-70	vs. #119 Miami Fla
2/7/2004	Away	L 58-85	vs. #30 Seton Hall
2/10/2004	Away	L 61-63	vs. #18 Syracuse
2/15/2004	Home	W 85-52	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
2/22/2004	Away	L 44-76	vs. #25 Boston College
2/25/2004	Home	W 74-53	vs. #70 West Virginia
3/3/2004	Away	L 70-71	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
3/7/2004	Home	L 64-66	vs. #30 Seton Hall
3/10/2004	Neut	L 58-61	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
3/17/2004	Home	W 76-71	vs. #87 Temple
3/22/2004	Home	W 67-64	vs. #70 West Virginia
3/24/2004	Home	W 72-60	vs. #58 Villanova
3/30/2004	Neut	W 84-81	vs. #52 Iowa St
4/1/2004	Neut	L 55-62	vs. #43 Michigan

FUTURE GAMES

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