NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 3-26
Power Rating: 65.372
Ranking: 287

0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
3-17 v #101-200
0-3 v #201-326

Home Ratings (3-7): 68.985 (238) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 3-5 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-6 65.934 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 76.716 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 66.106

Away Ratings (0-15): 63.294 (301)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-11 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-8 69.880
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-7 65.262
Last Ten Ratings: 0-6 70.231

Neutral Ratings (0-4): 55.716 (309) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 65.372 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-4 61.450 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 65.372

League Power Rankings (1-14): 64.493 (290)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-10 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-6 65.934
Away Ratings: 0-8 69.880
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 65.372
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 68.020

Non-League Power Ratings (2-12): 66.278 (272) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-7 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 2-1 76.716 Away Ratings: 0-7 65.262 Neutral Ratings: 0-4 61.450 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 65.372

Wins Power Rankings: 63.212 (287)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-18 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-7 67.966
Away Ratings: 0-15 58.243
Neutral Ratings: 0-4 47.712
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 64.009

Rankings: Points: 68.032 (286) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 3-17 v #101-200 0-3 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 3-7 70.165 Away Ratings: 0-15 67.212 Neutral Ratings: 0-4 62.969 League Power Rankings: 1-14 67.419 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-12 68.723 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 67.911

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 65.676 (275)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-3 66.106
Away Ratings: 0-6 70.231
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 65.372
League Power Rankings: 1-9 68.020
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 65.372

Home Advantage: 11.085 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0593 (122)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1735 (120)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2925 (116)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4201 (115)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5944 (106)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8708 (64)

Upward Stability: 2.4298 (281)

Downward Stability: 1.4604 (314)

RPI
RPI: 0.4037 (298)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-16 v #101-200
0-5 v #201-326

RPI Home (3-7): 0.4592 (269) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 1-2 v #201-326

RPI Away (0-15): 0.3860 (283)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-8 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-4): 0.3332 (258) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-326

RPI League (1-14): 0.4019 (296)
0-2 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
0-4 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (2-12): 0.4052 (285) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-8 v #101-200 0-2 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5039 (137)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/15/2003	Neut	L 68-93	vs. #199 Oakland
11/16/2003	Neut	L 60-65	vs. #209 UC Irvine
11/17/2003	Neut	L 62-76	vs. #254 Coppin St
11/22/2003	Away	L 44-79	vs. #92 Creighton
11/28/2003	Home	W 68-65	vs. #137 SMU
12/3/2003	Home	L 63-66	vs. #120 San Diego St
12/6/2003	Away	L 39-82	vs. #47 Utah
12/9/2003	Home	W 80-66	vs. #107 SW Missouri St
12/13/2003	Away	L 70-90	vs. #146 UC Santa Barbara
12/20/2003	Away	L 81-91	vs. #198 Northrn Arizona
12/29/2003	Away	L 70-89	vs. #154 Arizona St
12/30/2003	Neut	L 66-70	vs. #240 Winthrop
1/3/2004	Away	L 62-73	vs. #107 SW Missouri St
1/6/2004	Away	L 75-88	vs. #132 New Mexico
1/15/2004	Home	L 68-76	vs. #163 Loyola Marymnt
1/17/2004	Home	L 79-88	vs. #127 Pepperdine
1/22/2004	Away	L 68-78	vs. #130 San Francisco
1/24/2004	Away	L 67-86	vs. #96 St Marys CA
1/29/2004	Home	L 73-85	vs. #9 Gonzaga
1/31/2004	Home	L 72-84	vs. #164 Portland
2/5/2004	Away	L 69-74	vs. #145 Santa Clara
2/7/2004	Home	W 74-71	vs. #145 Santa Clara
2/12/2004	Away	L 73-91	vs. #127 Pepperdine
2/14/2004	Away	L 64-66	vs. #163 Loyola Marymnt
2/18/2004	Home	L 67-87	vs. #96 St Marys CA
2/21/2004	Home	L 75-85	vs. #130 San Francisco
2/26/2004	Away	L 78-97	vs. #9 Gonzaga
2/28/2004	Away	L 78-89	vs. #164 Portland
3/5/2004	Away	L 48-82	vs. #145 Santa Clara

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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