NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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SOUTH FLORIDA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 7-20
Power Rating: 71.380
Ranking: 213

0-2 v #1-25
0-8 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
5-7 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (6-9): 71.274 (215) 0-0 v #1-25 0-4 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-4 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-7 71.161 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-2 75.794 Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 74.185

Away Ratings (1-11): 71.677 (203)
0-2 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-8 73.942
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-3 76.974
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 74.403

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 71.380 (187) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-0 71.380 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 71.380 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 71.380

League Power Rankings (1-15): 67.743 (254)
0-1 v #1-25
0-6 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-7 71.161
Away Ratings: 0-8 73.942
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.380
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 74.278

Non-League Power Ratings (6-5): 76.849 (136) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 5-2 75.794 Away Ratings: 1-3 76.974 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.380 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 71.380

Wins Power Rankings: 70.020 (216)
0-2 v #1-25
0-8 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
5-7 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-9 69.810
Away Ratings: 1-11 70.770
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 70.020
Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 67.481

Rankings: Points: 73.060 (197) 0-3 v #1-25 0-7 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 5-4 v #101-200 2-3 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-9 73.181 Away Ratings: 1-11 72.802 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 73.060 League Power Rankings: 1-15 71.288 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-5 76.294 Last Ten Ratings: 1-9 73.110

Last Ten Ratings (1-9): 70.130 (224)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-4 74.185
Away Ratings: 0-5 74.403
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.380
League Power Rankings: 1-9 74.278
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 71.380

Home Advantage: 3.3965 (171)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0867 (80)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2366 (78)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3637 (83)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4797 (87)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6248 (93)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8565 (87)

Upward Stability: 2.7389 (237)

Downward Stability: 2.1359 (291)

RPI
RPI: 0.4571 (223)
0-2 v #1-25
0-7 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
5-7 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (6-9): 0.4680 (262) 0-1 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 3-3 v #101-200 2-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (1-11): 0.4435 (180)
0-3 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.4571 (182) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (1-15): 0.4197 (281)
0-2 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
0-2 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (6-5): 0.5106 (133) 0-0 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5231 (97)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 79-66	vs. #283 Fla Atlantic
11/25/2003	Away	W 64-62	vs. #148 Valparaiso
11/29/2003	Home	W 74-59	vs. #160 Wright St
12/2/2003	Away	L 60-84	vs. #23 Providence
12/6/2003	Away	L 52-75	vs. #68 Nebraska
12/13/2003	Home	L 58-70	vs. #46 Richmond
12/16/2003	Away	L 60-73	vs. #36 Michigan St
12/20/2003	Home	W 73-56	vs. #309 Florida Intl
12/22/2003	Home	L 65-66	vs. #124 Colorado St
12/29/2003	Home	W 78-67	vs. #194 South Alabama
12/30/2003	Home	W 66-61	vs. #149 New Orleans
1/10/2004	Home	L 40-85	vs. #31 Louisville
1/17/2004	Away	L 52-70	vs. #64 St Louis
1/20/2004	Away	L 47-86	vs. #35 Uab
1/27/2004	Away	L 53-66	vs. #27 Memphis
1/31/2004	Home	L 53-65	vs. #188 Houston
2/3/2004	Home	L 57-59	vs. #121 East Carolina
2/7/2004	Away	L 65-70	vs. #193 Tulane
2/9/2004	Home	L 51-54	vs. #135 TCU
2/11/2004	Away	L 67-80	vs. #19 Cincinnati
2/13/2004	Home	W 68-60	vs. #140 SO Mississippi
2/18/2004	Away	L 72-84	vs. #33 Charlotte
2/21/2004	Away	L 52-53	vs. #188 Houston
2/26/2004	Home	L 63-70	vs. #80 Marquette
2/28/2004	Away	L 60-69	vs. #121 East Carolina
3/3/2004	Home	L 59-61	vs. #35 Uab
3/6/2004	Home	L 66-78	vs. #39 DePaul

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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(Opp. Specific Rating)