NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 20-10
Power Rating: 87.190
Ranking: 30

3-5 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
9-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (13-2): 89.604 (23) 2-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 6-2 86.643 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-0 93.033 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 83.057

Away Ratings (5-5): 87.748 (23)
1-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 4-4 88.283
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 84.846
Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 87.752

Neutral Ratings (2-3): 81.955 (86) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 82.768 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 82.486 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 84.291

League Power Rankings (10-7): 87.209 (29)
3-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-2 86.643
Away Ratings: 4-4 88.283
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 82.768
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 85.182

Non-League Power Ratings (10-3): 87.143 (30) 0-1 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-0 93.033 Away Ratings: 1-1 84.846 Neutral Ratings: 2-2 82.486 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.393

Wins Power Rankings: 89.565 (29)
3-5 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 13-2 92.525
Away Ratings: 5-5 90.533
Neutral Ratings: 2-3 82.697
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 87.752

Rankings: Points: 84.531 (29) 3-4 v #1-25 2-4 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 10-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 13-2 85.992 Away Ratings: 5-5 84.820 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 81.359 League Power Rankings: 10-7 84.377 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-3 84.875 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 83.051

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 85.529 (48)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-1 83.057
Away Ratings: 2-2 87.752
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 84.291
League Power Rankings: 4-4 85.182
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 85.393

Home Advantage: 7.5853 (71)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1285 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3046 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4530 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5768 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7198 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9102 (13)

Upward Stability: 2.9615 (177)

Downward Stability: 3.4530 (66)

RPI
RPI: 0.6063 (26)
3-5 v #1-25
4-2 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
9-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (13-2): 0.6634 (5) 3-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5497 (41)
1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (2-3): 0.5484 (94) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (10-7): 0.5958 (31)
3-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (10-3): 0.6196 (25) 2-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5862 (14)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Home	W 89-62	vs. #305 Morgan St
11/28/2003	Neut	L 63-75	vs. #79 Purdue
11/29/2003	Neut	W 65-47	vs. #195 Liberty
12/10/2003	Away	L 71-80	vs. #31 Louisville
12/13/2003	Home	W 91-62	vs. #151 St Peters
12/20/2003	Home	W 75-59	vs. #112 Ohio St
12/22/2003	Home	W 73-50	vs. #123 Davidson
12/27/2003	Home	W 76-62	vs. #39 DePaul
12/30/2003	Home	W 88-61	vs. #177 Monmouth NJ
1/1/2004	Home	W 79-67	vs. #86 Rhode Island
1/3/2004	Away	W 86-74	vs. #180 La Salle
1/10/2004	Away	W 71-54	vs. #196 St Johns
1/12/2004	Home	L 60-63	vs. #23 Providence
1/17/2004	Away	L 63-72	vs. #25 Boston College
1/20/2004	Home	W 74-67	vs. #18 Syracuse
1/24/2004	Home	W 83-76	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
2/1/2004	Away	W 55-46	vs. #23 Providence
2/4/2004	Away	L 64-69	vs. #70 West Virginia
2/7/2004	Home	W 85-58	vs. #60 Rutgers
2/9/2004	Home	W 68-67	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
2/14/2004	Away	L 68-71	vs. #37 Notre Dame
2/16/2004	Home	L 63-67	vs. #25 Boston College
2/21/2004	Home	W 70-68	vs. #58 Villanova
2/24/2004	Away	W 76-66	vs. #119 Miami Fla
2/28/2004	Home	W 75-48	vs. #126 Georgetown
3/1/2004	Away	L 67-89	vs. #3 Connecticut
3/7/2004	Away	W 66-64	vs. #60 Rutgers
3/10/2004	Neut	L 60-61	vs. #58 Villanova
3/18/2004	Neut	W 80-76	vs. #48 Arizona
3/20/2004	Neut	L 62-90	vs. #1 Duke

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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