NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-5
Power Rating: 85.433
Ranking: 41

0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
10-1 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (13-1): 85.093 (50) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 9-0 82.249 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 79.901 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 80.667

Away Ratings (11-2): 88.026 (21)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 8-1 85.011
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 85.300
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 81.143

Neutral Ratings (1-2): 76.729 (131) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 77.901 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 86.417 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 80.854

League Power Rankings (18-2): 86.380 (37)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
5-1 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 9-0 82.249
Away Ratings: 8-1 85.011
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 77.901
Last Ten Ratings: 6-2 79.823

Non-League Power Ratings (7-3): 83.768 (58) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 4-1 79.901 Away Ratings: 3-1 85.300 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 86.417 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 84.698

Wins Power Rankings: 87.649 (39)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
10-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 13-1 87.946
Away Ratings: 11-2 91.321
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 74.220
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 83.458

Rankings: Points: 82.806 (44) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 7-2 v #51-100 12-1 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 13-1 81.938 Away Ratings: 11-2 84.081 Neutral Ratings: 1-2 79.962 League Power Rankings: 18-2 83.153 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-3 82.071 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 80.337

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 82.112 (80)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
4-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-0 80.667
Away Ratings: 2-1 81.143
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 80.854
League Power Rankings: 6-2 79.823
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 84.698

Home Advantage: 2.9834 (186)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0426 (179)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.1444 (152)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.2653 (134)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.3862 (127)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5568 (123)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8345 (110)

Upward Stability: 2.3529 (289)

Downward Stability: 3.2570 (104)

RPI
RPI: 0.5979 (31)
0-1 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
9-3 v #51-100
8-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (13-1): 0.6150 (36) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (11-2): 0.6111 (11)
0-0 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (1-2): 0.4582 (181) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (18-2): 0.6083 (24)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (7-3): 0.5787 (50) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5194 (104)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Away	W 67-62	vs. #141 Wyoming
11/26/2003	Home	W 84-49	vs. #249 Jacksonville St
11/29/2003	Away	W 81-77	vs. #83 Wisc Milwaukee
12/3/2003	Home	W 71-58	vs. #253 SE Missouri St
12/6/2003	Away	W 75-66	vs. #167 Drake
12/15/2003	Away	W 79-73	vs. #160 Wright St
12/17/2003	Away	L 64-68	vs. #69 Murray St
12/21/2003	Home	W 82-71	vs. #246 Montana
12/28/2003	Home	W 57-40	vs. #197 Illinois St
1/2/2004	Home	L 59-64	vs. #33 Charlotte
1/7/2004	Away	W 67-50	vs. #217 Indiana St
1/11/2004	Home	W 73-64	vs. #88 Wichita St
1/14/2004	Home	W 81-63	vs. #221 Evansville
1/17/2004	Away	W 72-62	vs. #157 Bradley
1/21/2004	Away	W 71-58	vs. #197 Illinois St
1/25/2004	Home	W 53-44	vs. #217 Indiana St
1/28/2004	Away	W 84-79	vs. #88 Wichita St
1/31/2004	Home	W 63-53	vs. #82 Northern Iowa
2/3/2004	Home	W 59-52	vs. #107 SW Missouri St
2/7/2004	Away	W 61-60	vs. #92 Creighton
2/11/2004	Home	W 96-76	vs. #167 Drake
2/14/2004	Away	W 59-58	vs. #107 SW Missouri St
2/18/2004	Away	W 84-69	vs. #221 Evansville
2/21/2004	Home	W 66-62	vs. #78 Hawaii
2/24/2004	Home	W 68-60	vs. #92 Creighton
2/28/2004	Home	W 72-71	vs. #157 Bradley
3/1/2004	Away	L 52-68	vs. #82 Northern Iowa
3/6/2004	Neut	W 93-67	vs. #221 Evansville
3/7/2004	Neut	L 74-80	vs. #107 SW Missouri St
3/18/2004	Neut	L 64-65	vs. #28 Alabama

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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