NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 6-21
Power Rating: 72.367
Ranking: 196

0-8 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (5-11): 71.665 (211) 0-3 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 3-4 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-7 70.421 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-4 73.019 Last Ten Ratings: 2-4 74.484

Away Ratings (1-10): 74.773 (160)
0-5 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-8 79.238
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 81.242
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 78.101

Neutral Ratings (0-0): 72.367 (179) 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 72.367 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 72.367 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 72.367

League Power Rankings (1-15): 70.796 (216)
0-6 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-7 70.421
Away Ratings: 0-8 79.238
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 72.367
Last Ten Ratings: 1-8 73.882

Non-League Power Ratings (5-6): 73.777 (180) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 4-4 73.019 Away Ratings: 1-2 81.242 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 72.367 Last Ten Ratings: 1-0 88.867

Wins Power Rankings: 71.353 (201)
0-8 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-6 v #51-100
3-5 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-11 71.097
Away Ratings: 1-10 72.619
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 71.353
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 75.415

Rankings: Points: 73.454 (185) 0-6 v #1-25 0-5 v #26-50 0-5 v #51-100 3-5 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 5-11 72.244 Away Ratings: 1-10 76.494 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 73.454 League Power Rankings: 1-15 72.396 Non-League Power Ratings: 5-6 74.685 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 73.822

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 74.671 (162)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-4 74.484
Away Ratings: 0-4 78.101
Neutral Ratings: 0-0 72.367
League Power Rankings: 1-8 73.882
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 88.867

Home Advantage: 0.6914 (241)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1393 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3047 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4412 (32)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5552 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6889 (38)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8968 (25)

Upward Stability: 2.5488 (271)

Downward Stability: 1.9931 (301)

RPI
RPI: 0.4884 (163)
0-8 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-5 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (5-11): 0.5009 (215) 0-2 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 5-4 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (1-10): 0.4701 (136)
0-5 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-0): 0.4884 (149) 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): 0.4580 (213)
0-7 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (5-6): 0.5318 (93) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-2 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5771 (25)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/13/2003	Home	L 45-52	vs. #80 Marquette
11/24/2003	Home	L 59-64	vs. #116 Fairfield
11/29/2003	Away	W 72-61	vs. #289 Stony Brook
12/2/2003	Home	L 64-81	vs. #155 Hofstra
12/6/2003	Away	L 58-79	vs. #1 Duke
12/9/2003	Home	W 58-52	vs. #234 St Francis NY
12/21/2003	Away	L 66-79	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
12/28/2003	Home	L 61-63	vs. #122 Pennsylvania
12/29/2003	Home	W 64-61	vs. #230 Holy Cross
1/3/2004	Home	W 72-65	vs. #105 Niagara
1/7/2004	Away	L 59-65	vs. #18 Syracuse
1/10/2004	Home	L 54-71	vs. #30 Seton Hall
1/14/2004	Home	L 64-70	vs. #119 Miami Fla
1/18/2004	Away	L 74-85	vs. #58 Villanova
1/20/2004	Away	L 69-71	vs. #126 Georgetown
1/24/2004	Away	L 70-78	vs. #60 Rutgers
1/28/2004	Home	L 64-73	vs. #70 West Virginia
1/31/2004	Home	W 71-55	vs. #133 UCLA
2/4/2004	Away	L 51-71	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
2/8/2004	Home	L 61-89	vs. #25 Boston College
2/11/2004	Away	L 52-86	vs. #70 West Virginia
2/18/2004	Home	W 65-58	vs. #126 Georgetown
2/21/2004	Away	L 53-54	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
2/24/2004	Home	L 53-71	vs. #3 Connecticut
2/29/2004	Home	L 78-103	vs. #23 Providence
3/3/2004	Away	L 54-68	vs. #25 Boston College
3/6/2004	Home	L 62-89	vs. #37 Notre Dame

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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