NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 13-15
Power Rating: 67.830
Ranking: 261

0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
12-11 v #201-326

Home Ratings (10-1): 74.088 (166) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 9-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-0 72.510 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 67.658 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 69.682

Away Ratings (3-13): 64.494 (287)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
3-9 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 2-6 68.588
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-7 62.963
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 67.096

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 49.080 (323) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 53.018 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 67.830 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 53.018

League Power Rankings (9-7): 69.779 (230)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-1 v #101-200
9-6 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-0 72.510
Away Ratings: 2-6 68.588
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 53.018
Last Ten Ratings: 4-3 68.978

Non-League Power Ratings (4-8): 64.279 (287) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-5 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 3-1 67.658 Away Ratings: 1-7 62.963 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 67.830 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 62.768

Wins Power Rankings: 66.301 (259)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
12-11 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 10-1 74.445
Away Ratings: 3-13 62.035
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 43.301
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 65.270

Rankings: Points: 69.447 (266) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 12-11 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 10-1 73.115 Away Ratings: 3-13 67.678 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 53.885 League Power Rankings: 9-7 70.484 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-8 67.592 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 69.119

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 67.111 (263)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
4-5 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-1 69.682
Away Ratings: 1-3 67.096
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 53.018
League Power Rankings: 4-3 68.978
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 62.768

Home Advantage: 14.299 (9)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0242 (274)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0640 (301)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1168 (304)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.1793 (307)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.2948 (304)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6271 (295)

Upward Stability: 3.4382 (37)

Downward Stability: 3.5336 (52)

RPI
RPI: 0.4470 (246)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
11-10 v #201-326

RPI Home (10-1): 0.5705 (101) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (3-13): 0.3702 (300)
0-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-6 v #101-200
3-5 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (324) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (9-7): 0.4884 (171)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
3-3 v #101-200
6-3 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (4-8): 0.3930 (297) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-1 v #101-200 3-5 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4412 (288)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Away	L 69-90	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
11/26/2003	Away	L 58-67	vs. #174 Penn St
11/29/2003	Away	L 61-77	vs. #251 Youngstown St
12/3/2003	Away	L 72-79	vs. #319 Howard
12/6/2003	Home	W 84-79	vs. #245 Bucknell
12/13/2003	Away	L 62-65	vs. #258 Robert Morris
12/18/2003	Home	W 75-63	vs. #190 American
12/21/2003	Away	W 66-62	vs. #314 VMI
1/3/2004	Away	L 62-70	vs. #263 Cornell
1/6/2004	Away	L 49-93	vs. #68 Nebraska
1/10/2004	Home	W 74-65	vs. #234 St Francis NY
1/12/2004	Home	W 61-56	vs. #301 Liu Brooklyn
1/17/2004	Away	L 64-74	vs. #177 Monmouth NJ
1/19/2004	Away	L 74-77	vs. #218 Fair Dickinson
1/24/2004	Home	W 71-58	vs. #273 Mt St Marys
1/31/2004	Away	W 73-64	vs. #301 Liu Brooklyn
2/2/2004	Away	L 54-84	vs. #234 St Francis NY
2/5/2004	Home	W 68-66	vs. #262 Wagner
2/7/2004	Home	L 64-75	vs. #279 Sacred Heart
2/12/2004	Away	L 68-79	vs. #235 Central Conn
2/14/2004	Away	L 63-65	vs. #304 Quinnipiac
2/17/2004	Home	W 86-77	vs. #258 Robert Morris
2/19/2004	Home	W 63-57	vs. #218 Fair Dickinson
2/21/2004	Away	W 76-75	vs. #273 Mt St Marys
2/23/2004	Away	L 66-70	vs. #262 Wagner
2/26/2004	Home	W 69-49	vs. #235 Central Conn
2/28/2004	Home	W 78-62	vs. #304 Quinnipiac
3/6/2004	Neut	L 43-58	vs. #258 Robert Morris

FUTURE GAMES

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