NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 10-17
Power Rating: 72.500
Ranking: 193

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

Home Ratings (10-7): 74.066 (168) 0-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 2-2 v #101-200 6-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 4-4 74.242 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-3 70.672 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 77.273

Away Ratings (0-9): 67.516 (262)
0-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-8 72.797
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 68.750
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 72.203

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 58.000 (303) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 58.000 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 72.500 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 58.000

League Power Rankings (4-13): 73.082 (187)
0-1 v #1-25
1-6 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-4 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-4 74.242
Away Ratings: 0-8 72.797
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 58.000
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 74.930

Non-League Power Ratings (6-4): 71.023 (220) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-3 70.672 Away Ratings: 0-1 68.750 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 72.500 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 72.500

Wins Power Rankings: 72.773 (178)
0-2 v #1-25
1-7 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-5 v #101-200
6-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 10-7 74.684
Away Ratings: 0-9 63.086
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 60.773
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 77.367

Rankings: Points: 72.223 (217) 0-3 v #1-25 1-4 v #26-50 1-4 v #51-100 2-6 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 10-7 73.232 Away Ratings: 0-9 70.035 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 55.223 League Power Rankings: 4-13 72.312 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-4 72.012 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 73.914

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 75.766 (144)
0-0 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-1 77.273
Away Ratings: 0-4 72.203
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 58.000
League Power Rankings: 4-6 74.930
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 72.500

Home Advantage: 11.301 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0794 (92)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2206 (87)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3523 (90)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4621 (100)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.5863 (113)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.7894 (166)

Upward Stability: 2.3061 (294)

Downward Stability: 2.0590 (298)

RPI
RPI: 0.4790 (184)
0-2 v #1-25
1-7 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
2-6 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (10-7): 0.5097 (193) 0-2 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 1-2 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (0-9): 0.4208 (229)
0-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (305) 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 (4-13): 0.4729 (197)
0-2 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (6-4): 0.4884 (175) 0-0 v #1-25 0-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5152 (110)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/25/2003	Home	W 78-72	vs. #291 Southern
11/29/2003	Home	W 80-50	vs. #326 Ark Pine Bluff
12/3/2003	Home	L 66-69	vs. #149 New Orleans
12/6/2003	Home	W 73-67	vs. #67 Rice
12/9/2003	Home	W 83-66	vs. #269 Northwestern St
12/20/2003	Home	L 63-66	vs. #202 SE Louisiana
12/23/2003	Away	L 48-67	vs. #55 LSU
12/27/2003	Home	L 50-72	vs. #10 Mississippi St
12/31/2003	Home	W 61-56	vs. #322 Nicholls St
1/7/2004	Home	L 44-71	vs. #19 Cincinnati
1/10/2004	Away	L 65-70	vs. #135 TCU
1/17/2004	Away	L 58-79	vs. #31 Louisville
1/20/2004	Home	L 71-85	vs. #27 Memphis
1/24/2004	Home	W 77-61	vs. #315 Savannah St
1/28/2004	Away	L 59-80	vs. #35 Uab
1/31/2004	Home	L 58-64	vs. #140 SO Mississippi
2/3/2004	Away	L 58-72	vs. #39 DePaul
2/7/2004	Home	W 70-65	vs. #213 South Florida
2/11/2004	Home	W 77-63	vs. #188 Houston
2/14/2004	Home	W 67-66	vs. #135 TCU
2/18/2004	Away	L 66-76	vs. #121 East Carolina
2/21/2004	Away	L 69-81	vs. #80 Marquette
2/25/2004	Home	W 74-69	vs. #35 Uab
2/28/2004	Home	L 65-76	vs. #64 St Louis
3/3/2004	Away	L 60-70	vs. #140 SO Mississippi
3/6/2004	Away	L 65-79	vs. #33 Charlotte
3/10/2004	Neut	L 48-78	vs. #33 Charlotte

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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