NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TENNESSEE
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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 15-14
Power Rating: 82.379
Ranking: 73

1-5 v #1-25
3-6 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (14-3): 86.957 (38) 1-2 v #1-25 3-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-1 88.113 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-2 80.496 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 85.613

Away Ratings (1-10): 75.988 (141)
0-3 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 0-8 77.496
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-2 80.442
Last Ten Ratings: 0-5 81.434

Neutral Ratings (0-1): 59.379 (292) 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 59.379 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 82.379 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 59.379

League Power Rankings (7-10): 83.653 (61)
1-4 v #1-25
3-5 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-1 88.113
Away Ratings: 0-8 77.496
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 59.379
Last Ten Ratings: 4-5 82.414

Non-League Power Ratings (8-4): 79.395 (104) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-2 80.496 Away Ratings: 1-2 80.442 Neutral Ratings: 0-0 82.379 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 81.504

Wins Power Rankings: 84.196 (71)
1-7 v #1-25
3-5 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 14-3 89.442
Away Ratings: 1-10 76.180
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 62.196
Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 83.891

Rankings: Points: 80.467 (74) 1-6 v #1-25 2-5 v #26-50 3-3 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 14-3 84.108 Away Ratings: 1-10 75.955 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 55.967 League Power Rankings: 7-10 80.694 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-4 79.983 Last Ten Ratings: 4-6 79.990

Last Ten Ratings (4-6): 82.020 (83)
0-4 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-0 85.613
Away Ratings: 0-5 81.434
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 59.379
League Power Rankings: 4-5 82.414
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 81.504

Home Advantage: 16.151 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1320 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3173 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4621 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5713 (25)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6918 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8606 (81)

Upward Stability: 3.1081 (136)

Downward Stability: 2.7609 (217)

RPI
RPI: 0.5478 (79)
2-8 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
3-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (14-3): 0.5952 (56) 1-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (1-10): 0.4829 (118)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-1): 0.0 (278) 0-1 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 (7-10): 0.5704 (58)
1-4 v #1-25
3-3 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5149 (125) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5580 (46)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 81-70	vs. #272 Wofford
11/28/2003	Home	W 81-56	vs. #282 Tennessee St
12/2/2003	Home	W 108-84	vs. #236 Texas A&M
12/13/2003	Away	L 62-77	vs. #68 Nebraska
12/17/2003	Home	W 99-49	vs. #308 The Citadel
12/20/2003	Home	W 87-71	vs. #114 Georgia St
12/22/2003	Home	W 79-61	vs. #237 Tennessee Tech
12/30/2003	Home	W 80-67	vs. #295 NC Asheville
1/3/2004	Away	W 74-66	vs. #189 Massachusetts
1/7/2004	Home	W 89-65	vs. #50 Georgia
1/10/2004	Away	L 57-95	vs. #26 Florida
1/14/2004	Home	W 76-66	vs. #22 Vanderbilt
1/17/2004	Away	L 64-85	vs. #34 South Carolina
1/20/2004	Home	L 68-69	vs. #8 Kentucky
1/25/2004	Home	L 62-65	vs. #31 Louisville
1/28/2004	Away	L 60-82	vs. #10 Mississippi St
1/31/2004	Home	W 65-63	vs. #26 Florida
2/4/2004	Away	L 67-84	vs. #55 LSU
2/7/2004	Home	L 62-77	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
2/11/2004	Home	W 69-65	vs. #103 Arkansas
2/14/2004	Away	L 70-83	vs. #28 Alabama
2/18/2004	Home	W 83-66	vs. #102 Mississippi
2/21/2004	Away	L 60-71	vs. #50 Georgia
2/25/2004	Away	L 60-92	vs. #8 Kentucky
2/28/2004	Home	W 75-69	vs. #85 Auburn
3/3/2004	Away	L 58-61	vs. #22 Vanderbilt
3/6/2004	Home	W 63-56	vs. #34 South Carolina
3/11/2004	Neut	L 49-84	vs. #28 Alabama
3/17/2004	Away	L 55-58	vs. #90 George Mason

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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