NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 9-20
Power Rating: 73.956
Ranking: 169

0-3 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
3-9 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (7-7): 74.944 (153) 0-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 4-5 75.268 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-2 75.120 Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 70.940

Away Ratings (2-11): 74.397 (166)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 1-8 74.659
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-3 80.089
Last Ten Ratings: 1-4 74.284

Neutral Ratings (0-2): 60.956 (281) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 57.581 Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 73.018 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 57.581

League Power Rankings (5-14): 73.458 (180)
0-2 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-4 v #51-100
1-6 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-5 75.268
Away Ratings: 1-8 74.659
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 57.581
Last Ten Ratings: 2-7 71.417

Non-League Power Ratings (4-6): 75.237 (157) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 2-3 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 3-2 75.120 Away Ratings: 1-3 80.089 Neutral Ratings: 0-1 73.018 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 68.831

Wins Power Rankings: 73.415 (173)
0-1 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
3-9 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-7 74.481
Away Ratings: 2-11 74.032
Neutral Ratings: 0-2 55.415
Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 70.794

Rankings: Points: 74.755 (165) 0-3 v #1-25 0-3 v #26-50 2-8 v #51-100 3-6 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-7 75.458 Away Ratings: 2-11 75.204 Neutral Ratings: 0-2 65.599 League Power Rankings: 5-14 74.007 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-6 76.575 Last Ten Ratings: 2-8 71.329

Last Ten Ratings (2-8): 71.124 (210)
0-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 1-3 70.940
Away Ratings: 1-4 74.284
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 57.581
League Power Rankings: 2-7 71.417
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 68.831

Home Advantage: 6.1379 (103)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0731 (101)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2145 (94)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3558 (88)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.4837 (85)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6436 (74)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8714 (63)

Upward Stability: 3.3104 (71)

Downward Stability: 2.6297 (239)

RPI
RPI: 0.4721 (198)
0-1 v #1-25
0-5 v #26-50
2-5 v #51-100
3-9 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (7-7): 0.5175 (176) 0-1 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (2-11): 0.4399 (186)
0-0 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-5 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (0-2): 0.3618 (249) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-2 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (5-14): 0.4578 (214)
0-0 v #1-25
0-4 v #26-50
2-6 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (4-6): 0.4983 (157) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-3 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5260 (90)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Home	W 78-49	vs. #269 Northwestern St
11/25/2003	Away	L 73-81	vs. #45 Oklahoma
11/29/2003	Away	W 74-62	vs. #135 TCU
12/1/2003	Neut	L 67-72	vs. #114 Georgia St
12/6/2003	Away	L 81-87	vs. #156 Oral Roberts
12/14/2003	Home	W 78-66	vs. #186 New Mexico St
12/20/2003	Away	L 58-66	vs. #88 Wichita St
12/23/2003	Home	W 84-46	vs. #265 SW Texas St
12/30/2003	Home	L 74-81	vs. #103 Arkansas
1/3/2004	Away	L 62-70	vs. #115 Louisiana Tech
1/6/2004	Away	L 58-67	vs. #137 SMU
1/8/2004	Home	L 56-59	vs. #42 Texas El Paso
1/10/2004	Home	W 58-57	vs. #61 Boise St
1/17/2004	Home	W 74-68	vs. #67 Rice
1/22/2004	Away	L 71-80	vs. #24 Nevada
1/24/2004	Away	L 61-68	vs. #106 Fresno St
1/29/2004	Home	W 86-70	vs. #250 San Jose St
1/31/2004	Home	L 71-73	vs. #78 Hawaii
2/2/2004	Home	L 67-89	vs. #24 Nevada
2/5/2004	Away	L 62-73	vs. #61 Boise St
2/7/2004	Away	L 66-78	vs. #42 Texas El Paso
2/14/2004	Away	L 103-111	vs. #67 Rice
2/18/2004	Home	L 41-61	vs. #106 Fresno St
2/21/2004	Home	L 56-76	vs. #9 Gonzaga
2/27/2004	Away	L 62-92	vs. #78 Hawaii
2/29/2004	Away	W 65-64	vs. #250 San Jose St
3/4/2004	Home	L 56-64	vs. #137 SMU
3/6/2004	Home	W 80-70	vs. #115 Louisiana Tech
3/9/2004	Neut	L 60-79	vs. #137 SMU

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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