NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TEXAS
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 25-8
Power Rating: 90.495
Ranking: 15

5-5 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (15-1): 93.729 (8) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-1 89.846 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 97.651 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 92.057

Away Ratings (6-3): 90.339 (17)
1-1 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 5-3 88.424
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 94.026
Last Ten Ratings: 0-2 79.682

Neutral Ratings (4-4): 88.538 (32) 2-3 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 2-1 88.885 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-3 85.823 Last Ten Ratings: 4-2 88.893

League Power Rankings (14-5): 90.598 (13)
2-3 v #1-25
5-0 v #26-50
3-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-1 89.846
Away Ratings: 5-3 88.424
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 88.885
Last Ten Ratings: 4-3 87.499

Non-League Power Ratings (11-3): 90.296 (15) 3-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 8-0 97.651 Away Ratings: 1-0 94.026 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 85.823 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 88.909

Wins Power Rankings: 93.928 (12)
5-5 v #1-25
5-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 15-1 97.413
Away Ratings: 6-3 93.975
Neutral Ratings: 4-4 91.924
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 92.815

Rankings: Points: 86.645 (15) 5-5 v #1-25 7-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 7-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 15-1 89.696 Away Ratings: 6-3 86.337 Neutral Ratings: 4-4 84.415 League Power Rankings: 14-5 86.424 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-3 87.071 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 85.327

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 89.411 (24)
3-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-0 92.057
Away Ratings: 0-2 79.682
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 88.893
League Power Rankings: 4-3 87.499
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 88.909

Home Advantage: 8.0369 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1416 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3270 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4725 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5820 (21)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7023 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8854 (45)

Upward Stability: 2.9218 (187)

Downward Stability: 3.6181 (40)

RPI
RPI: 0.6314 (9)
5-4 v #1-25
5-2 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
8-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (15-1): 0.6491 (11) 3-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (6-3): 0.5944 (14)
1-1 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
1-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (4-4): 0.6372 (29) 3-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (14-5): 0.6334 (10)
2-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
6-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (11-3): 0.6285 (15) 2-3 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5894 (12)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2003	Home	W 89-51	vs. #208 Brown
11/24/2003	Home	W 122-71	vs. #270 Sam Houston
11/29/2003	Home	W 94-59	vs. #173 Centenary
12/4/2003	Home	W 103-72	vs. #272 Wofford
12/9/2003	Neut	L 83-91	vs. #48 Arizona
12/14/2003	Home	W 89-55	vs. #149 New Orleans
12/20/2003	Neut	L 61-89	vs. #1 Duke
12/29/2003	Home	W 88-72	vs. #62 Geo Washington
1/2/2004	Home	W 99-79	vs. #204 Texas Arlington
1/5/2004	Away	W 79-77	vs. #23 Providence
1/10/2004	Home	W 79-57	vs. #224 Baylor
1/13/2004	Home	W 94-81	vs. #13 Wake Forest
1/17/2004	Home	W 63-61	vs. #68 Nebraska
1/20/2004	Away	W 75-69	vs. #51 Missouri
1/24/2004	Home	L 67-72	vs. #4 Oklahoma St
1/26/2004	Away	W 62-61	vs. #29 Texas Tech
1/31/2004	Away	W 69-59	vs. #236 Texas A&M
2/4/2004	Home	W 76-63	vs. #54 Colorado
2/8/2004	Home	W 66-37	vs. #45 Oklahoma
2/10/2004	Away	W 84-58	vs. #224 Baylor
2/14/2004	Away	L 77-78	vs. #52 Iowa St
2/18/2004	Home	W 77-57	vs. #236 Texas A&M
2/21/2004	Away	W 68-63	vs. #45 Oklahoma
2/23/2004	Home	W 82-67	vs. #20 Kansas
2/28/2004	Home	W 74-71	vs. #29 Texas Tech
3/1/2004	Away	L 67-76	vs. #4 Oklahoma St
3/6/2004	Away	L 48-58	vs. #91 Kansas St
3/12/2004	Neut	W 66-63	vs. #45 Oklahoma
3/13/2004	Neut	W 64-60	vs. #20 Kansas
3/14/2004	Neut	L 49-65	vs. #4 Oklahoma St
3/18/2004	Neut	W 66-49	vs. #113 Princeton
3/20/2004	Neut	W 78-75	vs. #14 North Carolina
3/26/2004	Neut	L 71-79	vs. #21 Xavier

FUTURE GAMES

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