NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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TEXAS TECH
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-11
Power Rating: 87.234
Ranking: 29

1-7 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
6-2 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (14-1): 92.750 (13) 1-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 6-1 92.203 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-0 88.656 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 91.421

Away Ratings (4-7): 81.089 (83)
0-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 2-6 80.140
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 84.632
Last Ten Ratings: 0-3 79.906

Neutral Ratings (4-3): 90.343 (23) 0-3 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 91.812 Non-League Power Ratings: 3-2 88.851 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 90.781

League Power Rankings (9-8): 85.843 (41)
1-5 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-1 92.203
Away Ratings: 2-6 80.140
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 91.812
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 86.523

Non-League Power Ratings (13-3): 89.542 (19) 0-2 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 8-0 88.656 Away Ratings: 2-1 84.632 Neutral Ratings: 3-2 88.851 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 89.859

Wins Power Rankings: 89.550 (30)
1-7 v #1-25
4-1 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
7-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 14-1 95.761
Away Ratings: 4-7 82.121
Neutral Ratings: 4-3 93.890
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 88.968

Rankings: Points: 84.775 (27) 1-7 v #1-25 4-2 v #26-50 5-1 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 5-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 14-1 89.517 Away Ratings: 4-7 80.150 Neutral Ratings: 4-3 86.244 League Power Rankings: 9-8 84.115 Non-League Power Ratings: 13-3 85.869 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.580

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 86.806 (39)
0-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-0 91.421
Away Ratings: 0-3 79.906
Neutral Ratings: 2-2 90.781
League Power Rankings: 4-4 86.523
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 89.859

Home Advantage: 11.860 (22)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1393 (18)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3156 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4542 (24)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5701 (27)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7012 (28)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8949 (27)

Upward Stability: 3.0115 (169)

Downward Stability: 3.4457 (69)

RPI
RPI: 0.5963 (33)
1-7 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
5-2 v #51-100
8-1 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (14-1): 0.6389 (18) 2-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (4-7): 0.4998 (95)
0-3 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (4-3): 0.6557 (20) 0-3 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (9-8): 0.5689 (61)
1-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (13-3): 0.6243 (17) 0-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 5-0 v #51-100 7-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5728 (30)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/18/2003	Home	W 89-58	vs. #123 Davidson
11/21/2003	Home	W 90-50	vs. #189 Massachusetts
11/23/2003	Home	W 64-53	vs. #65 East Tenn St
11/26/2003	Neut	W 65-54	vs. #47 Utah
11/28/2003	Neut	L 65-85	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
12/1/2003	Away	L 59-62	vs. #137 SMU
12/3/2003	Home	W 70-57	vs. #42 Texas El Paso
12/6/2003	Away	W 67-58	vs. #132 New Mexico
12/10/2003	Home	W 67-60	vs. #135 TCU
12/13/2003	Home	W 78-68	vs. #120 San Diego St
12/17/2003	Home	W 97-63	vs. #270 Sam Houston
12/22/2003	Neut	W 65-59	vs. #66 Iowa
1/1/2004	Home	W 90-73	vs. #134 Minnesota
1/4/2004	Away	W 80-72	vs. #112 Ohio St
1/10/2004	Home	W 83-62	vs. #4 Oklahoma St
1/17/2004	Away	W 75-66	vs. #224 Baylor
1/24/2004	Away	W 80-78	vs. #236 Texas A&M
1/26/2004	Home	L 61-62	vs. #15 Texas
1/31/2004	Away	L 66-70	vs. #4 Oklahoma St
2/3/2004	Home	W 83-63	vs. #224 Baylor
2/7/2004	Away	L 77-96	vs. #20 Kansas
2/11/2004	Away	L 48-63	vs. #45 Oklahoma
2/14/2004	Home	W 82-71	vs. #91 Kansas St
2/18/2004	Away	L 75-85	vs. #54 Colorado
2/21/2004	Home	W 76-60	vs. #236 Texas A&M
2/24/2004	Away	L 44-72	vs. #68 Nebraska
2/28/2004	Away	L 71-74	vs. #15 Texas
3/3/2004	Home	W 87-76	vs. #51 Missouri
3/6/2004	Home	W 72-58	vs. #52 Iowa St
3/12/2004	Neut	W 79-69	vs. #54 Colorado
3/13/2004	Neut	L 77-82	vs. #4 Oklahoma St
3/18/2004	Neut	W 76-73	vs. #33 Charlotte
3/20/2004	Neut	L 65-70	vs. #2 St Josephs

FUTURE GAMES

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