NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 22-10
Power Rating: 86.122
Ranking: 35

2-2 v #1-25
3-5 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (14-1): 89.161 (27) 1-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 8-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 8-0 91.216 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-1 82.114 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 96.122

Away Ratings (5-5): 84.704 (42)
0-1 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
2-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 4-4 81.564
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 94.466
Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 76.107

Neutral Ratings (3-4): 85.470 (50) 1-1 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 89.200 Non-League Power Ratings: 2-3 82.403 Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 87.208

League Power Rankings (13-5): 86.778 (31)
1-0 v #1-25
2-4 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
6-1 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 8-0 91.216
Away Ratings: 4-4 81.564
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 89.200
Last Ten Ratings: 4-3 84.661

Non-League Power Ratings (9-5): 85.138 (46) 1-2 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-1 82.114 Away Ratings: 1-1 94.466 Neutral Ratings: 2-3 82.403 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 85.724

Wins Power Rankings: 88.702 (33)
2-2 v #1-25
3-6 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 14-1 91.179
Away Ratings: 5-5 87.597
Neutral Ratings: 3-4 88.370
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 88.737

Rankings: Points: 83.150 (40) 2-3 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 4-3 v #51-100 10-1 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 14-1 86.790 Away Ratings: 5-5 81.482 Neutral Ratings: 3-4 81.900 League Power Rankings: 13-5 83.771 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-5 82.247 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 82.569

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 85.919 (44)
2-1 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-0 96.122
Away Ratings: 1-2 76.107
Neutral Ratings: 3-2 87.208
League Power Rankings: 4-3 84.661
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 85.724

Home Advantage: 7.9406 (67)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0980 (61)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2575 (57)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.3970 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5118 (63)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.6514 (66)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8758 (59)

Upward Stability: 3.1604 (116)

Downward Stability: 3.4963 (56)

RPI
RPI: 0.5994 (30)
2-2 v #1-25
2-6 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
10-2 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (14-1): 0.6225 (26) 1-0 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 6-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (5-5): 0.5589 (33)
1-1 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
1-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-1 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (3-4): 0.6073 (47) 1-2 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (13-5): 0.5877 (41)
1-2 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
5-1 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (9-5): 0.6147 (32) 1-1 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 4-1 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5701 (34)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/24/2003	Home	W 94-73	vs. #125 Geo Southern
11/29/2003	Home	W 83-75	vs. #46 Richmond
12/3/2003	Home	W 90-67	vs. #171 Birmingham Southern
12/6/2003	Away	L 84-86	vs. #10 Mississippi St
12/15/2003	Neut	L 62-69	vs. #44 Western Mich
12/18/2003	Away	W 68-58	vs. #74 VA Commonwealth
12/20/2003	Home	W 81-68	vs. #294 Alabama A&M
12/23/2003	Home	W 79-67	vs. #115 Louisiana Tech
12/27/2003	Neut	L 62-78	vs. #55 LSU
12/30/2003	Home	L 66-68	vs. #172 Marshall
1/3/2004	Home	W 90-75	vs. #194 South Alabama
1/7/2004	Away	W 71-68	vs. #121 East Carolina
1/10/2004	Home	W 64-42	vs. #188 Houston
1/17/2004	Away	L 64-75	vs. #39 DePaul
1/20/2004	Home	W 86-47	vs. #213 South Florida
1/24/2004	Away	W 69-62	vs. #33 Charlotte
1/28/2004	Home	W 80-59	vs. #193 Tulane
1/31/2004	Home	W 72-52	vs. #64 St Louis
2/7/2004	Away	L 55-73	vs. #31 Louisville
2/11/2004	Away	W 69-65	vs. #140 SO Mississippi
2/14/2004	Home	W 72-69	vs. #121 East Carolina
2/18/2004	Home	W 80-69	vs. #19 Cincinnati
2/21/2004	Away	L 66-73	vs. #27 Memphis
2/25/2004	Away	L 69-74	vs. #193 Tulane
2/28/2004	Home	W 87-69	vs. #80 Marquette
3/3/2004	Away	W 61-59	vs. #213 South Florida
3/6/2004	Home	W 87-62	vs. #135 TCU
3/11/2004	Neut	W 77-66	vs. #33 Charlotte
3/12/2004	Neut	L 74-75	vs. #39 DePaul
3/19/2004	Neut	W 102-100	vs. #57 Washington
3/21/2004	Neut	W 76-75	vs. #8 Kentucky
3/26/2004	Neut	L 74-100	vs. #20 Kansas

FUTURE GAMES

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