NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 33-6
Power Rating: 95.478
Ranking: 3

8-5 v #1-25
7-1 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
6-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (17-1): 94.306 (5) 3-1 v #1-25 3-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-1 91.868 Non-League Power Ratings: 10-0 94.759 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 95.478

Away Ratings (6-4): 91.110 (14)
1-3 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 5-3 89.962
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 92.868
Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 82.415

Neutral Ratings (10-1): 101.39 (1) 4-1 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 3-0 97.024 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-1 97.872 Last Ten Ratings: 9-0 99.298

League Power Rankings (15-4): 93.622 (7)
4-3 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-1 91.868
Away Ratings: 5-3 89.962
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 97.024
Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 93.196

Non-League Power Ratings (18-2): 98.415 (1) 4-2 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 10-0 94.759 Away Ratings: 1-1 92.868 Neutral Ratings: 7-1 97.872 Last Ten Ratings: 6-0 100.54

Wins Power Rankings: 99.870 (3)
8-5 v #1-25
7-1 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
7-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 17-1 97.581
Away Ratings: 6-4 94.983
Neutral Ratings: 10-1 107.93
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 106.07

Rankings: Points: 90.374 (2) 7-5 v #1-25 9-1 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 7-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 17-1 90.577 Away Ratings: 6-4 86.778 Neutral Ratings: 10-1 93.952 League Power Rankings: 15-4 88.571 Non-League Power Ratings: 18-2 93.132 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 93.026

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 100.07 (1)
5-1 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 0-0 95.478
Away Ratings: 0-1 82.415
Neutral Ratings: 9-0 99.298
League Power Rankings: 3-1 93.196
Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 100.54

Home Advantage: 1.6087 (225)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1512 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3460 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4967 (12)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6069 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7219 (17)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8858 (43)

Upward Stability: 2.5893 (264)

Downward Stability: 3.6840 (31)

RPI
RPI: 0.6583 (2)
8-5 v #1-25
8-1 v #26-50
5-0 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (17-1): 0.6402 (17) 4-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (6-4): 0.6047 (13)
1-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (10-1): 0.7365 (1) 6-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (15-4): 0.6612 (5)
6-4 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (18-2): 0.6554 (5) 5-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 4-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 6-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5957 (11)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/17/2003	Home	W 70-60	vs. #231 Yale
11/19/2003	Home	W 93-79	vs. #24 Nevada
11/22/2003	Home	W 111-64	vs. #279 Sacred Heart
11/26/2003	Neut	L 61-77	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
11/28/2003	Neut	W 76-44	vs. #47 Utah
12/1/2003	Home	W 75-55	vs. #226 Lehigh
12/6/2003	Home	W 74-46	vs. #321 Army
12/13/2003	Home	W 88-55	vs. #304 Quinnipiac
12/20/2003	Home	W 104-54	vs. #211 Iona
12/28/2003	Home	W 101-62	vs. #159 Ball St
12/30/2003	Home	W 91-67	vs. #189 Massachusetts
1/2/2004	Away	W 92-83	vs. #67 Rice
1/6/2004	Away	W 75-74	vs. #60 Rutgers
1/11/2004	Home	W 86-59	vs. #45 Oklahoma
1/14/2004	Home	W 94-70	vs. #126 Georgetown
1/17/2004	Away	L 83-86	vs. #14 North Carolina
1/19/2004	Home	W 68-65	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
1/24/2004	Home	L 56-66	vs. #23 Providence
1/28/2004	Away	W 96-60	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
1/31/2004	Away	W 63-58	vs. #25 Boston College
2/2/2004	Home	W 84-56	vs. #18 Syracuse
2/7/2004	Home	W 88-58	vs. #70 West Virginia
2/9/2004	Away	L 74-80	vs. #37 Notre Dame
2/15/2004	Away	L 68-75	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
2/18/2004	Home	W 76-63	vs. #119 Miami Fla
2/21/2004	Home	W 61-50	vs. #37 Notre Dame
2/24/2004	Away	W 71-53	vs. #196 St Johns
2/28/2004	Away	W 75-74	vs. #58 Villanova
3/1/2004	Home	W 89-67	vs. #30 Seton Hall
3/7/2004	Away	L 56-67	vs. #18 Syracuse
3/11/2004	Neut	W 66-58	vs. #37 Notre Dame
3/12/2004	Neut	W 84-67	vs. #58 Villanova
3/13/2004	Neut	W 61-58	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
3/18/2004	Neut	W 70-53	vs. #150 Vermont
3/20/2004	Neut	W 72-55	vs. #39 DePaul
3/25/2004	Neut	W 73-53	vs. #22 Vanderbilt
3/27/2004	Neut	W 87-71	vs. #28 Alabama
4/3/2004	Neut	W 79-78	vs. #1 Duke
4/5/2004	Neut	W 82-73	vs. #6 Georgia Tech

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

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