NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 16-14
Power Rating: 84.352
Ranking: 50

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

Home Ratings (13-3): 86.634 (40) 3-0 v #1-25 1-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 6-2 87.649 Non-League Power Ratings: 7-1 74.634 Last Ten Ratings: 4-0 94.415

Away Ratings (1-10): 79.727 (98)
1-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-4 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 1-7 82.966
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-3 82.696
Last Ten Ratings: 0-4 78.509

Neutral Ratings (2-1): 88.470 (33) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 1-1 88.352 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 85.759 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 88.352

League Power Rankings (8-10): 85.241 (48)
3-3 v #1-25
1-4 v #26-50
2-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-2 87.649
Away Ratings: 1-7 82.966
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.352
Last Ten Ratings: 5-4 87.927

Non-League Power Ratings (8-4): 80.907 (78) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-1 74.634 Away Ratings: 0-3 82.696 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 85.759 Last Ten Ratings: 0-1 80.040

Wins Power Rankings: 86.683 (47)
4-6 v #1-25
1-5 v #26-50
4-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 13-3 89.804
Away Ratings: 1-10 80.503
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 91.495
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 89.893

Rankings: Points: 81.934 (53) 4-5 v #1-25 1-4 v #26-50 4-4 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 13-3 83.036 Away Ratings: 1-10 79.325 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 85.059 League Power Rankings: 8-10 83.020 Non-League Power Ratings: 8-4 78.407 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 84.095

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 87.130 (38)
2-2 v #1-25
1-2 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 4-0 94.415
Away Ratings: 0-4 78.509
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 88.352
League Power Rankings: 5-4 87.927
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-1 80.040

Home Advantage: 8.8317 (55)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1573 (10)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3505 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4921 (13)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5992 (16)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7103 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8676 (69)

Upward Stability: 3.1281 (129)

Downward Stability: 2.9372 (185)

RPI
RPI: 0.5674 (55)
5-7 v #1-25
0-3 v #26-50
4-3 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
5-1 v #201-326

RPI Home (13-3): 0.5966 (55) 2-1 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-1 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (1-10): 0.5120 (76)
1-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
0-3 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.6136 (44) 0-1 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (8-10): 0.5821 (45)
3-3 v #1-25
1-3 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
3-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (8-4): 0.5444 (75) 1-2 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-1 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5788 (21)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 78-67	vs. #222 Westrn Carolina
11/25/2003	Home	W 99-84	vs. #283 Fla Atlantic
11/29/2003	Away	L 76-82	vs. #9 Gonzaga
12/2/2003	Home	W 81-51	vs. #277 Towson
12/5/2003	Home	W 77-59	vs. #274 Florida A&M
12/9/2003	Home	L 60-80	vs. #240 Winthrop
12/13/2003	Neut	W 61-56	vs. #89 Clemson
12/18/2003	Home	W 65-63	vs. #194 South Alabama
12/22/2003	Home	W 79-59	vs. #311 Charleston Sou
12/30/2003	Away	L 55-76	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
1/3/2004	Home	W 83-80	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
1/7/2004	Away	L 65-89	vs. #73 Tennessee
1/10/2004	Home	L 63-84	vs. #34 South Carolina
1/17/2004	Away	W 65-57	vs. #8 Kentucky
1/21/2004	Home	L 42-45	vs. #28 Alabama
1/24/2004	Away	L 58-71	vs. #10 Mississippi St
1/28/2004	Away	L 59-63	vs. #55 LSU
1/31/2004	Home	W 71-50	vs. #103 Arkansas
2/4/2004	Home	W 64-51	vs. #102 Mississippi
2/7/2004	Away	L 54-57	vs. #85 Auburn
2/11/2004	Away	L 39-61	vs. #22 Vanderbilt
2/14/2004	Home	W 74-68	vs. #8 Kentucky
2/17/2004	Home	W 76-62	vs. #26 Florida
2/21/2004	Home	W 71-60	vs. #73 Tennessee
2/28/2004	Away	L 47-63	vs. #34 South Carolina
3/3/2004	Away	L 55-63	vs. #26 Florida
3/6/2004	Home	W 71-61	vs. #22 Vanderbilt
3/11/2004	Neut	W 73-59	vs. #85 Auburn
3/12/2004	Neut	L 60-69	vs. #8 Kentucky
3/17/2004	Away	L 74-82	vs. #52 Iowa St

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

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