NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 27-5
Power Rating: 92.692
Ranking: 8

3-1 v #1-25
10-4 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (11-2): 89.207 (26) 2-0 v #1-25 3-2 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 7-1 88.817 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 84.535 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 104.31

Away Ratings (7-2): 94.891 (6)
1-1 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 6-2 92.024
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 97.442
Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 97.910

Neutral Ratings (9-1): 93.133 (10) 0-0 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 3-0 99.082 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-1 87.121 Last Ten Ratings: 4-1 93.238

League Power Rankings (16-3): 94.418 (6)
2-1 v #1-25
8-2 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-1 88.817
Away Ratings: 6-2 92.024
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 99.082
Last Ten Ratings: 8-0 99.051

Non-League Power Ratings (11-2): 88.817 (25) 1-0 v #1-25 2-2 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 4-1 84.535 Away Ratings: 1-0 97.442 Neutral Ratings: 6-1 87.121 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 85.285

Wins Power Rankings: 96.670 (8)
4-1 v #1-25
10-4 v #26-50
6-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 11-2 91.740
Away Ratings: 7-2 100.02
Neutral Ratings: 9-1 96.444
Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 100.25

Rankings: Points: 88.096 (9) 3-2 v #1-25 9-1 v #26-50 7-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 4-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 11-2 86.139 Away Ratings: 7-2 88.854 Neutral Ratings: 9-1 89.260 League Power Rankings: 16-3 89.045 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-2 86.026 Last Ten Ratings: 9-1 93.217

Last Ten Ratings (9-1): 96.981 (4)
0-0 v #1-25
3-1 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
1-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-0 104.31
Away Ratings: 3-0 97.910
Neutral Ratings: 4-1 93.238
League Power Rankings: 8-0 99.051
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 85.285

Home Advantage: -0.959 (267)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1151 (35)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.2998 (30)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4695 (20)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5997 (15)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7352 (11)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9133 (9)

Upward Stability: 2.3045 (295)

Downward Stability: 3.4561 (65)

RPI
RPI: 0.6524 (4)
7-1 v #1-25
6-2 v #26-50
7-2 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
4-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (11-2): 0.6415 (16) 3-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 3-1 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (7-2): 0.6666 (2)
3-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (9-1): 0.6534 (23) 1-0 v #1-25 4-1 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326

RPI League (16-3): 0.6737 (1)
4-0 v #1-25
5-3 v #26-50
4-0 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.6213 (22) 1-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5886 (13)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Home	W 65-44	vs. #240 Winthrop
11/28/2003	Home	W 108-81	vs. #237 Tennessee Tech
12/1/2003	Neut	W 89-76	vs. #172 Marshall
12/6/2003	Neut	W 52-50	vs. #133 UCLA
12/13/2003	Neut	W 79-74	vs. #36 Michigan St
12/20/2003	Neut	W 80-41	vs. #81 Indiana
12/23/2003	Home	W 101-72	vs. #225 Eastern KY
12/27/2003	Home	L 56-65	vs. #31 Louisville
12/31/2003	Neut	W 61-53	vs. #97 Austin Peay
1/3/2004	Home	W 61-56	vs. #14 North Carolina
1/10/2004	Home	W 75-63	vs. #22 Vanderbilt
1/13/2004	Away	W 67-66	vs. #10 Mississippi St
1/17/2004	Home	L 57-65	vs. #50 Georgia
1/20/2004	Away	W 69-68	vs. #73 Tennessee
1/25/2004	Away	W 71-63	vs. #37 Notre Dame
1/28/2004	Home	W 71-61	vs. #102 Mississippi
1/31/2004	Away	L 60-66	vs. #22 Vanderbilt
2/3/2004	Away	W 68-65	vs. #26 Florida
2/7/2004	Home	W 65-64	vs. #34 South Carolina
2/10/2004	Home	W 66-55	vs. #28 Alabama
2/14/2004	Away	L 68-74	vs. #50 Georgia
2/18/2004	Home	W 73-56	vs. #103 Arkansas
2/21/2004	Away	W 68-59	vs. #85 Auburn
2/25/2004	Home	W 92-60	vs. #73 Tennessee
2/29/2004	Away	W 70-64	vs. #55 LSU
3/3/2004	Away	W 84-65	vs. #34 South Carolina
3/7/2004	Home	W 82-62	vs. #26 Florida
3/12/2004	Neut	W 69-60	vs. #50 Georgia
3/13/2004	Neut	W 78-63	vs. #34 South Carolina
3/14/2004	Neut	W 89-73	vs. #26 Florida
3/19/2004	Neut	W 96-76	vs. #274 Florida A&M
3/21/2004	Neut	L 75-76	vs. #35 Uab

FUTURE GAMES

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