NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 18-10
Power Rating: 72.650
Ranking: 187

0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
17-2 v #201-326

Home Ratings (7-4): 67.998 (252) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-2 v #101-200 7-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 6-3 68.365 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 63.244 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 69.369

Away Ratings (8-6): 74.892 (157)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
1-3 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 6-4 74.670
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-2 70.619
Last Ten Ratings: 3-2 74.642

Neutral Ratings (3-0): 79.806 (107) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 3-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 2-0 75.353 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 68.650 Last Ten Ratings: 2-0 75.353

League Power Rankings (14-7): 73.511 (178)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-4 v #101-200
13-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-3 68.365
Away Ratings: 6-4 74.670
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 75.353
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 73.287

Non-League Power Ratings (4-3): 68.478 (254) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-1 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 1-1 63.244 Away Ratings: 2-2 70.619 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 68.650 Last Ten Ratings: 0-0 72.650

Wins Power Rankings: 72.607 (180)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
0-2 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
17-2 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 7-4 66.361
Away Ratings: 8-6 75.509
Neutral Ratings: 3-0 85.732
Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 76.701

Rankings: Points: 72.570 (209) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-7 v #101-200 17-2 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 7-4 69.668 Away Ratings: 8-6 74.144 Neutral Ratings: 3-0 75.445 League Power Rankings: 14-7 72.998 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-3 70.562 Last Ten Ratings: 7-3 73.695

Last Ten Ratings (7-3): 75.373 (154)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-0 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
7-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-1 69.369
Away Ratings: 3-2 74.642
Neutral Ratings: 2-0 75.353
League Power Rankings: 7-3 73.287
Non-League Power Ratings: 0-0 72.650

Home Advantage: -3.962 (305)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.0163 (305)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.0626 (303)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.1211 (300)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.1931 (297)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.3144 (292)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.6208 (299)

Upward Stability: 2.7526 (235)

Downward Stability: 3.2390 (109)

RPI
RPI: 0.4932 (154)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-3 v #51-100
1-5 v #101-200
17-2 v #201-326

RPI Home (7-4): 0.4869 (232) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 0-3 v #101-200 7-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (8-6): 0.4791 (125)
0-0 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
1-3 v #51-100
2-2 v #101-200
5-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (3-0): 0.5831 (69) 0-0 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI League (14-7): 0.5171 (124)
0-0 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
1-4 v #51-100
2-3 v #101-200
11-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (4-3): 0.4224 (262) 0-0 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 0-1 v #51-100 0-0 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.4433 (286)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/21/2003	Away	L 49-69	vs. #32 Florida St
11/24/2003	Away	W 68-63	vs. #317 Bethune Cookman
11/29/2003	Home	W 79-69	vs. #208 Brown
12/2/2003	Away	W 89-78	vs. #310 Harvard
12/16/2003	Home	L 65-68	vs. #324 Dartmouth
12/20/2003	Neut	W 69-63	vs. #305 Morgan St
12/23/2003	Away	L 60-67	vs. #189 Massachusetts
1/2/2004	Home	W 87-63	vs. #268 Hartford
1/4/2004	Home	W 46-41	vs. #289 Stony Brook
1/7/2004	Away	L 46-60	vs. #242 Binghamton
1/11/2004	Home	L 62-71	vs. #150 Vermont
1/14/2004	Away	W 70-58	vs. #292 New Hampshire
1/18/2004	Home	W 56-50	vs. #312 Albany NY
1/21/2004	Away	L 65-71	vs. #98 Boston U
1/24/2004	Home	W 54-43	vs. #299 Umbc
1/28/2004	Home	L 79-82	vs. #178 Northeastern
1/31/2004	Away	W 71-63	vs. #289 Stony Brook
2/4/2004	Away	W 75-64	vs. #268 Hartford
2/8/2004	Home	W 84-51	vs. #242 Binghamton
2/11/2004	Home	W 60-58	vs. #292 New Hampshire
2/14/2004	Away	W 48-36	vs. #312 Albany NY
2/18/2004	Home	L 53-64	vs. #98 Boston U
2/21/2004	Away	W 71-63	vs. #299 Umbc
2/26/2004	Away	L 89-99	vs. #178 Northeastern
2/29/2004	Away	W 72-67	vs. #150 Vermont
3/6/2004	Neut	W 79-77	vs. #242 Binghamton
3/7/2004	Neut	W 78-54	vs. #289 Stony Brook
3/13/2004	Away	L 53-72	vs. #150 Vermont

FUTURE GAMES

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Win Probability

Margin

Opponent

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