NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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NORTH CAROLINA
Predictions for Future Games
Scores & Results
RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-11
Power Rating: 90.604
Ranking: 14

7-8 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326

Home Ratings (12-2): 93.616 (10) 4-2 v #1-25 2-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 6-2 91.683 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-0 93.917 Last Ten Ratings: 3-0 93.276

Away Ratings (3-7): 87.530 (24)
2-4 v #1-25
0-2 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 2-6 89.940
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 83.917
Last Ten Ratings: 1-3 92.956

Neutral Ratings (4-2): 90.612 (22) 1-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 1-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 0-0 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 0-1 92.089 Non-League Power Ratings: 4-1 92.183 Last Ten Ratings: 1-2 90.776

League Power Rankings (8-9): 89.747 (18)
5-6 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 6-2 91.683
Away Ratings: 2-6 89.940
Neutral Ratings: 0-1 92.089
Last Ten Ratings: 4-4 92.835

Non-League Power Ratings (11-2): 92.604 (8) 2-2 v #1-25 0-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-0 93.917 Away Ratings: 1-1 83.917 Neutral Ratings: 4-1 92.183 Last Ten Ratings: 1-1 90.097

Wins Power Rankings: 93.233 (18)
7-8 v #1-25
2-2 v #26-50
3-1 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
2-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 12-2 96.890
Away Ratings: 3-7 89.936
Neutral Ratings: 4-2 92.573
Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 92.975

Rankings: Points: 87.931 (11) 7-8 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 4-2 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 12-2 89.755 Away Ratings: 3-7 85.493 Neutral Ratings: 4-2 88.845 League Power Rankings: 8-9 87.444 Non-League Power Ratings: 11-2 88.985 Last Ten Ratings: 5-5 88.489

Last Ten Ratings (5-5): 90.628 (19)
1-4 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
3-0 v #51-100
0-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 3-0 93.276
Away Ratings: 1-3 92.956
Neutral Ratings: 1-2 90.776
League Power Rankings: 4-4 92.835
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-1 90.097

Home Advantage: 8.7290 (56)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1994 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.4257 (3)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.5727 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.6769 (4)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7899 (2)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.9323 (3)

Upward Stability: 3.1892 (106)

Downward Stability: 3.3602 (87)

RPI
RPI: 0.6164 (22)
7-8 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
6-3 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
3-0 v #201-326

RPI Home (12-2): 0.6690 (3) 2-2 v #1-25 4-0 v #26-50 3-0 v #51-100 1-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Away (3-7): 0.5210 (66)
2-4 v #1-25
0-0 v #26-50
0-1 v #51-100
0-2 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (4-2): 0.6515 (25) 0-1 v #1-25 1-1 v #26-50 0-0 v #51-100 2-0 v #101-200 1-0 v #201-326

RPI League (8-9): 0.5900 (38)
4-5 v #1-25
1-1 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (11-2): 0.6491 (7) 1-2 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-0 v #51-100 5-0 v #101-200 2-0 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.6108 (4)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/22/2003	Home	W 90-64	vs. #109 Old Dominion
11/24/2003	Neut	W 91-68	vs. #123 Davidson
11/29/2003	Away	W 82-76	vs. #302 Cleveland St
12/2/2003	Neut	W 88-81	vs. #16 Illinois
12/7/2003	Home	W 115-81	vs. #90 George Mason
12/14/2003	Home	W 64-53	vs. #181 Akron
12/20/2003	Home	L 114-119	vs. #13 Wake Forest
12/28/2003	Neut	W 71-54	vs. #144 NC Wilmington
12/30/2003	Home	W 105-72	vs. #256 Coast Carolina
1/3/2004	Away	L 56-61	vs. #8 Kentucky
1/7/2004	Home	W 89-64	vs. #119 Miami Fla
1/11/2004	Home	W 103-88	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
1/14/2004	Away	L 84-90	vs. #17 Maryland
1/17/2004	Home	W 86-83	vs. #3 Connecticut
1/22/2004	Away	L 81-90	vs. #32 Florida St
1/24/2004	Home	W 96-77	vs. #40 Virginia
1/28/2004	Home	W 68-66	vs. #11 North Carolina St
1/31/2004	Away	L 72-81	vs. #89 Clemson
2/5/2004	Home	L 81-83	vs. #1 Duke
2/7/2004	Away	W 79-73	vs. #13 Wake Forest
2/10/2004	Away	L 77-88	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
2/15/2004	Home	W 97-86	vs. #17 Maryland
2/21/2004	Home	W 78-71	vs. #32 Florida St
2/24/2004	Away	L 72-74	vs. #40 Virginia
2/29/2004	Away	W 71-64	vs. #11 North Carolina St
3/2/2004	Home	W 69-53	vs. #89 Clemson
3/6/2004	Away	L 65-70	vs. #1 Duke
3/12/2004	Neut	L 82-83	vs. #6 Georgia Tech
3/18/2004	Neut	W 63-52	vs. #53 Air Force
3/20/2004	Neut	L 75-78	vs. #15 Texas

FUTURE GAMES

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