NCAA Basketball Rankings, RPI, Predictions

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RPI Breakdown

Record: 19-13
Power Rating: 85.627
Ranking: 37

2-8 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
6-4 v #51-100
6-0 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-326

Home Ratings (11-7): 80.861 (89) 1-4 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 4-0 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-326 League Power Rankings: 5-3 84.435 Non-League Power Ratings: 6-4 76.830 Last Ten Ratings: 2-2 79.634

Away Ratings (6-5): 90.269 (18)
1-3 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-2 v #51-100
2-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
League Power Rankings: 4-4 91.084
Non-League Power Ratings: 2-1 89.267
Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 92.658

Neutral Ratings (2-1): 90.064 (26) 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 84.799 Non-League Power Ratings: 1-0 93.814 Last Ten Ratings: 2-1 87.580

League Power Rankings (10-8): 87.949 (25)
2-7 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
4-1 v #51-100
3-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 5-3 84.435
Away Ratings: 4-4 91.084
Neutral Ratings: 1-1 84.799
Last Ten Ratings: 3-3 83.916

Non-League Power Ratings (9-5): 81.611 (69) 0-1 v #1-25 1-0 v #26-50 2-3 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 3-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 6-4 76.830 Away Ratings: 2-1 89.267 Neutral Ratings: 1-0 93.814 Last Ten Ratings: 3-1 86.033

Wins Power Rankings: 88.015 (38)
2-8 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
6-4 v #51-100
5-0 v #101-200
4-1 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 11-7 81.730
Away Ratings: 6-5 93.504
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 94.781
Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 86.797

Rankings: Points: 82.996 (41) 2-7 v #1-25 2-1 v #26-50 5-4 v #51-100 6-0 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-326 Home Ratings: 11-7 79.871 Away Ratings: 6-5 86.793 Neutral Ratings: 2-1 84.293 League Power Rankings: 10-8 84.261 Non-League Power Ratings: 9-5 80.929 Last Ten Ratings: 6-4 83.062

Last Ten Ratings (6-4): 85.072 (51)
0-2 v #1-25
0-1 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
0-0 v #201-326
Home Ratings: 2-2 79.634
Away Ratings: 2-1 92.658
Neutral Ratings: 2-1 87.580
League Power Rankings: 3-3 83.916
Non-League Power Ratings: 3-1 86.033

Home Advantage: -5.565 (319)

Difficulty of Schedule for a Top Five Team: 0.1417 (14)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #15 team: 0.3181 (19)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #45 team: 0.4572 (23)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #100 team: 0.5710 (26)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #150 team: 0.7004 (29)

Difficulty of Schedule for the #270 team: 0.8795 (55)

Upward Stability: 3.2454 (89)

Downward Stability: 3.4865 (58)

RPI
RPI: 0.5797 (42)
2-8 v #1-25
2-1 v #26-50
5-3 v #51-100
7-0 v #101-200
3-1 v #201-326

RPI Home (11-7): 0.5630 (111) 2-3 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 1-1 v #51-100 3-1 v #101-200 5-1 v #201-326

RPI Away (6-5): 0.5869 (17)
1-3 v #1-25
2-0 v #26-50
1-1 v #51-100
1-1 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Neutral (2-1): 0.6544 (22) 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

RPI League (10-8): 0.6120 (21)
2-7 v #1-25
1-0 v #26-50
2-1 v #51-100
4-0 v #101-200
1-0 v #201-326

RPI Non-League (9-5): 0.5381 (85) 0-1 v #1-25 0-1 v #26-50 2-2 v #51-100 3-0 v #101-200 4-1 v #201-326

RPI Strength of Schedule: 0.5751 (27)



GAMES

Date	Site	Score	Opponent
11/24/2003	Home	W 74-65	vs. #244 Northern Ill
11/29/2003	Home	W 78-64	vs. #273 Mt St Marys
12/1/2003	Away	L 58-71	vs. #80 Marquette
12/6/2003	Home	L 68-69	vs. #280 Central Mich
12/10/2003	Home	L 63-66	vs. #81 Indiana
12/14/2003	Away	W 82-69	vs. #39 DePaul
12/21/2003	Home	W 78-74	vs. #190 American
12/23/2003	Home	W 79-62	vs. #304 Quinnipiac
12/28/2003	Home	W 84-69	vs. #191 Morehead St
1/7/2004	Home	W 63-52	vs. #70 West Virginia
1/10/2004	Away	W 82-78	vs. #58 Villanova
1/12/2004	Away	L 71-74	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
1/17/2004	Home	L 70-81	vs. #18 Syracuse
1/20/2004	Away	W 74-63	vs. #94 Virginia Tech
1/25/2004	Home	L 63-71	vs. #8 Kentucky
1/28/2004	Home	W 72-62	vs. #119 Miami Fla
1/31/2004	Away	L 70-81	vs. #60 Rutgers
2/4/2004	Away	L 69-76	vs. #25 Boston College
2/7/2004	Home	L 58-66	vs. #5 Pittsburgh
2/9/2004	Home	W 80-74	vs. #3 Connecticut
2/14/2004	Home	W 71-68	vs. #30 Seton Hall
2/16/2004	Away	W 84-72	vs. #18 Syracuse
2/21/2004	Away	L 50-61	vs. #3 Connecticut
2/24/2004	Home	L 59-73	vs. #23 Providence
2/28/2004	Away	W 75-60	vs. #133 UCLA
3/4/2004	Home	W 61-48	vs. #126 Georgetown
3/6/2004	Away	W 89-62	vs. #196 St Johns
3/10/2004	Neut	W 65-64	vs. #70 West Virginia
3/11/2004	Neut	L 58-66	vs. #3 Connecticut
3/17/2004	Home	W 71-59	vs. #79 Purdue
3/22/2004	Neut	W 77-66	vs. #64 St Louis
3/25/2004	Home	L 61-65	vs. #72 Oregon

FUTURE GAMES

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